All these bloggers, pundits, talking heads, and commenters who say “Are we in danger of losing our republic?” are blind fools, in my opinion, or they are lying to themselves to avoid facing the truth. And that truth is that our republic is as dead as the Founders, and has been for some time. After the gay marriage ruling and the craven capitulation to that ruling by virtually every elected official, federal and local, anyone who persists in the delusion that we live by rule of law is beyond foolish. We could argue all day about the exact point in which the Republic began to die, but there is no rational argument now other than that it is dead. The heart is not beating, blood is pooling and rigor mortis has set in, but the doctors and nurses are standing around asking “Are we in danger of losing our patient?”