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2007 presidential primary
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Excerpts from Books by and about 2008 candidates
Sen. Joe Biden
Promises to Keep
Sen. Sam Brownback
From Power to Purpose
Sen. Hillary Clinton
Living History
Pres. Bill Clinton
My Life
Sen. Chris Dodd
Letters from Nuremberg
Sen. John Edwards
Ending Poverty in America
Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Leadership
Sen. Mike Gravel
Citizen Power
Gov. Mike Huckabee
From Hope to Higher Ground
Amb. Alan Keyes
Our Character, Our Future
Rep. Dennis Kucinich
A Prayer for America
Sen. John McCain
Why Courage Matters
Sen. Barack Obama
The Audacity of Hope
Rep. Ron Paul
A Foreign Policy of Freedom
Gov. Bill Richardson
Between Worlds
Gov. Mitt Romney
Turnaround
Rep. Tom Tancredo
Mortal Danger
Sen. Fred Thompson
Government at the Brink

(click a book cover for excerpts and a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)

2007 NAACP Presidential Primary Forum: Eight Democrats plus one Republican at annual convention for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People


Civil Rights
   Chris Dodd: Bury "N" word along with "neglect", "silence", "bigotry".
   Dennis Kucinich: Supreme Court has forgotten 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendment.
   Dennis Kucinich: Supreme Court has forgotten 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendment.
   Mike Gravel: Dems love blacks during elections, but nothing has improved.
   Mike Gravel: Electoral-industrial complex steals African-American votes.
   Mike Gravel: Dems love blacks during elections, but nothing has improved.
   Mike Gravel: Electoral-industrial complex steals African-American votes.
Crime
   Joe Biden: Authored crime bill to put 100,000 cops on street.
Drugs
   Joe Biden: Most violent crime is related to drugs.
Education
   Barack Obama: Supreme Court was wrong on school anti-integration ruling.
   Bill Richardson: Supreme Court backstabbed equality of Brown v. Board of Ed.
   Chris Dodd: Tragedy that Supreme Court overturns Brown desegregation.
   Hillary Clinton: Working families cannot participate in school between 9 & 3.
   John Edwards: Appoint judges with backbone to desegregate schools.
Foreign Policy
   Bill Richardson: We always forget about Africa; I will care.
   Chris Dodd: We neglect the Caribbean; I will pay attention.
   John Edwards: Make primary school available to 100M kids in Africa.
Free Trade
   Joe Biden: No trade agreements without workers' & environmental rights.
Government Reform
   Barack Obama: Registered 150,000 new minority voters in Chicago in 1992.
   Bill Richardson: When all minorities can vote, Democrats win.
   Chris Dodd: Proud to have introduced the "Help America Vote Act".
   Dennis Kucinich: Voted against certifying 2004 election because of Ohio fraud.
   Hillary Clinton: Same-day voter registration; no oppressive ID requirements.
   Joe Biden: Roberts & Alito have turned Supreme Court upside down.
   Joe Biden: History of racism was keeping black Americans from voting.
   John Edwards: Vigorously prosecute voter suppression efforts.
   Mike Gravel: Without paper ballots, they'll steal the next election too.
Gun Control
   Barack Obama: Stop unscrupulous gun dealers dumping guns in cities.
   Bill Richardson: Attack poverty at the core of gun violence.
   Dennis Kucinich: We have babies dying in the streets; ban handguns.
   Hillary Clinton: Get assault weapons & guns off the street.
   John Edwards: Don't need AK-47 to hunt; renew assault weapons ban.
   Mike Gravel: Military culture causes more gun violence.
Immigration
   Tom Tancredo: Illegal immigrants especially hurt African-American workers.
Principles & Values
   John Edwards: Doing something about the two Americas is cause of my life.
   Tom Tancredo: Only Republican to appear at NAACP annual convention.
War & Peace
   Bill Richardson: African-American community has disproportionate war pain.
   Dennis Kucinich: Same thinking that took us into Iraq will take us into Iran.
   Joe Biden: Never de-fund a single soldier in Iraq.


The above quotations are from 2007 NAACP Presidential Primary Forum: Eight Democrats plus one Republican at annual convention for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

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