Adam Buckland wrote: > A republic is a state or country that is not led by a hereditary > monarch. The single common principal, however is that their power > structure is, de jure, not the preserve of a royal family or > aristocracy. > > Democracy is a system of government by which political sovereignty is > retained by the people and either exercised directly by citizens or > through their elected representatives. > > The United States of America is guaranteed a republican form of > government. However, their legislatures are an example of a democracy, > in which the majority vote of the legislators enact law. > > > QED the USA is both a republic and a democracy. > > Cheers > > Adam. > Right, its all just a matter of symactics. I'm not sure I buy the excerpt below or the article at the end of the link below, but it sounds reasonable. Perhaps we could settle on the Republicans referring to the American form of government as a "Representative Republic, and the Democrats referring to the American form of government as a "Representative Democracy". LOL
Regards, LelandJ #----------------------------------------------- Excerpt: But the main Amendment that tipped the scales from the national government of the United States being a mere republic to being a true representative democracy was the often-overlooked Seventeenth Amendment, which took effect in 1913. Since 1913 the U.S. Senate has been elected directly by the voters, rather than being appointed by the state legislatures. That makes the national government democratic in form, as well as being a republic. http://www.williampmeyers.org/republic.html #-------------------------------------------- > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Stephen Russell > Sent: 24 June 2008 19:43 > > > Repeat slowly the Pledge of Allegiance. > > *I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to > the > republic for which it stands, > > * > See it says Republic right there! > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
