Millionaire Republican [Paperback]

Wayne Allyn Root (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 14, 2006

The eighteen master secrets to creating personal wealth in the Republican-dominated era.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Wayne Allyn Root stars in and executive-produces the Spike TV reality show King of Vegas, a national competition to crown the greatest gambler in America. Root lives in Las Vegas, Nevada (a red state), with his wife and three children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Tarcher (September 14, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585425125
• ISBN-13: 978-1585425129
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,863,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This one...you want to pick up...., September 20, 2006

By 

Kevin Hogan "Author - Psychology of Persuasion" (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Millionaire Republican (Paperback)

Wayne Root is brash. He is obviously pondering a run in politics. The title annoys me. The standing on the car thing is goofy.

Now let's talk about the book.

Wayne Root gets it.

Ownership.

It's all about ownership and moving away from government dependence. Someone finally stands up and points out the obvious about privatized Social Security. There is no choice.

Realism. Does Wayne Root tell you, "Oh it's so easy becoming a millionaire....."??....no...that was all the other books. Root tells you the truth. It's hard work. It's really worth it. His early life story and rise to wealth resonate with my experience.

Failure after failure and refusing to quit. Always doing what the average guy won't. He went for what he loved and he got it. That's real. I respect that in a person more than just about anything.

Metaphor: His metaphor of taking 19 people out to lunch every week for the rest of your life and them expecting you to pay because you work hard and earn more money than they do...BECAUSE...you work smart and hard...is wonderful. It shows the clear divide between those who are in-dependent and those who feel they are entitled to eat off the plates of those who are independent.

His discussion on taxes is well done. His analysis of the current political situation. (Crummy democratic candidates for President coming in the next few elections...vs. a generally better group of Conservative options including McCain and Rice.)

I'm a Libertarian. I'm sick of the whole Red Blue thing, but Root creates a powerful argument for moving to a Red state. More jobs are being created there, more people are moving to Red and from the Blue...

He points out a fascinating statistic that 81% of all counties in America voted for Bush over Kerry. I'm not really much of a Bush fan, at least not in this second term, but clearly his arguments for the RESULTS of the last election are cogent.

Overall, I could have lived without the title. It's irritating to someone like me who did just fine without having a party affiliation. Nevertheless, if you had to choose....

Listen, give this book a read. It's passionate. He loves his work. He loves his wife. He loves his country.

And I found the book to be persuasive.

Kevin Hogan
Author of The Psychology of Persuasion
and
The Science of Influence

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 18 Proven Principles for Success in Life, September 19, 2006

By 

Warren L. Whitlock "BestSellerAuthors.com" (Vegas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Millionaire Republican (Paperback)

"Millionaire Republican" caught my eye with it's clever title.

What I didn't expect was a SOLID list of steps that will help anyone be more successful in ANY career.

Regardless of your politics, the fact is that there are traits that the self made millionaires have in common. Root does a great job of covering these, along with an inspirational story of his own success that makes this a fascinating read.

Find out what the millionaires are doing and model success. Read "Millionaire Republican"

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Millionaire Republican...A great read with proven techniques while instilling a successful state of mind., September 23, 2006

By 

Warren Zide (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Millionaire Republican (Paperback)

When a man as smart, as wildly successful, and as phenomenally rich as Wayne Allyn Root bangs out a book telling you how he amassed (or, more appropriately, continues to amass) his fortune, anyone with a lick of sense and ambition would do well to pour over every page and absorb each nugget of insight on the off-chance that a tenth of his entrepreneurial brilliance might take. That's exactly what I did when I caught wind of "Millionaire Republican: Why Rich Republicans Get Rich, and How You Can Too!", and while jury's out on whether I'll reach the rich, rarefied air of, as he's known by his friends, "WAR", there's little doubt that my business philosophy has been completely transformed. I don't just want to be a Millionaire Republican: I want to be WAR.

That's right...WAR. If you've got a problem with that fierce sounding acronym, well, then, I'm afraid you might be too timid for the high roller league of a man whose all-out assault on the business world demands such an appellation. In other words, keep up that "well meaning" facade and, please, keep voting Democrat. There's no room for such queasy thinking on the dominant (Republican) side of the aisle, which is where WAR proudly resides (as I do), and where the only opportunity for massive financial success can be found.

What's so liberating (certainly not "liberal") about WAR's philosophy is his emphasis on the irrefutable fact that, for all intents and purposes, "Rich" = "Republican". It's something I always knew, but, to tell you the truth, it was something I didn't want to admit outside of like-minded company. Well, the secret (if it ever really qualified as a "secret") is out, and WAR is leading the charge to inform the rest of the public that there's only one political ideology that'll allow you to realize your grandest fiscal ambitions. WAR says what we've always thought: "The vast majority of business owners in America are Republicans. The vast majority of homeowners are Republicans. The vast majority of stock owners are Republican. The vast majority of millionaires are Republican." In other words, as he succinctly puts it, "The GOP is the party of ownership."

If that sounds like gloating, it really isn't. WAR may have an ego - which, as he maintains in one of my favorite chapters, is a good thing (WAR calls this Republican principle "The Ego Rules") - but his is a truly generous nature. Not only does he tithe 10% of his book earnings to a Christian Orphanage in Burundi, Africa called The Rainbow Centre (run by his cousins-in-law), he's giving us a peek behind the curtain and telling everyone - regardless of gender, race, creed, or political affiliation - how to improve and uplift ourselves. He teaches us about the 3 Great Republican Rules of Ownership, Salesmanship and Entrepreneurship (Risk-taking), the amazing "18 Republican Secrets of Mega-Wealth and Unlimited Success," and preaches the power of Red State dominance.

Living in Hollywood, I used to bristle when I heard my liberal counterparts speak derisively of the "Red States"; now, in the midst of the worst entertainment industry slump in decades, I just laugh as they wonder why they're not connecting with the audiences they so clearly (and openly) loathe. WAR is absolutely correct: this is "The Divided States of America". And I'm glad I'm on the side that "owns" rather than "rents", and that doesn't have a vested interest in keeping the poor miserable just to keep their rapidly eroding coastal footholds. By respecting the majority population of our great nation, I've had great success as a movie producer. My films have grossed over one BILLION dollars (by the time I hit 40 years old), and I expect to build on this because I'm not so foolish as to consider myself better than my fellow Americans (or Republicans).

It's been amazing and inspiring to watch WAR ascend from the top sports handicapper in Las Vegas to a nationally known and respected celebrity whose business savvy is now the stuff of legend. He is truly now the "King of Vegas" (also the name of the new primetime Spike TV series he'll Co-Executive Produce and star in starting in January). But even more remarkable are the things WAR talks about in his book that you'd never expect: WAR proudly states that his foundations in life are a faith in God and prayer; family; country; traditional marriage; philanthropy; and homeschooling (WAR homeschools his children!). His isn't a story of greed; it's an ode to the power of positive thinking, to thinking bigger than yourself, to believing in your success before you can clearly see it (the very definition of "faith"), and to the undeniable wisdom of being a Republican. The G.O.P. has no bigger defender, and the ambitious have no more learned teacher. God bless, WAR!

Warren Zide, Movie Producer - "American Pie" and "Final Destination" movie series
Hollywood Republican!