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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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Time Present, Time Past: A Memoir, by Bill Bradley
(Click for Amazon book review)
Click here for 25 full quotes from Bill Bradley in the book Time Present, Time Past.
OR click on an issue category below for a subset. |
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Civil Rights
Indian tribes all differed; we need to view them as equals.
In Senate, worked to safeguard rights of Native Americans.
Indian reservations are not for get-rich-quick schemes.
Urban problems based on white fear & black emboldenment.
Address racism via behavioral problems in blacks & whites.
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Crime
Urban future: transform; or we’ll abandon or encircle.
Answer to crime is local, not federal.
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Drugs
“Just Say No” is ignored by urban kids.
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Education
Urban schools have multiple problems.
Send urban kids to boarding school communities.
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Environment
Controlling Mississippi River is arrogance, not technology.
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Families & Children
Women in workplace require parental leave & day care.
Urban kids need connections & family to find meaning.
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Free Trade
Smarter workers needed to compete in global market.
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Government Reform
Politicians seeking press is OK if not flash over substance.
National gov’t needed to balance corruption of local gov’t.
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Jobs
Soil erosion causes more damage than floods.
Unionize new industries; focus on quality of life.
Export unionism abroad.
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Principles & Values
Small town upbringing made him prove himself by winning.
People at “town meetings” form context for policy.
Big reforms are as hard as little reforms, so do big ones.
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Tax Reform
Tax loopholes benefit few & distort market.
Bradley’s “Fair Tax” was basis for Reagan’s 1986 Tax Reform.
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Welfare & Poverty
Cut poverty to help cities; not welfare or aff. action.
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The above quotations are from Time Present, Time Past: A Memoir, by Bill Bradley.
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