[Vaquero]

We are a democratic Republic, Jonah.

Not a democracy, per se.

[philman_36]

We are a democratic Republic, Jonah.

We are a Constitutional Republic, Vaquero.

Not a democracy, per se.

Not a democracy, of any kind.

[No name given]

A CONSTITUTIONAL democratic republic, don’t you forget!

[Paraclete]

Both spawned by the swamp, Jonah is the antithesis of Tucker. Someone should write a book.

[Olog-hai]

The D-word appears nowhere in the US Constitution.

And then there’s Woodrow Wilson’s take on what democracy is:

… (I)t is very clear that in fundamental theory, socialism and democracy are almost, if not quite, one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members. Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals. …

So we have had over a century of being at the mercy of politicians that regard democracy and socialism as being the same thing—to wit, authoritarian forms of government that do not recognize the individual and regard rights as given by government.

[Nebr FAL owner]

We are supposed to be a Constitutional Republic with democratic traditions. Not a lynch mob!