Barack Obama in His Own Words,
by Barack Obama, edited by Lisa Rogak


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BOOK REVIEW by OnTheIssues.org:

This book is how political authors SHOULD write books -- stick to the issues, and leave out the horserace and the politicizing.

Rogak has written several others in this same series: Howard Dean In His Own Words; Michelle Obama In Her Own Words; and Colin Powell In His Own Words. Presumably more in this series will be forthcoming; we recommend them all (and we will excerpt those which deal with presidential contenders!).

-- Jesse Gordon, jesse@OnTheIssues.org, May 2007

Click here for 19 full quotes from Barack Obama in the book Barack Obama in His Own Words, by Lisa Rogak. OR click on an issue category below for a subset.

Civil Rights    Commitment to diversity by CEOs is advisable.    Pass ENDA and expand hate crime legislation.    Opposed 1996 Illinois DOMA bill.

Education    Cut banks out and add $4.5 Billion to college loans.

Environment    Health Care for Hybrids proposal for fuel efficiency.

Foreign Policy    U.S. needs to ameliorate trade relations with China.    U.S. funds for humanitarian aid to Darfur.    We cannot afford isolationism.

Government Reform    Bush administration has done “great damage” to U.S.

Health Care    Curing AIDS must be all-hands-on-deck effort.

Homeland Security    Homeland security must protect citizens, not intrude on them.    Personal privacy must be protected even in terrorism age.    America must practice the patriotism it preaches.    Protecting nuclear power plants is of utmost importance.

Principles & Values    Embrace Christ as an ally.    A reformed smoker but occasionally burns one.    Issue of race has given Senate a black eye.

War & Peace    We did the right thing in Afghanistan.    Saddam is a tyrant but not a national security threat.

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