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Citizens United damage: Is America still a democracy?
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| Jun 26, 2012
| itobin53
Posted on 06/27/2012 6:34:26 AM PDT by An American!
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THE USA is a REPUBLIC!
We are not a democracy!
A Republic is representative government ruled by law (the Constitution). A democracy is direct government ruled by the majority (mob rule). A Republic recognizes the inalienable rights of individuals while democracies are only concerned with group wants or needs (the public good).
Article IV Section 4, of the Constitution "guarantees to every state in this union a Republican form of government".... Conversely, the word Democracy is not mentioned even once in the Constitution.
Democracies always self-destruct when the non-productive majority realizes that it can vote itself handouts from the productive minority by electing the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury.
Just after the completion and signing of the Constitution, in reply to a woman's inquiry as to the type of government the Founders had created, Benjamin Franklin said, "A Republic, if you can keep it."
Not only have we failed to keep it, most don't even know what it is.
To: An American!
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:35:41 AM PDT
by
An American!
(Proud To Be An American!)
To: An American!
YES!
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:39:28 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
To: An American!
Correct. We never have been and we still are a Republic.
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:40:10 AM PDT
by
Reagan69
(I supported Sarah Palin and all I got was a lousy DVD !)
To: An American!
“THE USA is a REPUBLIC!”....
Ahhhhh we use to be but the constitution hasn’t been observed for a while and state sovereignty has been destroyed. Established as a constitutional representative republic. I have no idea what we are now... Actually we are closer to a democracy that we may think.
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:42:03 AM PDT
by
Breto
(The Establishment party is killing our country)
To: An American!
Very well and succinctly put.
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:42:07 AM PDT
by
bcsco
To: Texas Fossil; Reagan69
Both of you guys beat me to the Republic not Democracy correction.
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:42:24 AM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(End the racist, anti-capitalist Obama War On Freedom.)
To: An American!
Gibberish indeed!
Allowing people (including in the form of PACs or corporations) to buy PAID ADVERTISING to add a little balance to the 24/7 propaganda of the alphabet news isn't exactly leveling the playing field. It is just allowing a diversity of opinion which would otherwise not be present.
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:43:19 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: All
The problem is idiots are actually influenced by advertising put out by the media, the candidates and superpacs. They’re too stupid to do a little bit of research.
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:44:18 AM PDT
by
Terry Mross
( To all my kin: Do not attempt to contact me as long as you love obama.)
To: An American!
All these evil corporations can do is talk to you. They can’t grab your arm and make you vote for someone against your will.
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:46:58 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: Texas Fossil
WHAT????? When did that happen? I guess I must have forgotten that’s how it was from the beginning.
And why are these clowns complaining anyway? Unions have been cranking out the cash for years and not a whimper or any hue and cry about that.
Helping keep mankind warm for 65 years.
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:47:21 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: An American!
The USA is not, never has been, and pray God never will be a “democracy”!
The founders universally abhorred the idea of a democracy and rejected it out of hand!
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:48:32 AM PDT
by
Bigun
("The most fearsome words in the English language are I'm from the government and I'm here to help!")
To: bcsco
yup and right to the point
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:48:44 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: An American!
THE USA is a REPUBLIC! I know. This tires me to no end. We have stopped teaching the future generations what we really are, so they don't understand how it should be working.
To: An American!
Thanks for the link to an excellent article and website.
To: An American!
Sadly An American, I say you are correct. We Americans have failed.
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:53:14 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
To: An American!
YES! I’m sick of this “democracy” BS!!
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:53:49 AM PDT
by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: An American!
Say the “Pledge of Allegiance” if you know it...,”And to the REPUBLIC for which it stands one nation UNDER GOD”....
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:56:21 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: An American!
The dips did not even offer what we actually are as an option. We are a constitutional republic. They cannot be taken seriously when they don’t even know the basic form of the government of the Nation.
They propose two options, both of which are illegal under the constitution - China style fascism or Soviet style marxism.
To: An American!
Barry outspent McQueeg, with the help of millions from the unions, about 3-1. Where was the outcry from the rats about how unfair that was? Their hypocrisy is stunning.
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posted on
06/27/2012 6:57:02 AM PDT
by
JPG
(Don't just talk about it, make it happen.)
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