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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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A Call to Service, by John Kerry, published Oct. 2003
(Click for Amazon book review)
Click here for 32 full quotes from John Kerry in the book A Call to Service.
OR click on an issue category below for a subset. |
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Budget & Economy
Base policy on broad growth and progressive taxation.
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Civil Rights
Voted for PATRIOT Act, but genuinely alarmed at PATRIOT II.
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Corporations
Regulate on side of citizens, not on side of corporations.
Offshore tax havens cause higher middle class taxes.
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Crime
Bush wants to eliminate federal assistance to local police.
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Education
Supported “No Child Left Behind,” but Bush reneged.
Stop viewing charter schools as threatening innovation.
Nothing good about vouchers can’t be done in public schools.
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Energy & Oil
Dismissal of Kyoto indicative of Bush’s unilateralism.
Drilling for oil doesn’t gain energy independence.
Apollo project approach to energy independence.
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Environment
Make environmental justice an EPA priority.
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Foreign Policy
Supports multilateral cooperative internationalism.
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Health Care
Simultaneously address costs, coverage, and choice.
Cut $350B of bureaucracy and cover 90% of Americans.
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Homeland Security
The New War: We are no longer safe at home.
Modernize the Middle East to prevent future terrorism.
Invest billions to secure loose nukes abroad.
Focus on first responders instead of duct tape.
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Jobs
Weekly economic policy summit to create jobs.
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Principles & Values
Redeem promise for a better America for our children.
Bush broke his three biggest campaign promises.
Campaign built around a call to service.
Raised Catholic, but family history includes Jews.
Persecuted Catholics rely on church-state separation.
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Tax Reform
GOP tax policy comforts the comfortable.
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Technology
Invest in high-speed commuter rail & double-dip benefits.
Member of “Digital Dozen” of tech-savvy legislators.
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War & Peace
Supported Kosovo action & Powell Doctrine.
Palestinians renounce right of return; get treated equally.
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Welfare & Poverty
Ok for government to partner with non-profits & for-profits.
Expand EITC as anti-poverty measure.
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Click for quotations from other sources by:
- John Kerry
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The above quotations are from A Call to Service, by John Kerry, published Oct. 2003.
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