Paul Ron - A Choice Not an Echo: Updated and Expanded

Praise for

A Choice Not an Echo

A Choice Not an Echo made a major contribution to the victory of Senator Goldwater at the Republican Convention in San Francisco... It is absolutely the finest collection of evidence I have seen.

General A. C. Wedemeyer, U. S. Army (Ret.)

Phyllis Schlafly has written the book of the year... Although the book is written primarily to alert Republican voters, it will be of equal interest to Democratic voters.

Major General Thomas A. Lane, U. S. Army (Ret.)

The distribution of a half-million copies of A Choice Not an Echo in California prior to the June 2 primary was a major factor in bringing victory to Barry Goldwater against the terrific assault of the press, the pollsters, and the paid political workers of the opposition.

Gardiner Johnson, Republican National Committee for California

Mrs. Schlafly gave us a tool when we needed it most. It was a magic wand that really converted people to Barry Goldwater.

Mrs. Edgar Eisenhower

I do want to congratulate you on the excellent job you have done and upon its influence. I do hope there is a continuing deep interest in the book and that its impact might be multiplied manyfold.

U. S. Senator John W. Bricker

Also by Phyllis Schlafly

A Choice Not An Echo (1964)

The Gravediggers (1964)

Strike from Space (1965)

Safe Not Sorry (1967)

The Betrayers (1968)

Mindszenty the Man (1972)

Kissinger on the Couch (1975)

Ambush at Vladivostok (1976)

The Power of the Positive Woman (1977)

The Power of the Christian Woman (1981)

Equal Pay for UNequal Work (1984)

Child Abuse in the Classroom (1984, rev. 1985, rev. 1993)

Pornographys Victims (1987)

Who Will Rock the Cradle? (1989)

Stronger Families or Bigger Government? (1990)

Meddlesome Mandate (1991)

First Reader (1994)

Allegiance (2000)

Turbo Reader (2001)

Feminist Fantasies (2003)

The Supremacists (2004, rev 2006)

The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women KnowAnd Men Cant Say (2011)

No Higher Power: Obamas War on Religious Freedom (2012)

Copyright 1964, 2014 by Phyllis Schlafly

First edition published 1964. Fourth edition 2014.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, website, or broadcast.

First ebook edition 2014

eISBN 978-1-62157-336-4

The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition as follows:

First edition, May 1964: 600,000 copies

Second edition, June 1964: 1,000,000 copies

Third edition, August 1964: 1,600,000 copies

The first edition of A Choice Not an Echo, published May 1, 1964, correctly predicted who would be the kingmakers candidates at the 1964 Republican National Convention, and foretold the tactics they would use in their efforts to stop Barry Goldwater. The third edition continued the history through the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco that nominated Barry Goldwater.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014945281

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Contents

by Dr. Ron Paul

I t is a pleasure to write the foreword to the new edition of Phyllis Schlaflys A Choice Not an Echo. During my years in Congress, my staff worked closely with Phylliss Eagle Forum on restoring parental control of education, protecting American sovereignty, and protecting privacy.

Phyllis was one of the few conservative leaders who endorsed my campaign to return to Congress in 1996. Her support was very helpful in overcoming the Republican Establishments smear campaign designed to convince Republican primary voters that my consistent support of the Constitution and individual liberty somehow meant I was not a real Republican.

A Choice Not an Echos account of how a small group of powerful kingmakers stole the Republican presidential nominations of the 1940s and 1950s will resonate with grassroots activists who today are fighting similar battles with the Republican Establishment.

As I saw in my presidential campaigns of 2008 and 2012especially the latterthe Washington-based Establishment and the special interests that benefit from the welfare-warfare state still possess disproportionate influence over the two major parties as well as the mainstream media. These kingmakers use their influence in the presidential nominating process to ensure that the nomination is never captured by a candidate whose platform challenges the bipartisan support of the welfare-warfare state. Many of the younger activists who participated in my campaign will find a disturbing similarity between the Establishments treatment of grassroots conservatives in the 1950s and 1960s and its treatment of the liberty movement in 2008 and 2012.

Of course, there have been some significant changes in American politics and the nomination process since Phyllis first penned this book. Since Barry Goldwaters campaign, the conservative movement has grown in size and influence within the Republican Party and in the country as a whole. As a result, the Republican Establishment has taken an if you cant beat em, co-opt em approach to conservatives. Some conservatives have found a quite comfortable place within the Establishment. These conservatives happily do the kingmakers bidding by misleading the movements foot soldiers into confusing the success of the conservative movement with the fortunes of the Republican Party.