|
|
Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
|
Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
|
Books by and about the 2016 presidential election |
|
What Happened ,
by Hillary Clinton (2017) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Hard Choices,
by Hillary Clinton (2014) |
Becoming ,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
|
|
Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
|
Second Bush-Gore debate, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Oct. 11, 2000
Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from Presidential debate, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem NC (number of quotes indicated):
- Al Gore (22)
- George W. Bush (37)
OR click on an issue category below for a subset. |
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
|
Civil Rights
George W. Bush: Bush claims gay tolerance but record differs.
Al Gore: Find some way for civic union; but not gay marriage.
Al Gore: Hate crimes stigmatize whole groups; enforce as civil rights.
Al Gore: First civil rights act will ban racial profiling.
George W. Bush: Local control with consequences if racial profiling occurs.
George W. Bush: Tolerance & equal rights, not gay marriage & special rights.
|
Crime
George W. Bush: Ignored Byrd hate crime bill despite plea by Byrd’s family.
Al Gore: National hate crimes law is needed, absolutely.
George W. Bush: National hate crimes law OK, stricter enforcement better.
George W. Bush: Death penalty for hate crimes like any other murder.
|
Energy & Oil
George W. Bush: Ignores scientific consensus:pollution causes global warming.
Al Gore: Carbon dioxide causes global warming and we should act.
George W. Bush: Scientists are unsure about global warming.
George W. Bush: Kyoto Treaty puts too much burden on US.
|
Environment
Al Gore: A clean environment and a healthy economy do not conflict.
Al Gore: Incentives for technology; but no voluntary regulations.
George W. Bush: Federal standards+local collaboration; no command & control.
George W. Bush: Work in partnership with states and landowners.
|
Families & Children
George W. Bush: Solution to Columbine: Love your neighbor like yourself.
|
Foreign Policy
George W. Bush: Bush says get out of Haiti; we’re already out.
Al Gore: Chernomyrdin Commission produced results despite corruption.
George W. Bush: Chernomyrdin Commission: Gore ignored corruption.
George W. Bush: Chernomyrdin threatens to sue Bush for slander re corruption.
Al Gore: Supported force in Mideast, Balkans, Haiti, not Somalia.
Al Gore: The world is looking to US for leadership.
Al Gore: The power of example is America’s greatest power.
Al Gore: Rwandan genocide: no military, but more humanitarian aid.
Al Gore: Haiti: Intervention gave them a chance at democracy.
George W. Bush: Supported force in Mideast & Balkans, not Haiti & Somalia.
George W. Bush: Calls on Arafat to pull back and make peace with Israel.
George W. Bush: Aid should encourage markets & reform; unlike Russian IMF.
George W. Bush: US should humbly empower other countries, not dictate.
George W. Bush: America should be a humble nation, but project strength.
George W. Bush: Rwandan genocide: Training troops OK; intervening not OK.
George W. Bush: Africa’s important but not a priority; no nation-building.
George W. Bush: Keep troops in Korea & NATO; not in Haiti & Balkans.
|
Gun Control
Al Gore: Restrict guns from wrong hands, not sportsmen & homeowners.
Al Gore: Gun licensing by states, but no registration.
George W. Bush: First, enforce the law; then keep guns from wrong people.
|
Health Care
George W. Bush: $3.5B of Bush’s $4.7B on uninsured is from private sources.
Al Gore: Wants some form of non-government universal health care.
Al Gore: Claims Bush puts Texas oil interests before healthy children.
George W. Bush: Texas spent $4.7B on uninsured & covered 110,000 kids.
George W. Bush: Link small businesses together in large insurance pools.
George W. Bush: $4.7B for uninsured children in Texas; 1.4M still uninsured.
|
Homeland Security
Al Gore: Nation-building is part of world leadership.
George W. Bush: Opposed Somalia intervention when it became nation-building.
|
Principles & Values
Al Gore: Promises to get the big things right; sorry for exaggerating.
George W. Bush: The president must have credibility; Gore doesn’t.
George W. Bush: Put U.S. interests first and execute goals with good team.
|
War & Peace
George W. Bush: Bush wants Europeans in Balkans; they’re already there.
Al Gore: Genocide is a strategic interest & warrants intervention.
Al Gore: Iraq: Support opposition to overthrow Saddam.
Al Gore: US bonds with Israel endure; we should broker.
George W. Bush: Iraq: Rebuild coalition to pressure Saddam.
George W. Bush: Harming NATO is a strategic interest & warrants intervention.
George W. Bush: Reach out to moderate Arab nations.
George W. Bush: After U.S. victory, Europeans should keep peace in Serbia.
George W. Bush: Replace US troops with European troops in Balkans.
|
The above quotations are from Second Bush-Gore debate, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Oct. 11, 2000.
|
