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68% approval rating for Obama. Seems to me to be a pretty significant majority. There's only 60% of the Senate that's democratic. Looks to me like we're underrepresented. Of course we're a democracy. Thats why you and your buds will have absolutely no impact on what happens. Watch the nation move ahead without you.

The United States. Democratic status. Was the source of the controversy at Valley Forge. The founding fathers were democratic. The people who wanted a republic almost starved the entire American army out to prove their point. Then it was set up as a democracy for the people and Thomas Jefferson ended up speaking a lot about it. Then these losers called the puratins came in, representing the republic (big businesses). They fought for almost 100 years to reverse the constitution and all the equal rights stuff. Now you see it, they still try to make it a nazi or king james state. But most of what they have done is public. Because of their joker mentality, now many huge financial industry based entities have more power then people and actually contradict what America stands for. America is supposed to be a democracy, but because of the corrupt idiots who took unrestrained actions. Some things like the federal government. Even though they are a corporation. As a ruling body. It's just a mish mash of good people and dirty people who support business over people.

We were never meant to be a democracy. This is the definition of democracy from the 1928 US Army Field Manual:

Democracy:

A government of the masses. Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of "direct" expression. Results in mobocracy. Attitude toward property is communistic--negating property rights. Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether is be based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences. Results in demogogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy

Simply put, it is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for breakfast. We are more of a democracy than our founding fathers ever intended. The masses vote for the politicians who are going to plunder the most money from the few and give it to the masses. Yes, we are a democracy, and that's not a good thing.

We were meant to be a republic. This is the definition of a republic from the same Army manual:

Republic:

Authority is derived through the election by the people of public officials best fitted to represent them. Attitude toward law is the administration of justice in accord with fixed principles and established evidence, with a strict regard to consequences. A greater number of citizens and extent of territory may be brought within its compass. Avoids the dangerous extreme of either tyranny or mobocracy. Results in statesmanship, liberty, reason, justice, contentment, and progress. Is the "standard form" of government throughout the world. A republic is a form of government under a constitution which provides for the election of

(1) an executive and (2) a legislative body, who working together in a representative capacity, have all the power of appointment, all power of legislation, all power to raise revenue and appropriate expenditures, and are required to create (3) a judiciary to pass upon the justice and legality of their government acts and to recognize (4) certain inherent individual rights.

This is the form of government our founders set up. Minorities have rights and are better respected.

Democratic Republic

The drumbeat of a revolution can be heard on the horizon.....listen.....There is an internal "war" on for the soul of America.

Bozo used to be in the circus......Now the CLOWNS are running the country....so one can only "guess" the next level of destruction they are going to bring to our sovereignty and freedoms.....

BTW...Our founding fathers would have ALREADY took care of a mess like this....not letting it get to this critical point.....that's why the US Constitution was created......to keep Big Brother....IN CHECK.

It's OVERDUE for a re-applying effort.......

Actually it never was a democracy... it was a republic.. but Obama is changing all that.. it will soon be a government controlled communist state.. SO GET READY!

Never was intended to be a democracy but what you have described is how a republic can be destroyed. It is the beginning of the end of Rome.

I hate to say it but your party losing is part of democracy. And yes Spector would lose in GOP PRIMARY, in a general election as anyone Spector would win as he's pretty popular. Maybe when one of your oldest and most respect members say the party has moved too far to the right it just may have done so

Its a two way street my friend. Republicans act like idiots to, sorry but its true.

Stop acting like a saint, because your not.

I feel your pain, and if you would answer my question on Spector the turncoat in my Profile thankyou very much.