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How Democracy Is Losing the World
Townhall.com ^ | December 11, 2018 | Pat Buchanan

Posted on 12/11/2018 2:41:46 PM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 12/11/2018 2:41:46 PM PST by Kaslin
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Democracy is only as good as the people who participate in it. Garbage in...Garbage out.


2 posted on 12/11/2018 2:45:20 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Kaslin

Pat always hits the nail on the head.


3 posted on 12/11/2018 2:53:48 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Says Adam Schiff, the incoming chair of the House intelligence committee: "Donald Trump may be the first president in quite some time to face the real prospect of jail time."

Schitt may be one of the first congressscum in quite some time to face the real prospect of a hemp party...

4 posted on 12/11/2018 2:54:43 PM PST by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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We are an unserious nation, engaged in trivial pursuits, in a deadly serious world.


5 posted on 12/11/2018 2:56:51 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Kaslin

Terrific article. Thanks.


6 posted on 12/11/2018 2:59:01 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking...)
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"Democracy is only as good as the people who participate in it. Garbage in...Garbage out."

Why discussion of "democracy"?? The USA is not and never has been a democracy. In fact, a lot of our problems come from groups trying to force the USA republic into a "democracy" straight-jacket.

7 posted on 12/11/2018 3:01:05 PM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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It is a good thing that we are a Republic and not a democracy. Hillary would have all the assets of the country in no time. Trump is draining the swamp but it is fighting back. I can’t wait for the arrests to start.


8 posted on 12/11/2018 3:01:41 PM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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That pretty much sums it up.

Gird Your Loins.


9 posted on 12/11/2018 3:02:39 PM PST by TADSLOS (I wish Adam and Eve had been Cajuns. They would have ignored the apple and ate the snake.)
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I can’t wait for the arrests to start.

Been hearing this for two years. Only people behind bars are anyone associated with Trump over the years, and ridiculous imprisoning, too. I suspect you will never get the arrests you want.

10 posted on 12/11/2018 3:08:11 PM PST by CatOwner
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Buchanan is brilliant. Even more so here than usual.

I choose optimism, though. I am no great fan of President Trump, but I respect him and have considerable confidence. Strangely, I trust Speaker Pelosi in ways that I do not trust other Democrats; and I predict without benefit of any evidence that these two leaders will keep the worst from happening.

I am not sorry that Pelosi has replaced the feckless Ryan. Having her as Speaker provides someone with whom President Trump can actually negotiate and strike deals.

I see Pelosi as smart, tough and in charge. I do not believe that she wants her majority wasted for the next two years on matters that risk only downside for her agenda. When push comes to shove I predict that Mueller, Schiff et al fold their tents and walk away from all of this nonsense. They may cast aspersions, but no charges and no recriminations. Pelosi may extract a quid pro quo — Hillary, Comey, McCabe, and that entire risible crowd skate too; and I think McConnell, President Trump and others take that deal in a nanosecond.

None of this dealing will sit well with the base of either party. But it will allow the country to move forward.

I will s*ck. And yet it is the best and perhaps the only way out.


11 posted on 12/11/2018 3:13:42 PM PST by drellberg
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Democracy: two wolves and a deer voting on what to have for dinner


12 posted on 12/11/2018 3:15:03 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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....and ten years before Odungo was elected he crawl around Chicago bath houses on his knees....


13 posted on 12/11/2018 3:19:01 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: CatOwner

Actually arrests are well under way. Thousands of MS13 members are locked up. A bunch of child molesters are gone also. You can not get some people if the judges are in the same party.


14 posted on 12/11/2018 3:19:11 PM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Kaslin

HOW THE WHITE RACE IS LOSING A WORLD IT BUILT

actually

In two generations


15 posted on 12/11/2018 3:25:09 PM PST by wardaddy (I don’t care that you’re not a racist......when the shooting starts it won’t matter what yo)
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To: mountainlion

I think the arrests were referring to the Deep State, not the illegals.


16 posted on 12/11/2018 3:27:21 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: Mariner

In free Republic early days Pat was vilified by the weak and multicultural


17 posted on 12/11/2018 3:27:44 PM PST by wardaddy (I don’t care that you’re not a racist......when the shooting starts it won’t matter what yo)
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To: drellberg
“I am no great fan of President Trump”

That doesn’t advance your point. Why the compulsion?

You gave Pelosi no such preface.

Join the side you’re on.

18 posted on 12/11/2018 3:28:54 PM PST by coaster123
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Will the elites that loathe him succeed in bringing Trump down,

They'd better be careful what they ask for.

19 posted on 12/11/2018 3:29:39 PM PST by libertylover (Democrats hated Lincoln too.)
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>> “What does American democracy now offer the world as its foremost attribute, its claim to greatness?” <<

Fortunately, our constitution forbids “Democracy!”

Democracy is the very lest desirable form of governance. Democracy is a fox, a wolf, and a chicken voting on who is for lunch.

We must defeat democracy world wide.
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20 posted on 12/11/2018 3:29:43 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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