tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204289.post4770359213989196078..comments2024-03-15T02:26:31.009-05:00Comments on Independent Country: Do We Live in a Democracy?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620822221586726516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204289.post-49772376937328379722008-05-25T02:40:00.000-05:002008-05-25T02:40:00.000-05:00That "republic not a democracy" shtik is an old Bi...That "republic not a democracy" shtik is an old Bircher talking point. And they're about as bad as Straussians when it comes to figuring out the details of squishy, real-world political movements by deducing their positions from their dictionary definitions. A good example is the frequent Bircher devise of citing Critique of the Gotha Program on communism as the highest stage of socialism, and using it to prove that Gene Debs and Norman Thomas were closet Stalinists.Kevin Carsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07525803609000364993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204289.post-20252384252774446432008-05-21T16:24:00.000-05:002008-05-21T16:24:00.000-05:00we believe democracy must be checked by the separa...<I>we believe democracy must be <B>checked by the separation of powers</B>, and that government must be limited in size, scope, and power</I><BR/><BR/>Amen.<BR/><BR/>And that's why McCain's proposal to appear before Congress to answer questions (a la the British parliamentary system) is as boneheaded as anything else the GOP has thought up over the past decade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com