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Books by and about 2016 presidential candidates |
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Hard Choices,
by Hillary Clinton (2014) |
Crippled America ,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
American Dreams,
by Marco Rubio (2015) |
Taking a Stand,
by Rand Paul (2015) |
Unintimidated,
by Scott Walker (2013) |
A Time for Truth,
by Ted Cruz (2015) |
One Nation,
by Ben Carson (2014) |
Trump/Pence vs. Clinton/Kaine On the Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Living History ,
by Hillary Rodham Clinton (2003) |
Between Hope and History ,
by Bill Clinton (1996) |
In Harm’s Way ,
by Dr. Jill Stein (2000) |
Democrat vs. Republican vs. Green vs. Libertarian,
Four Party's Presidential Nominees On The Issues (2016) |
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Books by and about 2012 presidential candidates |
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Ten Letters
about Pres. Barack Obama (2011)
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Do Not Ask What Good We Do
about Rep. Paul Ryan (2012)
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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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Presidential Primary Fact Checking by OnTheIssues.org
EXPLANATORY NOTE by OnTheIssues.org:
Numerous organizations perform "FactChecks" on candidates for public office.
Numerous OnTheIssues viewers have complained that the "FactCheckers" are as biased as the candidates.
We address the bias of the fact-checkers by including fact-checking from several sources.
In 2011, we use FactCheck.org and PolitiFact.com.
And we also have started our own internal fact-checking.
OnTheIssues.org's fact-checking focuses on subtle lies.
Politicians are very good at telling half-truths which deflect attention from the real issue -- we attempt here to point out those types of lies.
And we cover not-so-subtle lies that the other fact-checkers miss.
We remind voters to keep in mind the old adage:
Q: "How can you tell when a politician is lying?"
A: "His lips are moving."
We add to that adage that the mainstream news media are just as bad -- they line up to listen to the lies, and then report them to the public as truth.
Q: "How can you tell when news reports are lying?"
A: "When they just repeat what politicians say."
An honest press would instead investigate every statement made by politicians, rather than breathlessly repeating the lies as if they were true.
The mainstream media has abandoned that essential role. We attempt to remedy that on this website.
-- Jesse Gordon, jesse@OnTheIssues.org, August 2011
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Abortion
Chris Christie: FactCheck: Donor to Planned Parenthood in '94, but denies it.
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Civil Rights
Clay Higgins: FactCheck: Biblical marriage includes polygamy and chattel.
John F. Kennedy: FactCheck: 1960 election 70%-30% for JFK among black voters.
Lyndon Johnson: FactCheck: Civil Rights Act led to 90% black vote for Dems.
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Corporations
Bernie Sanders: Regrets vote to deregulate swaps and derivatives.
Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: Yes, hedge-fund billionaires run ads against her.
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Education
Donald Trump: FactCheck: More than figurehead at Trump U.
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Energy & Oil
Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: US not yet quite energy-independent.
James Inhofe: FactCheck: Bush made change to "climate change," not Obama.
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Environment
Donald Trump: FactCheck: Yes, hybrid family vehicles are available in US.
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Families & Children
Rick Santorum: FactCheck: Yes, ISIS declared fatwa to kill disabled kids.
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Foreign Policy
Donald Trump: FactCheck: Yes, Senate approved US Embassy in Jerusalem.
Donald Trump: FactCheck: No, Iran is not a trading partner of North Korea.
Chris Christie: World has fewer democracies than before Obama.
Sarah Palin: FactCheck: Never said, "I can see Russia from my house".
Rick Perry: FactCheck: Pakistan is our ally, according to Bush generals.
Eric Cantor: FactCheck: Jihadists resent US occupation, not our beliefs.
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Free Trade
Donald Trump: FactCheck: Yes, has opposed trade deals since Reagan.
Ted Cruz: I always opposed TPP, but I supported TPA.
Rick Santorum: FactCheck: Several other candidates support EXIM Bank too.
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Government Reform
Ed Markey: Authored laws on Telecomm, insider trading, and Alzheimers.
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Gun Control
Bernie Sanders: FactCheck: No, never supported by National Rifle Association.
Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: 33,000 gun deaths includes suicides & accidents.
Martin O`Malley: FactCheck: Yes, ISIL made videos on buying assault weapons.
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Health Care
Paul Ryan: FactCheck: No, Medicare cost doesn't exceed national defense.
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Homeland Security
Marco Rubio: FactCheck: Yes, Air Force is now smallest in its history.
Barack Obama: We spend more on military than next 8 nations combined.
Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: No, ISIL doesn't cite Trump in recruitment videos.
Rand Paul: FactCheck: Yes, military spending as much as next 10 nations.
Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: 7 official reports on Benghazi over 3-year period.
Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: Dozens of U.S. diplomats killed during Bush terms.
Jeb Bush: FactCheck: No, Benghazi wasn't 1st deadly assault since 1979.
Kevin McCarthy: Questions remain unanswered about Benghazi.
Herman Cain: FactCheck: No, Israel leader never mentioned our way of life.
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Immigration
Kirstjen Nielsen: FactCheck: Falsely claims no policy of family separation.
Donald Trump: FactCheck: "Fire and Fury" ignored Trump's 2000 book.
Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: Yes, voted for a partial wall on Mexican border.
Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: Yes, would increase Syrian refugees by 550%.
Jill Stein: FactCheck: 2.5M deportations counts removals, not returns.
Nikki Haley: FactCheck: US does have history of religion-based exclusion.
Ted Cruz: FactCheck: Yes, Bill Clinton deported 12M illegal aliens.
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Jobs
Barack Obama: We've cut unemployment in half during my term.
Ron Paul: FactCheck: Feds paid for 8M WWII vets to attend college.
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Principles & Values
Donald Trump: A businessman, not a lifelong politician.
Donald Trump: I have a daughter and son-in-law who are Jewish.
Ted Cruz: FactCheck: Yes, Cruz speaks Spanish & understands Univision.
Ted Cruz: FactCheck: McCain was born in US territory, not Panama.
Ted Cruz: OpEd: attacking "New York values" is anti-Semitism.
Gabriel Gomez: FactCheck: Markey authored successful bills over 22 years.
Paul Ryan: FactCheck: "Progressivists" is intentionally insulting term.
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Social Security
Lyndon Johnson: FactCheck: Moved Trust Fund to "on-budget," not spendable.
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Tax Reform
Donald Trump: FactCheck: Cutting carried interest gains $18B in revenue.
Bobby Jindal: FactCheck: JFK lowered top income tax rate from 91% to 65%.
John F. Kennedy: FactCheck: JFK lowered top income tax rate from 91% to 65%.
Paul Ryan: FactCheck: JFK cut rates by 20%, but from twice today's rate.
Rush Limbaugh: FactCheck: JFK lowered top income tax rate from 91% to 65%.
Herman Cain: FactCheck: No, middle-earners pay more than 20% of taxes.
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War & Peace
Mike Pence: FactCheck: Pence says pressure Assad; Trump focuses on ISIS.
Donald Trump: FactCheck: Would shoot Iranian warships too near US warships.
Bernie Sanders: Qatar is wealthy; needs to get skin in game against ISIS.
Ted Cruz: FactCheck: No, ISIS and Iran haven't declared war on America.
Ben Carson: FactCheck: Yes, Congress declared war after 9/11, sort of.
Pat Buchanan: FactCheck: Nukes do not protect a country from attack.
Richard Nixon: FactCheck: No, Vietnam War ended in 1975, not 1973.
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The above quotations are from Presidential Primary Fact Checking by OnTheIssues.org.
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