Quotes of the day
posted at 10:35 pm on January 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
“This is no ordinary time in the history of our democracy, and none of us can afford to behave like ordinary people. Every patriot must wish for the new president to succeed. These wintry days are gloomy indeed, but the dawn of the Barack Obama era brings with it the light of hope. Not false optimism, but rather the assurance that though we must walk through a dark valley for a time, if we keep our eyes on the mountaintop, we can make it through, together.”
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“Some of this patriotism may be of the sunshine variety — in for a day or a season, when the costs are not great. Or more cynically: in to show that their hatred for America is really just another form of political ‘dissent.’ Yet whatever the nature of these changes they cannot for now be discounted. Consider: When President Obama commits this nation to war against the Islamic terrorists, as he already has in Afghanistan, he will take millions of previously alienated and disaffected Americans with him, and they will support our troops in a way that most of his party has refused to support them until now. When another liberal, Bill Clinton went to war from the air, there was no anti-war movement in the streets or in his party’s ranks to oppose him. That is an encouraging fact for us in the dangerous world we confront.”
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“DON’T question the motives – question the policy. When you disagree with Obama’s policies, say so, and make it clear why. But remember that President Obama is doing what he thinks is best for the country, as President Bush did. Both men love America and want what’s best for her. End of story.”
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+7%………
……… and don’t stop calling them for what they are!
Seven Percent Solution on January 20, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Seven Percent Solution on January 20, 2009 at 11:23 PM
The “dark days” of a four to eight year presidency of a left-leaning president? Where were you during the Clinton years? Holed up in a isolated commune with an apocalyptic cult? And here I thought America had had quite a few Democratic administrations in the past.
alex342 on January 20, 2009 at 11:31 PM
How about a Cardinals tee-shirt, even though I am a Charger fan?
Seven Percent Solution on January 20, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Ugh, I am Minnesota’s only certified Steelers fan.
No thanks.
Bishop on January 20, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Oh puhleeaze. I’m sure that if there had been any attacks/bombings in Iraq the press would’ve reported every grisly detail like they did the last 6 years… It’s not like they wouldn’t be trying to put pressure on their guy and make the US look like a wimp… Why gosh, golly, that’d make us all look like wimps and then Obama would have to demand that we all wear flag pins to demonstrate our unity!
Skywise on January 20, 2009 at 11:33 PM
How much time do you want to expend on this project? Cut me an advance check of some significance and I’ll write a book.
Show me the money, otherwise, do your own homework.
Skandia Recluse on January 20, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Levy only wrote that pap because he’s such a brutha.
God! The brown haired Jew broad should just take Andy’s job.
Stephen M on January 20, 2009 at 11:33 PM
And perhaps you do not understand liberty, checks-and-balances, freedom of speech and dissent. No offense or anything.
MB4 on January 20, 2009 at 11:34 PM
I live about halfway between Atlanta and Macon in the country. I asked my daughter if she had to watch the inauguration at school today. She looked at me as if I was out of my mind. Apparently they had more important things to do at her school, like getting an education.
No need for you to even leave the state, but seriously I would get out of Atlanta.
Buford on January 20, 2009 at 11:34 PM
haha! Great bit of muck.
Me? I”m sharpening my knives and ready to go.
The fight started last nov…I’ll treat him with every bit of honor and respect that was given to W.
Isn’t that the reasonable thing to do?
Surely my friend Alex would agree with that?
Surely.
Handel on January 20, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Those “millions of previously alienated and disaffected Americans” who were against war when a Republican was president but will now support the war under a Democrat administration are partisans not patriots. They deserve neither credit nor respect and we should not be hesitant to point out their hypocrisy.
Loki on January 20, 2009 at 11:36 PM
alex, feeling as I do has nothing to do with having a guy I don’t particularly care for running it. Tantrums that that belong to the left.
It is what he has planned for this country that has me so estranged from what I have grown up in and understand as the land of the free and home of the brave. Liberty. A government that was small enough to stay out of my way but big enough to keep my way safe. I could go on but it’s not my country anymore. And soon it will belong to a world community that has no love of it, no loyalty to keep its ways intact, to rob it blind and rape the goodness of its people for a world that will only use it.
katy on January 20, 2009 at 11:36 PM
……… I sure do hope everyone has noticed that Mr. Obama
is Left-Handed……….
