Wednesday, July 7, 2010

We Are Not a Democracy

Bob Belvedere, over at The Camp of the Saints, reminds us that we are not a democracy, but instead a constitutional republic.  Like him, I am tired of people flinging about the word democracy.

Down With Democracy: A Plea
In the ongoing debate in the Rightosphere about what exactly it is we want to restore in this country, the word ‘democracy’ gets thrown around a lot, but that is preciously the problem we have now: The United States has become a democracy.  read the rest
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American Thinker:  Can Freedom Endure Democracy?
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2 comments:

Bob Belvedere said...

I say we start carrying around Nerf bats and whack people upside the head when they use the word 'democracy'!

Thanks for linky love.

July 7, 2010 at 1:11 PM
A Conservative Teacher said...

We were given a Republic... but I don't think we kept it. Sorry, it's mob rule now, and we have a tyrant ruling us.

July 9, 2010 at 6:10 AM

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