A Reason to Vote

by Robert Roth

Book Overview

The Natural Law Party was founded in 1992 to create a new mainstream political party that would offer voters forward-looking, prevention-oriented, commonsense solutions to America's problems. Here is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312243162
• ISBN13: 9780312243166
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A Must Read

I must admit that I have just recently purchased the book during the election campaign off the Natural Law Party's website to help me learn more about the party. Instead I am learning more than I bargained for. Not only is the Natural Law Party covered but also the 3rd Party movement in general and the importance they have and continue to play in our country's history.After the debacle this last election has turned out to be and the governments continued deaf ear to our need for fresh ideas I have already ordered enough for my family and friends. Although definitely a different twist to my ordinary holiday purchases I think this one could be the most useful.The book is easy to read and interesting enough to hold your attention. Big party politicians may not want you to hear the message given by this book because there will be competition for their positions but every disheartened voter needs this book to help show them that there is hope.

A Better Life

I am 41 years old, and have been on a self growth and spiritual path for most of my life. I feel that I have attained a comfortable level. I have recently felt the urge to give something back to society - As with most people I have been disgusted with politics and the two headed monster goverment/corporation. So getting involved politically was not an option, I felt the republican, democrat elite were too entrenched to make changes untill I read this book. It has changed me. I will fight for The Natural Law Party because of all that it stands for. It doesn't matter if it's a loosing battle, because I think the war will eventually be won. The NLP is the healthiest, soulfull, holistic approach we humans can take to heal this country - when we win other countries will follow. If we don't win in my time at least I will be happy with my self - 88 years old with only memories of a noble endeavour. This book changed my life.

You WILL want to vote after reading this

The importance of this book can't be overstated. You will learn about the deplorable state of American democracy and be infuriated. But you will also learn about what can be done and be motivated to be part of the solution.

Will send you running to the voting both in 2000!

Abe Lincoln once called America, "the last best hope" for the world. Robert Roth's A REASON TO VOTE may well be the last best hope for America and the world. The bottom line -- even if you've given up on the mud, blood, and influence peddling of politics, this book will send you running back to the voting booth.Roth's personal and powerful first person narration leaps off the page. As press secretary for the NLP, the fastest growing new political party in America, he has stood on the front lines of third-party battles to reclaim democracy and access to the ballot and the debates. He unmasks our democracy to be the most exclusionary and undemocratic of any on earth."How tough is it for third parties? As Richard Winger [America's leading authority on third-parties] said, in most states, Republicans and Democrats have written the laws that grant themselves automatic access to the ballot. On the other hand, in 1998, a new party must collect over 5 million valid signatures to run a full slate of candidates nationwide."This is only the first hurdle in an obstacle course built by the two major parties, and supported by the mainstream press. We hear harrowing experiences of volunteers who, in 1996, in the face of unconstitutional opposition from the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Election Commission, and the courts (whose members are either Democrats or Republicans) achieved ballot access for NLP candidates in fifty states. We share in their exhilaration and confidence that it is possible to meet the challenge of a nation in transitiion. That transition from a world of disconnected, selfish, quarreling factions to one of purpose and unity, is profoundly described by the doctors, scientists, teachers, and farmers that Roth interviews. We learn how close "natural law" is to our lives from world-renowned Unified Field physicist and NLP Presidential candidate, Dr. John Hagelin."Everything we accomplish is achieved by applying natural laws," he says. "We have the electric light courtesy of technologies that apply natural law, a man walked on the moon and a rover scoured the surface of Mars because of technologies that harness natural law, and we treat our sick with medicines that utilize laws of nature."The problem is that technologies can be used for good or for bad....With so much money invested in the research and development of new technologies, these technologies often get shoved into the marketplace before they are adequately tested for safety. To protect their investments, these industries also pour megabucks into the treasure chests of both the Republican and Democratic parties."A clear view of the problem, and the amazingly simple solution -- the NLP's fool proof formula for assessing new technologies -- that they must work! It rings true even in sound bitten ears. And Mike Tompkins, NLP Vice-Presidential candidate, and descendant of former Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, tells us

vitally important, a must-read and act-upon book

"A Reason to Vote" opened my eyes to the state of our democracy, and how we the people have been denied any substantive choice of leaders by the crushing two-party system and by the tyranny of special interest lobbies. However, more important than exposing the problems, Mr. Roth offers a practical solution that empowers his readers to turn around the deplorable state of politics and government in the USA: The Natural Law Party. "A Reason to Vote" is so powerful it has even inspired me, a person who could be described as usually apolitical, to join the Natural Law Party and run for office!