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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 12:11 PM Original message |
Hmm, America is not a democracy, it's a Republic |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Most Communist nations include Republic in the name |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 01:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Right |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Here's a page about the difference between democracies and republics |
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dumpster_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. It is a "Propagandocracy" |
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SCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Byrd (WVA) has even said this |
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FullCountNotRecount (860 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 12:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. We're not a Democracy. If we were Pres would be popular vote |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 12:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Wrong. You mean we are not a "pure democracy". |
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greenohio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 02:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. You hit the nail on the head |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 09:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I don't know why this issue annoys me. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 10:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Not Correct |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. We actually live in an oligarchy, tho we pretend it isn't one |
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DeadHead67 (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. The word comes from the Latin : Res Publica . . . . |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Freepers are ignorant, because a republic is simply |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 10:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. I think Repubs don't like the similarity |
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Mel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. I like this link it's one of my favorite book marks |
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Nordic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. "George Bush and his REPUBLICAN GUARD" |
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Gwerlain (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. The real difference is... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. Nearly all nations are republics, even the |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 01:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. No they are not... |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. Re the U.S.,roughly put: republic is the "it," and democracy is the "how." |
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CaTeacher (983 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 01:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I thought that the |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's like comparing apples and oranges |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. They're simply to trying to get people to make associations. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 01:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. You hit the nail on the head ... |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. Like my bumpersticker says, |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. The USA is a |
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Room101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. America is a "Republic" and that's how the founding fathers |
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Gwerlain (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 02:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Agreed, on all three: |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. Qualification: it's a CONSTITUTIONAL republic. Big difference. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 11:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. NO, Y'all : It is a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
28. Democracy is the means by which we choose representatives |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
29. That's an older argument. It's just more divisive BS. |
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The Revolution (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
33. According to Aristotle... |
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