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In 2012, the GOP had the chance of a lifetime, and squandered it with 'politics as usual'.This book is a no-holds barred account of the 2012 Presidential GOP race, and how party insiders and media elites ignored the people's choice to ensure the nomination of Mitt Romney. Follow the action from state to state, primary to primary as the campaign of Dr. Ron Paul is maligned, criticized, lied to and lied about. Watch the GOP tilt the table over and over again to marginalize Congressman Paul's groundswell of support. From media blackouts to stolen ballot boxes to physical intimidation of voters, this book is the story the GOP doesn't want you to read.

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Publication Date: January 3, 2013
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John Jenkins

A frustrating look at the swamp

December 2, 2018

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Michael Alford builds a strong case that, in the 2012 Republican Presidential Primaries, Party authorities denied Dr. Ron Paul a fair chance to win the Party’s nomination. Mr. Alford goes from state to state to document how rules were changed, votes were either miscounted or questionably counted and Ron Paul supporters were subversively prevented from attending important meetings. All this and more was done by party hacks who apparently thought Dr. Paul would not be as strong a candidate as Mitt Romney.

Some people think that Ron Paul is against defense spending. Mr. Alford clarifies that with a good example. Dr. Paul is not opposed to appropriate military spending, but argues that, “Just because you spend a billion dollars on an embassy in Baghdad, bigger than the Vatican, you consider that defense spending. I consider that waste.” He is correct. Other than this example, Mr. Alford does not delve deeply into the positions taken by Representative Paul, and he does not offer a solution to the Republican Primary problem, but he does give a glimpse of how and why American voters seem to be deprived of good presidential candidates.

There were two other minor issues with this book:
1. If you want the photographic documentation of large crowds at Ron Paul rallies, get the book. My Kindle did not do these photos justice.
2. The author relied heavily on quotations from other sources that described with extensive details the abuses perpetrated on Ron Paul supporters. These quotations contained several grammatical errors which the author chose not to identify with “sic” references.

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MrLiberty

All Americans were cheated by the GOP leadership

March 4, 2015

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I haven't completed the book yet but as I was in the trenches watching the affair unfold while working to get Dr. Paul the nomination I can say that everything I have read so far is spot on. Just a disgusting display. As someone who has also contributed lots of time and effort to the Libertarian Party, I have often heard from Republican friends that the better approach is to work to change the GOP from the inside instead of trying to promote a third party. Well we all did just that and it is quite clear once you see the inside of this political monster that there are forces working both outside and inside the party that will do WHATEVER it takes to insure that nothing fundamentally changes in a manner that would threaten the status quo that financially benefits from the system now in place. We all are taught that we live in a representative democracy and that the "will of the people' is being served by our political process, but once inside the monster it is clear that nothing could be farther from the truth. I encourage everyone to not just read this book, but also to work toward waking people up to the corruption inherent in the system. Our problems will never be solved through political means. The thing Ron Paul always correctly emphasized is that only through education of the citizens about things like the Federal Reserve and its crimes, Austrian Economics, the true nature of war and who always profits, the right and proper role of government (only protecting our liberties and freedoms), the inherent evil of income taxation, etc. can we ever hope for real change.

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David Monroe

I recommend this book for deniers in mainline GOP.

May 9, 2013

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As someone who slowly became a Libertarian by departing the Republican party I left one big exception as someone I would vote for. Ron Paul. I saw in real time what was happening to him and those of us who were his supporters.

What amazed me was how mainstream Fox news watching GOP members were completely oblivious to what was going on, even when their own states were among those with the biggest incidents and even resorted to denial.

Mainstream GOPers need to read this, not try to bring them into the liberty movement - this book really doesn't push that, but to spotlight the corruption in their own ranks. They should be ashamed of how their party acted, back stabbing, last minute rule changes, coordinated plots to keep delegates away, then the shameful begging for votes from us after what they did to us.

Fact is there would be a Republican for president right now had they not crapped all over members of their own party, independents, and those of us in the Libertarian and yes even Democrat parties. They really need their noses rubbed in the facts to keep it from happening again.

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Old Sailor

Democracy at Work ?

February 4, 2013

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This book was an eye opener (to someone who is a foreigner) I wonder if I should be doing a review, remembering Churchill's famous telegram to President Roosevelt in 1940 'as a foreigner I should not be commenting on the American elections but I pray for your success'
But here goes: It was a surprise that some states have quite different primary rules to others. To read about all the high jinks such as locking doors to keep Ron Paul delegates out, calling police, not counting votes and even assaulting Paul delegates was quite bewildering. Sounds more like Egypt or Libya than the United States !
The author is right, that after such behaviour, the Republicans deserved to lose the election.

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Rachael L. McIntosh

Lived it

June 1, 2013

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Thank you for this concise timeline of events. I was an elected alternate delegate for Ron Paul to the RNC. I could not get over the level of Cognitive Dissonance that I saw as I was walking around in Tampa. I mean I knew it was there...but damn. After years of trying to get people to listen to the logic of Ron Paul and living through two elections, collecting signatures and living through completely nauseating party meetings where people would stand up and quote HANNITY of all people, I am beyond discouraged.

I ended up on the last day of the RNC dressed in incredibly sexy Funeral Garb, handing out business cards with the quote from George Washington's farewell address. You know that thing about "beware of political parties..." yeah. I spoke with every major news outlet that I could find. The guy from THE BLAZE took the card all excited and said, "I totally agree with you. This is great. But it doesn't fit the narrative."

I since have taken on a new appreciation of Jim Morrison of the Doors interest in the book Collective Behavior: The Psychology of Crowds. And have disaffiliated from the Republican Party. [...]

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