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[[File:Phyllis Schlafly cartoon Never-Trumpers 11-10-21.png|left|400px|thumb|[[Phyllis Schlafly]] wrote '''''A Choice Not An Echo''''' that was prophetic about [[Trump]]/[[Never-Trumpers|Never-Trumper]] struggle]]

[[File:Phyllis Schlafly cartoon Never-Trumpers 11-10-21.png|left|400px|thumb|[[Phyllis Schlafly]] wrote '''''A Choice Not An Echo''''' that was prophetic about [[Trump]]/[[Never-Trumpers|Never-Trumper]] struggle]]

[[File:A Choice Not An Echo.jpg|right|thumb|170px|3 million copies sold in the summer of 1964]]

[[File:A Choice Not An Echo.jpg|right|thumb|170px|3 million copies sold in the summer of 1964]]

'''''A Choice, Not An Echo''''' is a [[book]] by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] published in the summer of 1964, which became an instant classic of [[conservative]] political writing.  In 2023, ''[[National Review]]'' called this book the "canonical text of [[movement conservative|movement conservatism]]."<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/chris-christies-straight-talk/</ref>  It describes the perennial struggle between the [[Establishment]] and [[conservative]] wings in nominating the [[Republican Party]] candidate for president. '''''This book was also one of the first criticisms of what is now called the [[Deep State]]'''''.  It became a runaway bestseller as 3 million copies were sold.

'''''A Choice, Not An Echo''''' is a [[book]] by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] published in the summer of 1964, which became an instant classic of [[conservative]] political writing.  In 2023, ''[[National Review]]'' called this book the "canonical text of [[movement conservative|movement conservatism]]."<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/chris-christies-straight-talk/</ref>  It describes the perennial struggle between the [[Establishment]] and [[conservative]] wings in nominating the [[Republican Party]] candidate for president, and is prophetic of pro-war, [[globalist]] [[power-brokers]] overriding primary voters to select the [[Democrat]] presidential nominee also. '''''This book was also one of the first criticisms of what is now called the [[Deep State]]'''''.  It became a runaway bestseller as 3 million copies were sold.

This book set the intellectual foundation for [[conservative populism]] that became increasingly dominant in [[American]] politics, as exemplified by the nomination and election of [[Donald Trump]] as president. As observed by the ''[[Rolling Stones]]'': {{cquote|In a January 2017 profile, ''The New York Times'' noted that during high school [future Alabama Sen. Jeff] Sessions became enamored with [[Phyllis Schlafly]]’s ''A Choice Not an Echo'', which highlighted the schism between the Republican Party establishment of Nelson Rockefeller and its right wing. The book, noted the ''Times'', rallied conservatives to “topple the party’s [[kingmakers]] and compromisers,” laying the groundwork for Barry Goldwater, and foreshadowing what would come decades later with the rise of the Tea Party and Donald Trump.<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/the-trials-of-jeff-sessions-trumps-radical-attorney-general-198536/ (Aug. 4, 2017)</ref>}}

This book set the intellectual foundation for [[conservative populism]] that became increasingly dominant in [[American]] politics, as exemplified by the nomination and election of [[Donald Trump]] as president. As observed by the ''[[Rolling Stones]]'': {{cquote|In a January 2017 profile, ''The New York Times'' noted that during high school [future Alabama Sen. Jeff] Sessions became enamored with [[Phyllis Schlafly]]’s ''A Choice Not an Echo'', which highlighted the schism between the Republican Party establishment of Nelson Rockefeller and its right wing. The book, noted the ''Times'', rallied conservatives to “topple the party’s [[kingmakers]] and compromisers,” laying the groundwork for Barry Goldwater, and foreshadowing what would come decades later with the rise of the Tea Party and Donald Trump.<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/the-trials-of-jeff-sessions-trumps-radical-attorney-general-198536/ (Aug. 4, 2017)</ref>}}

==Description of this popular volume==

==Description of this popular volume==

This book, which is about 50,000 words in length in its expanded anniversary edition, was originally published by Pere Marquette Press, ISBN 0-686-11486-8, and then an updated and expanded version was published as a 50th anniversary edition in 2014 by Regnery, with a forward by [[Ron Paul]], ISBN 978-1-62157-315-9.

This book, which is about 50,000 words in length in its expanded anniversary edition, was originally published by Pere Marquette Press, ISBN 0-686-11486-8, and then an updated and expanded version was published as a 50th anniversary edition in 2014 by Regnery, with a foreword by [[Ron Paul]], ISBN 978-1-62157-315-9.

This book was written in 1964, and created space within the Republican Party for the modern conservative movement. The book detailed how the [[liberal]] "Rockefeller Republican" wing of the GOP had manipulated the party's choice of nominees in prior national conventions to nominate people like [[Wendell Willkie]] and [[Dwight Eisenhower]], and called on conservatives to rally against the liberal wing and offer a true conservative for the nomination.  Hence, the title of the book.

This book was written in 1964, and created space within the Republican Party for the modern conservative movement. The book detailed how the [[liberal]] "Rockefeller Republican" wing of the GOP had manipulated the party's choice of nominees in prior national conventions to nominate people like [[Wendell Willkie]] and [[Dwight Eisenhower]], and called on conservatives to rally against the liberal wing and offer a true conservative for the nomination.  Hence, the title of the book.

Millions of copies of this book were bought and distributed by supporters of Goldwater, making it one of the all-time best selling conservative political books in the United States.  The book helped launch the career of Phyllis Schlafly as a [[movement conservative]].

Millions of copies of this book were bought and distributed by supporters of Goldwater, making it one of the all-time best-selling conservative political books in the United States.  The book helped launch the career of Phyllis Schlafly as a [[movement conservative]].

[[File:Phyllis Schlafly speaking at the Celebration dinner over ERA in 1982.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Phyllis Schlafly speaking at the Celebration dinner over ERA in 1982 - an historic [[grassroots]] victory]]

[[File:Phyllis Schlafly speaking at the Celebration dinner over ERA in 1982.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Phyllis Schlafly speaking at the Celebration dinner over ERA in 1982 - an historic [[grassroots]] victory]]

* [http://www.pseagles.com/The_Choice,_Not_An_Echo The Choice, Not An Echo - a column about the election of President Trump]

* [http://www.pseagles.com/The_Choice,_Not_An_Echo The Choice, Not An Echo - a column about the election of President Trump]

* [[Conscience of a Conservative]]

* [[Conscience of a Conservative]]

* The [[Gospel of Mark]], which was the outsider eyewitness account, irreverent towards the [[Herod]] [[Roman Empire|Roman]] rulers, religious authorities, and even [[the Apostles]].

* The [[Gospel of Mark]], which was the outsider eyewitness account, irreverent towards the [[Herod]] [[Roman Empire|Roman]] rulers, religious authorities, and even [[the Apostles]] themselves.

==References==

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