Seven Percent Solution on January 20, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Laura in Maryland on January 20, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Oh silly me. I’m a libtard. I didn’t think I was a liberal or an Obama supporter but I guess I am. I guess if I don’t think he’s a foreign born Marxist Muslim and that this is the end of U.S. as a nation-state I’m comparable to someone with Down’s Syndrome.
My understanding of democracy is that everyone gets a vote and sometimes your candidate loses but you accept the legitimacy of the winner because otherwise you’d be living under another system, authoritarian or totalitarian.
alex342 on January 20, 2009 at 11:37 PM
so does this mean I should take the “Impeach Obama Now!” bumpersticker off of my car?
billy on January 20, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Ding ding! We have a winner.
Laura in Maryland on January 20, 2009 at 11:38 PM
That you work in the theater. More stories…
Esthier on January 20, 2009 at 11:38 PM
……. voting Republicans into power under the Contract with America?
Seven Percent Solution on January 20, 2009 at 11:39 PM
Major media outlets have pretty much pulled out of Iraq. And they won’t be reporting too much bad news because that doesn’t fit the new narrative and might put pressure on Obama to rethink his immediate withdrawal strategy (which he’s meeting with Petraeus, et al., tomorrow to discuss).
But maybe that’s your point, I couldn’t really tell.
Actually I have no idea if an uptick in attacks is tied to our election or to Iraq’s own election at the end of the month. But this guy on the ground with the mortars coming at him seems to think something’s up. (“The reduction of forces has me nervous actually. They seem to be ‘building up’ towards ‘something.’ The word on the street is that they want to ‘test’ the new POTUS and what with everything I’m reading/hearing/seeing on the net/radio and TV, his talking about shutting down here in Iraq sooner is only going to provoke them into doing to us what Hamas is/has been doing to Israel. Meaning small provocative attacks that are pin pricks… not very effective on causing casualties per se, but makes life f*cking miserable for the Joes and us Scumbag Contractors.”)
Bennett on January 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM
katy on January 20, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Well, don’t worry yourself too much there katy. America’s been through a lot, I think she can survive a few years of a Democratic presidency as unthinkable as that is. I know it’s never happened before and I know the economy’s never been bad before and America’s never been at war before but I think everything will be okay.
alex342 on January 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Is it just me, or is the Schadenfreude heavy in here tonight?
I haven’t seen such whining since that little boy lost on American Idol.
benny shakar on January 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM
:O)
Seven Percent Solution on January 20, 2009 at 11:42 PM
We will not throw away common sense.
The premise that since both men love America both will do what is best for her makes no sense. Neville Chamberlain loved Britain as much as Winston Churchill, but one was a naive empty suit that endangered and almost extinguished a nation, and the other constantly railed against the nonsense until a nation finally listened when on the brink of disaster.
Any leader foolish enough to make a straw argument between a nation’s “safety” and “ideals” in an inaugural address to the world, just announced weakness. Enemies have no ideals other than to destroy.
Starlink on January 20, 2009 at 11:42 PM
Where were you during the Clinton years? Holed up in a isolated commune with an apocalyptic cult?
alex342 on January 20, 2009 at 11:31 PM
What are you, insane? Would you want to take a chance that Janet Reno would burn you and everyone else in the cult alive?
The 90′s were dangerous times for cults.
Bishop on January 20, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Hey, watch it! That kind of antisemitic rant could land you a cabinet position!
stonemeister on January 20, 2009 at 11:43 PM
…….. maybe so,
we still have the right of freedom of speech,
………. don’t we?
Seven Percent Solution on January 20, 2009 at 11:44 PM
It is the new order. All of you, starting with your children, will be assimilated. The children will be taught to report any suspicious or subversive tendencies against the new order on the part of their parents.
DasObamaReich on January 20, 2009 at 11:44 PM
I haven’t seen such whining since that little boy lost on American Idol.
benny shakar on January 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Still heartbroken, huh?
You’ll get over it, there is a new American Idol to fawn over now, though soon America will wish he had only made the weirdo highlight reels.
Bishop on January 20, 2009 at 11:45 PM
over your head huh?
ernesto on January 20, 2009 at 11:45 PM
[Weight of Glory on January 20, 2009 at 11:24 PM]
It the first epithet that pops into their minds.
Actually, it’s pretty much the only epithet that pops into their Johnny one-note minds.
