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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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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) |
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Books by and about the 2016 presidential election |
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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) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Fact-checking on the presidential candidate campaign promises
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MOSTLY FALSE – The statement contains an element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.
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FALSE – The statement is not accurate.
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-- Jesse Gordon, jesse@OnTheIssues.org, August 2011
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Budget & Economy
Heather Wilson: Strongly in favor of a balanced-budget amendment.
Paul Ryan: FactCheck: S&P downgraded U.S. due to Congress, not Obama.
Ted Cruz: FactCheck: Yes, gross federal debt now exceeds GDP.
Paul Ryan: FactCheck: Hometown SUV plant closed in '08,not due to Obama.
George Allen: FactCheck: Vvoted against the Alaskan Bridge to Nowhere.
Jon Bruning: FactCheck: Doubled AG budget included inflation & new duties.
Jon Bruning: FactCheck: Praised stimulus spending only for police.
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Civil Rights
Claire McCaskill: FactCheck: Akin's female staff are not paid as much as men.
Todd Akin: No policy to pay female staff less than men (but he does).
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Corporations
Republican Party: FactCheck: Obama didn't say "you didn't build that".
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Education
Tim Kaine: FactCheck: Cut college funding & led to 30% tuition increase.
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Energy & Oil
Martin Heinrich: Supports cap-and-trade; it causes no big energy costs.
Richard Mourdock: FactCheck: No, ethanol additive lowers gasoline price.
Barack Obama: FactCheck: Oil dependence low; but gas prices highest ever.
Barack Obama: FactCheck: Promised for 3 years to end oil industry subsidy.
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Free Trade
Tammy Baldwin: FactCheck: Tried but failed to require US-made ship engines.
Josh Mandel: FactCheck: Brown voted against China trade & moving jobs.
Sherrod Brown: One of Senate's most ardent critics of foreign trade.
Josh Mandel: Criticizes opponent for helping move jobs to China.
Barack Obama: FactCheck: Chinese tire import ban replaced by other imports.
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Government Reform
Jamie Radtke: FactCheck: Yes, George Allen voted for 52,000 earmarks.
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Health Care
Tammy Baldwin: Supports single payer, public option, and Medicare for all.
Barack Obama: FactCheck: ObamaCare covers only 1/2 of 30 million uninsured.
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Immigration
Barack Obama: FactCheck: Fewer border crossings mostly due to economy.
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Jobs
Heather Wilson: Sequestration would cut 20,000 jobs at N.M. national labs.
Tommy Thompson: FactCheck: Unemployment down while governor, but not 2.1%.
Barack Obama: FactCheck: Jobs increasing, but still lower than in 2008.
Ron Paul: FactCheck: Feds paid for 8M WWII vets to attend college.
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Principles & Values
Tammy Baldwin: FactCheck: Only 3 bills out of 105 sponsorships became law.
Democratic Party: FactCheck: "God" removed from DNC platform.
Marco Rubio: FactCheck: 24 of "100 Ideas" now law; 10 partially enacted.
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Tax Reform
Paul Ryan: FactCheck: JFK cut rates by 20%, but from twice today's rate.
Tommy Thompson: FactCheck: Tax cuts would save top 1% $87,000 each.
Chris Christie: FactCheck: NJ taxes raised 115 times? Only if fees count too.
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War & Peace
Barack Obama: FactCheck: Taliban may control countryside after US leaves.
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Welfare & Poverty
Tommy Thompson: Converted welfare into work-required benefit.
Rick Santorum: FactCheck: Obama waived workfare? No, he leaves it to states.
Newt Gingrich: FactCheck: Poverty rate has fallen under War on Poverty.
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The above quotations are from Fact-checking on the presidential candidate campaign promises.
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