Originally posted by: irwincur
Are you people stupid. The US has never been a Democracy.
It is a Representative Republic. Always has been and for the time being will continue to be. With all of the doom and gloom spouted by the left, just think of it this way - the nation has weathered much worse and survived. As a matter of fact, the very design of the government prevents one man or one generation from doing too much harm. The system is too slow by its very nature to allow this.
I just get angry when the ignorant can't get our base form of government correct. Shws the pure lack of knowledge in some sects of the American political spectrum.
I disagree to the extent that those we elect do not represent the people, they represent the Party. No where in the Constitution does it mention two party rule which is what we have. Many who framed the Constitution were concerned about just this thing, but by that time it was too late. Parties of a kind formed and it would have been impossible to regulate them.
In
theory anyone who meets the Constitutional requirements can be President, but in
fact they must meet Party requirements first, and they have always been first and foremost for themselves and it seems far more the case in the last decade or so.
Who really believes that Bush and Kerry are who we wanted as choices? Oh yes we got to pick from a list that the parties wanted. The solution? An explicit Constitutional amendment on the powers of political parties, or even an outright ban.
Regardless of you view on my suggestion, consider this. Could it realistically happen? No. The parties would never allow it. That is a true assessment of their power over our government.