US: Democracy or Republic?

[Steve Schear]

At 03:26 AM 12/10/00 -0800, petro wrote:
>>On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>>
>>>  >From: "Kent Snyder-The Liberty Committee" 
>>> <kentsnyder at thelibertycommittee.org>
>>
>>>  >THE UNITED STATES IS NOT A DEMOCRACY.  IT IS A REPUBLIC.  THE ELECTORAL
>>
>>A republic is a form of democracy, a representative one.
>
>         No, it isn't.

Quite.  And the specter of the Florida legislature selecting a new set of 
electors are providing one of the best civics educations citizens young and 
old have had this century.  Its really quite healthy to have the myth of 
democracy we were all taught in grade school laid bare by the reality of a 
conservative and plain reading of the Constitution by some of the best and 
brightest.

steve