Dusty on January 20, 2009 at 11:46 PM
alex, democraat or rebublican, this man is different from any leader the US has ever had. Ever! This country has never had a leftist with billions of dollars behind a global movement that’s time has come.
You can stop the snarky stuff too. It’s been a long day.
katy on January 20, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Were you asleep the last eight years?
Esthier on January 20, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Both men don’t love America in quite the same way. The extreme left (to which Obama has belonged his entire career) only likes the real estate. Obama’s entire being appears to be about socialism…and not the Western European variety…more of a personality cult, like Cuba, the USSR (Stalin), North Korea, and (dare I say) Hitler and Mussolini.
stonemeister on January 20, 2009 at 11:47 PM
I’m getting sick of this.
I really, REALLY don’t, do NOT, need a bunch of people telling me what to think. OR what to say.
I can think quite well for myself.
This business where conservatives are always running around telling each other how to think and how to behave, intending to manage the PR, I suppose, is ridiculous. And a large part of what got us to this point in the first place.
In any case, it isn’t working.
Very bad. But this is the way it is nowadays, because that is how the left behaves. Actually, I think that is why all the conservative talking heads are acting as they are. They don’t want this sort of thing to escalate.
But it probably will anyway. All they are doing is trying to put off the inevitable fighting back.
Alana on January 20, 2009 at 11:47 PM
No…………..
…….. I just had to go take an “ernesto” and light a match,
What’s on your mind besides your anal cavity?
…… I thought you would be at an Obama “Ball”,
What’s up………?
………. the thong was too loose?
Seven Percent Solution on January 20, 2009 at 11:49 PM
I am totally with Katy on this.
Alana on January 20, 2009 at 11:49 PM
In Alex’s world everything is fascist socialist propaganda. Nothing is what it is because everything is what it isn’t. And contrary-wise; what it is, it isn’t, and what it isn’t, it is. You see?
Cheshire Cat on January 20, 2009 at 11:50 PM
You can’t think that helps.
Esthier on January 20, 2009 at 11:50 PM
That was as clear as Obama’s Inauguration speech.
stonemeister on January 20, 2009 at 11:52 PM
1. This is/was a REPUBLIC!
2. You are hounding people for not being on board with Obama. He may be the president, but we don’t have to join the conga line. No one is planning on taking over the government; we just aren’t willing to join the guy’s cult. We learned by the left’s example of how to treat a president of the opposing party. Thanks!
3. The main difference between a person of left ideology and a libtard is the libtard talks out of his tushy and screams “fascist” at those with whom he disagrees. I am surrounded by both and can tell the difference.
Laura in Maryland on January 20, 2009 at 11:52 PM
I think the talking heads are trying to fill a void right now because there’s no leadership. We’ve got the ostensible head of the party (McCain) doing his typical bipartisan thing and other Republicans either falling into line with that approach or hiding out somewhere.
And yeah, maybe because until today there wasn’t much of an opportunity for anyone to step up. But right now the Party doesn’t have a chairman, we’re in a distinct minority in both houses of Congress and we’ve lost the Presidency.
So the conservative pundits are it right now.
Bennett on January 20, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Until you showed up there was no Schadenfreude here, just a healthy debate. You, obviously, have no clue what the term means. You sound like a silly and faux erudite liberal.
Schadenfreude on January 20, 2009 at 11:53 PM
I don’t believe this for a second. And no one can point to any evidence that this is true. BHO will do what he thinks is best for his idea of what America should be – which is not what America has been, or is. His call for how much change we “need”, along with his idiotic ideas about our Constitution and judges, is clear proof of this. There’s lots of other proof, but this is quite enough to make an informed judgement of his motives.
progressoverpeace on January 20, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Cheshire Cat on January 20, 2009 at 11:50 PM
More than likely it’s his Big Word of the Day, to be thrown around at will:
Another moped driver cuts him off, “You fascist!”
Mom orders that his room be cleaned, “Fascist!”
He burns his toast, “Fascist toaster!”
Showing off his Nintendo 64 to buddies, “This machine is like totally fascist!”
Admiring his best friends new moped, “That thing is way fascist!”
You get the picture.
Bishop on January 20, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Schadenfreud? Whining? Are you sure you know what schadenfreud means? If you do it is not obvious.
MB4 on January 20, 2009 at 11:56 PM
My understanding of democracy is that everyone gets a vote
You must not have an understanding that America is not a democracy.
You never wondered why you didn’t troop to the voting booth every single day to vote on Congressional spending measures?
