[Lunatic Fringe]

"Representative" does not mean you vote the way the majority of your constituents believe. A representative is chosen to represent the people, and to vote his or her own conscience.

Our Founders did NOT want a democracy.

[RightOnline]

""Representative" does not mean you vote the way the majority of your constituents believe. A representative is chosen to represent the people, and to vote his or her own conscience."

[...insert low whistle here...] Let's just say that you and I have VASTLY different ideas of what a "representative Republic" is and should be.....and leave it at that.