NOT AN ECHOER :

Call her Mrs. (Ann Coulter, July 17, 2002, Universal Press Syndicate)

In 1964, [Phyllis] Schlafly wrote "A Choice, Not An Echo," widely credited with winning Barry Goldwater the Republican nomination for president. The book sold an astounding 3 million copies. (The average nonfiction book sells 5,000 copies.) Goldwater lost badly in the general election, but the Republican Party would never be the same.

Ms Coulter may slightly overstate the role of A Choice Not an Echo in Barry Goldwater's winning of the 1964 nomination, but she does not overstate Mrs. Schlafly's pivotal role in the times of her life. There may not be another woman in recent times who has achieved so much in the eternal fight for human freedom and dignity and there's certainly no one who fought harder to prevent the disastrous social pathologies that feminism has unleashed. She's a genuine American heroine. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 17, 2002 9:13 PM