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Books by and about 2024 presidential candidates |
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Hillbilly Elegy,
by JD Vance (2017) |
Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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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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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Adam Edelen: Abortion rights are vital to ensuring equality for women.
Andy Beshear: Defend law requiring ultrasound before abortion.
Andy Beshear: Endorsed by NARAL; will defend women's right to choose.
Charles Booker: Microphone cut off during speech against anti-abortion bill.
Matt Bevin: I am the most pro-life governor in America.
Rocky Adkins: Voted for several anti-abortion bills.
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Budget & Economy
Mitch McConnell: Proud of role in high-profile deal to end federal shutdown.
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Civil Rights
Alison Grimes: Supports allowing gay marriage.
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Crime
Matt Bevin: Restore felon voting rights, but only through legislature.
Steve Beshear: Restore right to vote to most nonviolent felons.
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Drugs
Alison Grimes: Have a discussion about marijuana legalization.
Jim Gray: Fully fund drug treatment and addiction recovery.
Mitch McConnell: Strongly opposed to legalization of marijuana.
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Education
Adam Edelen: Support teachers with pensions and more in classroom.
Jack Conway: Enforce consumer protection laws at for-profit schools.
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Energy & Oil
Morgan McGarvey: No on utilities paying customers less for excess solar power.
Adam Edelen: Install solar panels on reclaimed surface mines.
Alison Grimes: Balanced approach to deal with global warming.
Charles Booker: No on utilities paying customers less for excess solar power.
Matt Bevin: Allow utilities to pay customers less for excess solar power.
Robert Goforth: Allow utilities to pay customers less for excess solar power.
Rocky Adkins: No on utilities paying customers less for excess solar power.
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Environment
Bruce Lunsford: Worked on father’s tobacco farm as a youngster.
Jim Gray: EPA regulations overstep bounds, but we can't throw them out.
Jim Justice: Paid $900,000 fine for poor pollution controls at mines.
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Free Trade
Jim Gray: Trade deals are a net positive for Kentucky.
Mitch McConnell: Trade agreements allow selling farm products abroad.
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Gun Control
Alison Grimes: Same background-check standards at gun store versus gun show.
Jim Gray: Ban gun purchases by people on FBI terrorist watch list.
Jim Gray: Ok to delay gun sales for 72 hours, but no secret lists.
Matt Bevin: School shootings caused by "culture of death" in media.
Mitch McConnell: Congress cannot fix school shootings; must act locally.
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Health Care
Alison Grimes: Concerned with some aspects of ObamaCare.
Bruce Lunsford: McConnell is bought and paid for by drug companies.
Charles Booker: Supports Medicare for All & Green New Deal.
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Homeland Security
Jack Conway: Let gays serve openly in US military.
Mitch McConnell: AdWatch: Brought in new VA hospital; & higher pay for troops.
Rand Paul: Military should decide don't-ask-don't-tell policy.
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Jobs
Matt Bevin: Minimum wage stifles job creation; reduce to $7.25.
Steve Beshear: Raise state worker minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10.
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Principles & Values
Alison Grimes: Fight "Senator Gridlock": Kentucky pays for GOP dysfunction.
Alison Grimes: AdWatch: Grimes' opponent offered deal to drop out.
Alison Grimes: Father indicted for illegal campaign contributions to Alison.
Matt Bevin: Don't celebrate partisanship; call for unity instead.
Mitch McConnell: Leadership has value; freshmen have little impact.
Wesley Morgan: 100 % Trump supporter: "I'm so anti-Democrat".
Wesley Morgan: Filed bill making it harder to remove Confederate statues.
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Tax Reform
Bruce Lunsford: Eliminate the capital gains tax.
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Technology
Adam Edelen: Modernize to new economy including rural broadband internet.
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War & Peace
Alison Grimes: Israel has the right to defend herself.
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