[JediJones]

How does that “Republican Party Of Yours”(TM) regard the “elected primary winner” being a featherbrained imbecile?

I don't think that's true of Akin at all. It was a stupid statement but he is not a stupid man. Is Rush stupid because he started the Sandra Fluke "slut" controversy? Everyone makes mistakes. Regardless, this is a democracy. Do you want the party elders selecting your candidates or the voters? The primary voters took a look at this guy and made a judgment based on far more than you or I know about him from one interview.

[philman_36]

Regardless, this is a democracy.
America is a Constitutional Republic with democratic elements, not democratic principles.
Majority rule is the foremost principle of a democracy whereas the foremost principle in republicanism, IMO, is protecting the rights of the people.

If America were a democracy your rights could be taken away at whim by a majority vote of the populace.

A democracy is the very thing the Founding Fathers didn't establish.