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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (718836)	5/31/2013 8:05:48 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580436

'm saying that the United States is a constitutional republic, not a democracy. It never was a democracy and with God's help, it never will be a democracy. Constitutional Republic.....look it up. It's very different than a democracy. Can you say...."The United States is NOT a democracy" ARE WE A DEMOCRACY OR A REPUBLIC? Is the United States a democracy or a republic? Unfortunately, the answer is politically and definitively confusing. Our form of government is both a democracy and a republic. Fortunately, the debate is beginning all over again and it was started by ordinary people who feel that our government is out of control. Dictionaries contain slightly different definitions of a democracy and a republic. However, most dictionaries agree that a democracy is government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives. A republic has two forms and definitions. A republic can be a form of government with an elected president instead of a monarch, or a form of government with an elected president and elected representatives responsible to the people. Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language brings a democracy and a republic closer together by defining a republic as "a form of government in which the sovereign power is widely vested in the people either directly or through elected representatives." Cuba's President Fidel Castro, Iraq's President Saddam Hussein and the presidents of many totalitarian governments fit the first definition of a republic. However, they are tyrannical presidents that wield the sovereign power of monarchs. The United States fits the second description of a republic, which, combined with the definition of a democracy, makes us a republic of representative democracy or what some call a democratic republic. read more.............. realdemocracy.com