On Sep 5, 3:14 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > not a 50% + 1 absolute democracy... This is a lesson Obama and the > Democrats still have to learn...
Learn what, that conservatives lost the election and now have to be told what to do whether they like it or not? Well, you will because that's what conservatives did last time. How many times did I hear; "We're the majority. Look at all the red states. We won by the biggest margin in history. Conservatives dominate the airwaves with Fox News and talk radio ratings." Well, now your one shoe is on the other foot. Start learning to hop on the other foot. >>> Yet America is a republic, not a democracy. Our Founding Fathers instituted >>> a form of government guided by the rule of law rather than the desires of a >>> majority of voters. They understood that a democracy is always in flux and >>> given to “mob rule,” while a republic is fixed and stable, resting on “the >>> Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” Because of the uncertainty of >>> democracy, Benjamin Rush — a signer of the Declaration of Independence — >>> wrote: “A simple democracy is one of the greatest of evils.” We saw how the rule of law worked in the last administration. We saw how mob rule worked in the last administration. We saw how natures God was abused in the last administration. No President I have ever heard speaking spoke of how great it would be for other countries to adopt a republic form of government. Yet every one of them speak of democracy as the form of government other countries should adopt. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
