[RLK]

"All democracies turn into dictatorships--but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon or Adolf Hitler.

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This seems to be the historical tendency. It's happening here as the constitution is deconstructed.

[Texas Yellow Rose]

	"All democracies turn into dictatorships--but not by coup.
...but not by coup....   In 1913 our Republic passed the following Amendment to the Constitution opening the door for a more "democratic" form of government directly following another amendment that same year giving the federal government "power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration. " Amendment XVII The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures. When vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the Senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, that the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution. Originally: Article I Section 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof. To repeat.... "When the leaders of a constitutional republic run the country by polling focus groups, it degrades into a democracy." Article IV Section 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence. Someone needs to tell our President to "get with the program".  We are GUARANTEED A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT.  What's the matter are they afraid to say "Republican"?????
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