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Phenomenal Apr 04, 2008
Ron Paul was the invisible candidate - the Republican pariah nobody wanted to talk about - at least not in a nice tone of voice. Neocons, who believe in spreading "Democracy" at gun point, promote big government, AND treat the US Constitution like an obstacle on the path to empire, are going to hate this book.
Why? Paul, you see, rejects the tax-and-spend, nanny state, unconstitutional stampede of the Rhino (Republican in name only) Party. He would return the country back to the government of the founders (gasp), get us out of Iraq, the United Nations, shut down the IRS and many of the other unconstitutional "branches" of government. Paul believes that the best government is the government that governs least. He says, "Freedom is popular." It's a theme that's attracting old and young from all political persuasions - millions at a time.
You wouldn't know that - except for this book and a few stories that slip by the media's censors.
Richardson chronicles the incredible and exciting grassroots uprising in favor of this rather plain spoken Texas doctor and constitutional scholar - what they did, how they think, and why they gave him so very much money (more than all the other GOP candidates in the last quarter of '07), so very much time, and so very much of themselves.
She covers the media back-out, blackout and rubout on Ron Paul and gives us well-researched reasons why the lap dog press hates him.
In addition to being the Typhoid Mary of the drive-by media, Paul fought an uphill battle against the lies and hypocrisy of his own party.
Richardson covers the shocking, often sad story of a party betraying the only candidate true to that party's stated goals of small government, less taxes, and less micromanaging of American life.
Republocrats changed the rules, the regs and often the primaries themselves to make sure they kept Paul on the outside looking in. Richardson tells you when, where, and how.
Paul's beliefs show up here too, often in his own words. Outside of this book, his campaign, and a few honest political journals, there are few places indeed to get a dose of the real doctor's prescription. Tasty stuff.
Richardson chronicles the march toward power by a young, growing army of freedom lovers with a look at the future of the movement that began as a campaign and has the potential to morph into a nationwide force for reform.
This book is a must read if you want to understand the man and the movement that threatens to change America and take it home again.
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