Bishop on January 20, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Laura in Maryland on January 20, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Oh, you’re a political philosopher; wonderful! No, I didn’t mean democratic in the sense of unfettered mob-rule, I meant representative, constitutional democracy which I believe describes the U.S.
I don’t know what “on board with Obama” even means. I’ve just been arguing, in vain evidently, that someone shouldn’t claim they have no country because their candidate lost. I’m sorry I said fascist, that was careless, I meant simply anti-democratic.
Could I just humbly suggest not insulting people with phrases like “libtard” when you have zero idea what my political views are and when it’s really kind of mean and doesn’t make you sound especially bright?
alex342 on January 20, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Everything has a morale if only you can find it – and I think that you just did.
Cheshire Cat on January 21, 2009 at 12:00 AM
L O L!! needed that!
katy on January 21, 2009 at 12:00 AM
This benny shankar punk is still schelpping around?
GEEZE LOUISE!
blatantblue on January 21, 2009 at 12:02 AM
The time for honoring yourself, Mr. Obama, has come to an end. It’s time for you to show us what you’ve got, and I’m afraid it isn’t much (what is your record of accomplishments exactly?).
Richard Romano on January 21, 2009 at 12:02 AM
benny shakar on January 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Counting the days when this clown is banned. I’ve never seen him contribute with any substance, no wonder he’s an Obama supporter.
Richard Romano on January 21, 2009 at 12:04 AM
Enjoy your time in the driver’s seat, Dems. Gonna be a whole lotta fun imitating your back-seat screaming brat act and watching y’all flail.
/It was an act, right?
Christien on January 21, 2009 at 12:04 AM
The young idiots that voted for Obama were too young to remember the tragedies that were fed and planted by the failures of Clinton’s 8 years in office.
The youth will be the ones that truly destroy the USA with their mindless self-indulgence and strong faith in hype while ignoring substance/facts.
Its the “oral sex is not having sex” generation. I hate them now today more than ever.
TheMightyQuinn on January 21, 2009 at 12:04 AM
Couldn’t care less if you meet the “lib” part at this point, because you’ve got the “tard” in spades.
commenter on January 21, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Yeap…………
……….. just like this picture, it’s change three or more times just today.
…. welcome to day #2.
Seven Percent Solution on January 21, 2009 at 12:07 AM
TheMightyQuinn on January 21, 2009 at 12:04 AM
We’re slowly being enslaved by the dumbest members of our society.
Not my two little tots though, they will know better and one day, who knows, they might lead the fight to regain what was lost.
Bishop on January 21, 2009 at 12:09 AM
How many people have to note that this is a Republic before it sinks in. Obama did not win because he garnered the most votes but because he carried the most states.
And if you would stop with the insulting and smartalecky remarks, then people might not so quick return the favor.
Dusty on January 21, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Not all are on the Left. Generalizations often include friendly fire. I used to think that was the domain of the Left. I don’t want reason to believe otherwise.
Esthier on January 21, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Seven Percent Solution on January 21, 2009 at 12:07 AM
You ever do that again without warning and I will find you and make you pay.
Gawd, can’t he even smile?
Did he really change it through the day?
Bishop on January 21, 2009 at 12:10 AM
commenter on January 21, 2009 at 12:07 AM
How? All I said was you should respect the legitimacy of the duly elected president whether you happen to support his policy agenda or not. That makes me a retard in your view?
alex342 on January 21, 2009 at 12:11 AM
When you convince me that fascist is a compliment, I’ll stop with the libtard label. This isn’t about your feelings, we are discussing how to handle dissent, how much respect the office of president deserves versus respect for the man, and expressing fears and concerns about the new administration.
If you have something positive to write about Obama AND you can back it up, then go for it. If some of us feel lost at the beginning of this administration, too bad! The thought police haven’t been hired yet.
Laura in Maryland on January 21, 2009 at 12:11 AM
I’m sorry I said fascist, that was careless, I meant simply anti-democratic.
In the given case, anti-democratic doesn’t work either.
Bishop on January 21, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Dusty on January 21, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Are you telling me the U.S. is not a constitutional democracy because you choose your president by electoral college? That would not be correct.
alex342 on January 21, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Wonder where this logic was in the Democrat camp the last eight years? Remember “Selected, not elected”? or “Not my President”? “Chimpy McHitlerburton”?
