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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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Edwards-Cheney Vice Presidential debate, Oct. 5, 2004
Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from Edwards-Cheney Vice Presidential debate (number of quotes indicated):
- Dick Cheney (27)
- John Edwards (30)
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Civil Rights
Dick Cheney: Gay marriage should be an issue for the states.
John Edwards: Allow gay couples to visit each other in the hospital.
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Corporations
Dick Cheney: FactCheck: Cheney profited from Halliburton’s past actions.
Dick Cheney: FactCheck: Kerry plan affects 471,000 companies, not 900,000.
John Edwards: FactCheck: Halliburton fined for actions while Cheney CEO.
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Crime
Dick Cheney: Cap non-economic damages and limit awards for attorneys.
John Edwards: Put more responsibility on the lawyers, not the victims.
John Edwards: We shouldn’t take away the right of severely injured victims.
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Education
John Edwards: FactCheck: NCLB might be under-funded, but it grew 58%.
Dick Cheney: We are making significant progress with No Child Left Behind.
John Edwards: No Child Left Behind is much underfunded.
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Foreign Policy
Dick Cheney: There has to be reform of the Palestinian system.
Dick Cheney: Unilateral sanctions on Iran do not work.
Dick Cheney: Gadhafi in Libya surrendered all nuclear materials to the US.
John Edwards: Strengthen the sanctions on Iran.
John Edwards: The Israelis do not have a partner for peace right now.
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Health Care
Dick Cheney: FactCheck: Claimed $15B for AIDS-actually $2B this year.
Dick Cheney: We’ve made significant progress on the AIDS epidemic.
Dick Cheney: Rising malpractice insurance rates is a devastating problem.
Dick Cheney: The Medicare reform bill will help 40 million seniors.
John Edwards: Support allowing prescription drugs into the US from Canada.
John Edwards: Double the funding to fight the global AIDS epidemic.
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Homeland Security
John Edwards: FactCheck: Bush didn’t lobby for pay cut, just let it expire.
Dick Cheney: Deal with Zarqawi by taking him out.
Dick Cheney: Captured or killed thousands of Al Qaida members.
Dick Cheney: Use a very aggressive policy of going after the terrorists.
John Edwards: We weren’t attacked by Saddam Hussein.
John Edwards: Attention to bin Laden was diverted because of Iraq.
John Edwards: No connection between the attacks of 9/11 and Saddam Hussein.
John Edwards: Important things haven’t been done to make America safe.
John Edwards: Bush opposed a 9/11 commission and a Homeland Security Dept.
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Jobs
Dick Cheney: FactCheck: Yes, 1.7M jobs added, but still net loss of 0.9M.
John Edwards: FactCheck: 1.6 million jobs lost ignores federal employment.
Dick Cheney: Deal effectively with tax policy and reduce litigation costs.
John Edwards: Get rid of tax cuts for companies sending jobs overseas.
John Edwards: Keep tax cuts for middle class and pay down the debt.
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Principles & Values
Dick Cheney: FactCheck: Cheney wrong that he had not met Edwards before.
Dick Cheney: The charges against Halliburton are false.
John Edwards: We shouldn’t use the Constitution to divide the country.
John Edwards: Halliburton paid millions in fines for false financial data.
John Edwards: The Bush administration has flip-flopped on many issues.
John Edwards: Halliburton got a $7.5 billion no-bid contract in Iraq.
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Tax Reform
Dick Cheney: Small businesses will be hurt without the tax cuts.
John Edwards: For more tax cuts for middle class, not multimillionaires.
John Edwards: Bush has made millionaires pay a lower tax rate than others.
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War & Peace
Dick Cheney: FactCheck: Oct. 2002 vote for appropriate force, not for war.
Dick Cheney: FactCheck: Iraqi portion of losses is 38%, not “almost 50%”.
Dick Cheney: FactCheck: Cheney DID suggest connection between Iraq & 9/11.
John Edwards: FactCheck: US portion of coalition losses is 88%, not 90%.
Dick Cheney: Never suggested there’s a connection between Iraq and 9/11.
Dick Cheney: We’ve made significant progress in Iraq.
Dick Cheney: Questioned on link between al-Zarqawi and Saddam Hussein.
Dick Cheney: Sending more troops won’t solve the problems in Iraq.
John Edwards: Cheney has no answer for the failure to have adequate troops.
John Edwards: Reports say there are not enough troops to secure Iraq.
John Edwards: We were attacked by Osama bin Laden, not Saddam Hussein.
John Edwards: Cheney keeps suggesting a connection between Iraq and 9/11.
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The above quotations are from Edwards-Cheney Vice Presidential debate, Oct. 5, 2004 .
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