Martin needs to brush up on his civics. Democracy was resoundingly rejected as a form of government by our Founders. The ones who want to obfuscate this fact, will use every misdirection and excuse to not use the term "constitutional republic". Some will do so with great dignity and aplomb, but they can never show where 'democracy' is in the Constitution, nor will they touch the phrase in Section 4:
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government..."
No, they won't touch that phrase, except with trying to make it other than it is.
WE are not a democracy, no matter how nicely you wrap it in obfuscation and garbled language.
Raconteur, This piece is about how our representative system’s hinges are straining under polarization and gerrymandering. Whether you call it a constitutional republic or a representative democracy doesn’t change that problem; it just avoids it. Have a great day.
Yes, I did pick up on that and I agree with him. I just rather that he do it without the propaganda terms and use what the Founders used in the founding documents.
If we multitudes of moderate and independent voters want moderate candidates, then we need to change our civic duty mindset and commit to voting in the primaries - where the candidates are crowned - instead of just voting in the general elections. If only party extremists show up at primaries, we've no one to blame but ourselves for having to choose between less moderate general election candidates.
Martin needs to brush up on his civics. Democracy was resoundingly rejected as a form of government by our Founders. The ones who want to obfuscate this fact, will use every misdirection and excuse to not use the term "constitutional republic". Some will do so with great dignity and aplomb, but they can never show where 'democracy' is in the Constitution, nor will they touch the phrase in Section 4:
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government..."
No, they won't touch that phrase, except with trying to make it other than it is.
WE are not a democracy, no matter how nicely you wrap it in obfuscation and garbled language.
Raconteur, This piece is about how our representative system’s hinges are straining under polarization and gerrymandering. Whether you call it a constitutional republic or a representative democracy doesn’t change that problem; it just avoids it. Have a great day.
Yes, I did pick up on that and I agree with him. I just rather that he do it without the propaganda terms and use what the Founders used in the founding documents.
You have a fine day, too!
If we multitudes of moderate and independent voters want moderate candidates, then we need to change our civic duty mindset and commit to voting in the primaries - where the candidates are crowned - instead of just voting in the general elections. If only party extremists show up at primaries, we've no one to blame but ourselves for having to choose between less moderate general election candidates.
Well-said.
Edd Houck served in the Virginia General Assembly until 2012, not 2021.
Thanks, Becky, correcting this now!