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To: gwilhelm56

“An Idea disliked by the Founding Fathers which is why we are a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, and not a Democracy.”

I respect experience over ideology, and experience has taught me that purely representative democracy has degenerated into a scheme for legalized bribery and malfeasance. Initiative and referendum is needed to give the people a direct check over their so-called representatives. Now, in the age of the internet, there is no reason not to extend initiative and referendum to the federal level. Of course if you admire the job being done by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid on our behalf, you are welcome to object.


45 posted on 09/05/2008 12:57:56 PM PDT by devere
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To: devere

** ... Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid on our behalf, you are welcome to object...**

The only objection is that, these two are the reason I have reconsidered my position on “TAR and FEATHERING”.

While a Constitutional Republic may have it’s problems, Direct Democracy with an UNDEReducated Populace, is what gives us the likes of Pelosi and Reid, and Purely Marxist referenda as the topic of this thread.!!


55 posted on 09/05/2008 1:13:45 PM PDT by gwilhelm56 (Orwell's 1984 - to Conservatives a WARNING, to Liberals - a TEXTBOOK)
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