[radicalamericannationalist]

"I didn't say CFR was good for the country I said it was good for the Republican Party. The country was gonna get Dubya's CFR or the rats CFR because the voters wanted it."

I thought leaders were supposed to do what was right, not simply popular. Didn't we have enough pandering to polls in Clinton's administration?

[Once-Ler]

I thought leaders were supposed to do what was right, not simply popular.

That is a common misunderstanding of the right fringe. Representatives are suppose to act in the interests of their constituents. Leaders convince the people before acting or legislating. When a majority is convinced then action will have lasting impact. When the people are not convinced then future leaders will reverse the imprudent action. Take the AWB for example...Clinton did not convince voters and because of this when the ban was sunset there was no consequence to Dubya.

Leaders who do not heed the will of the people are called dictators. Wannabe dictators are the heroes of the fringe right because they defiantly reject the will of the people and instead promise to follow the echoing voices in their swelled heads with an iron fist. It is scary to read Freerepublic sometimes because rational thought is too often drowned out by the isolationist acolytes of Buchanan Tancredo and Keyes. They have lots of time and booze and no jobs or spell checkers.