After 8 years of the villification of a decent man who actually has values that normal people can understand,We’ve earned the right to blame this man Obama for everything that goes wrong since noon today.
Stock market bombed 300pts today after the inauguration….Obama’s fault! This Obama economy sucks!
I’m looking forward to being just as nasty and petty towards this Obama fellow as the screaching harpies of the left have been for 8 years towards President Bush,these same people who are now preaching peace,understanding, and manners now that their guy is President.The same classless buffoons who jeered the man this morning one last time because they just couldn’t help themselves.
quax1 on January 21, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Every, to don’t, Andy Levy says we should not do has worked pretty well for liberals.
Maybe a little self serving head bashing isn’t such a bad strategy.
Speakup on January 21, 2009 at 12:13 AM
His pointless comments are so vacuous that all other lots he envies. Fame of him the world hath none. Logic and Justice scorn him. Ignore him, look ahead and pass him by.
Tav on January 21, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Nation state? As in one world government, beholden to the united nations or non-sovereign.
Johan Klaus on January 21, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Well you better start feeding them Kaminoan Growth accelerator cuz I think the chit might be hitting the fan right quick.
/star wars geek
Ciannaky on January 21, 2009 at 12:15 AM
Oh wow, I’m really going to believe Peggy “Sarah Palin sucks but Obama is totally qualified” Noonan for conservative thought.
Speedwagon82 on January 21, 2009 at 12:15 AM
I agree with Alex. I think we need to relax. The only reason why I ever get angry and “unhinged” at the left is because they say something so ignorant, arrogant, and hateful that I have to say something. Mutual respect is what this country needs. Unfortunately, what was displayed in Washington, D.C. (that “Hey Hey Hey Goodbye” nonsense being one example), is another symptom of the immaturatity of the people in this country. I think a lot of people are frustrated with the political system in this country and some come here to vent. That’s part of a forum’s purpose, and I’d say that’s unfortunate too. It should be about conversation and figuring out where we can go from here, not how much we can bash Obama OR Bush. I can tell the difference between what people call a “troll” who just comes on to the website to get his shits and giggles and a reasonable person like Alex who loves his country and thinks that maybe moderation is the key.
That said, I think my biggest problem with Obama is that he seems to refuse to defend Bush’s personal integrity (like when the people booed Bush and the “Reverend” Lowery gave that jackass prayer). He needs to have his “Sista Soulja” moment and show that he at least respects the president. I had the same problem with Kerry in 2004, although he has become more of a jerk as time has gone by. I didn’t have a problem with him, but the people that he aligned himself with. All he did was sit there at that fundraiser with Whoopi and John Mellencamp and make a fool of himself. It’s not free speech, it’s damn close to hate speech, and it’s ignorant. That is, again, one of the biggest problems with this country. People are unhinged because they no longer value an intelligent conversation, and the masses become jackasses like the one in front of the Washington Monument.
NathanG on January 21, 2009 at 12:16 AM
[Bishop on January 21, 2009 at 12:10 AM]
This is the first I looked at it. Has everybody already noticed that every label is prefaced with an italicized “the”?
Dusty on January 21, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Oh, I don’t know. Maybe the repackaging of Obamaniac drivel with the extra helping of a$$hole. Didn’t know that was even possible.
My only question is, are you getting a banana pellet with every click on the Submit Comment button, or do you have to build up to them?
commenter on January 21, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Are you gonna resist or be abused?
~Foo Fighters
Christien on January 21, 2009 at 12:17 AM
No, I didn’t mean democratic in the sense of unfettered mob-rule
No, democracy does not equate with “unfettered mob rule” either.
So far you’re about 0-4 for the political definition course, and yes I am keeping score.
Bishop on January 21, 2009 at 12:17 AM
The U.S. is a republic.
Johan Klaus on January 21, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Alex,
You have no world view at all…These are the most perilous times this country has ever faced.
Do you ever read the news from around the world?
Or do you only accept the filtered stuff from the MSM…more likely….
The parallel to the late 1930’s is staggering….
You should get out more…
jerrytbg on January 21, 2009 at 12:18 AM
quax1 on January 21, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Do you always take cues on how to behave from people who offend you? So if someone killed your family, you’d feel fine about killing theirs then right? If others are poor citizens you’re going to be a super-duper poor citizen right back? You’re outlook on life warms my heart.
alex342 on January 21, 2009 at 12:18 AM
You’reYour, clearly.
alex342 on January 21, 2009 at 12:20 AM
Where are you from alex?
Texas Gal on January 21, 2009 at 12:22 AM
This is the first I looked at it. Has everybody already noticed that every label is prefaced with an italicized “the”?
Dusty on January 21, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Take a look at his bio, man, I’ve seen better resumes from kids hoping to get a job sweeping my floors.
When you really LOOK at it, whew there is just nothing there.
We’re effed.
Bishop on January 21, 2009 at 12:22 AM
jerrytbg on January 21, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Get out more to the 1930s? Every political fanatic of every stripe has been making parallels with the 1930s since the 1930s.
alex342 on January 21, 2009 at 12:22 AM
…Maybe next he’ll define it as a Reality Democracy, then we can vote him out of the tribe.
Laura in Maryland on January 21, 2009 at 12:23 AM
This is the first I looked at it. Has everybody already noticed that every label is prefaced with an italicized “the”?
My computer is secretly a jihadi. Lets try again:
Dusty on January 21, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Take a look at his bio, man, I’ve seen better resumes from kids hoping to get a job sweeping my floors.
When you really LOOK at it, whew there is just nothing there.
We’re effed.
Bishop on January 21, 2009 at 12:22 AM
Bishop on January 21, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Yeap………….
………… I didn’t take a screen shot of the first one,
A full head picture of “The One” just out of “1984″.
I am sure someone here has it for you…….
………….. enjoy.
Seven Percent Solution on January 21, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Texas Gal on January 21, 2009 at 12:22 AM
North Ontario.
alex342 on January 21, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Laura in Maryland on January 21, 2009 at 12:23 AM
“I didn’t mean democratic as in dictatorship, I meant in a monarchic sense with just a smattering of anarchy. You know, democracy.”
Bishop on January 21, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Canada; thought so. Up where they keep all the “good” journalists who hardly brainwash you at all.
commenter on January 21, 2009 at 12:27 AM
ROFLMAO!
Laura in Maryland on January 21, 2009 at 12:27 AM
I’m a product of your environment, live with it.
quax1 on January 21, 2009 at 12:28 AM
The United States of America is one of the oldest constitutional republics in the world.
Schadenfreude on January 21, 2009 at 12:28 AM
alex,
Our form of gov. is a representative Republic…
Just simple civics question for you…
How many forms of government are there?…main categories only.
jerrytbg on January 21, 2009 at 12:29 AM
That was really narcissisticly scary too. They changed it fast too. Must have gotten negative feedback. They’ve had months to prepare the template to replace the website and what do they choose… change.gov redux.
Texas Gal on January 21, 2009 at 12:29 AM
“And if you people are too dumb to understand, well you can just go fascist yourself!”
Bishop on January 21, 2009 at 12:29 AM
You have got to put them in private schools. I know it is very dificult. My wife and I sacrificed and sent my youngest son and a grandson through a Christian school. They both turned out great and they can even read.
Johan Klaus on January 21, 2009 at 12:31 AM
alex, if you’re still here watch this video and then come and have a healthy and informed debate .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUkxOlTr2ZI
katy on January 21, 2009 at 12:31 AM
Bishop on January 21, 2009 at 12:17 AM
I take it you haven’t read any Plato or Aristotle? Democracy comes from a conjunction of the words demos (meaning common people) and kratos (meaning rule or strength). Indeed it did originally mean unfettered mob rule.
A constitutional democracy is one with limits on majority rule. A republic is largely synonymous, meaning a state in which power resides with the people. The U.S. is a republic and/or a constitutional democracy. Just ask George Bush, he’s a big fan of democracies.
alex342 on January 21, 2009 at 12:31 AM
I kinda of thought so. Why is it so difficult for those who live in a Parliamentarian system to understand how a Constitutional Republic governs?
Texas Gal on January 21, 2009 at 12:32 AM
[alex342 on January 21, 2009 at 12:13 AM]
I imply the electoral college as a mark of it being a Republic, yes. But I’ll let the Article IV, Section 4, of the Constitution speak for itself:
“The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government…”
The word Democracy is nowhere found in the constitution.
Dusty on January 21, 2009 at 12:32 AM
So, getting back to Obama – we’re basically screwed, and now I’ve got to figure out how to raise a child in a dying, self-destructively decadent land. Wondies.
commenter on January 21, 2009 at 12:33 AM
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