Yes, the elected officials, and the separate state governments are what creates the republic.
The people have no direct vote for the executive branch of the federal government. We elect people from our state to represent us in our vote for president. At 01:24 PM 7/6/2003 -0500, you wrote: >I must have gone to a real different kind of school (or at a different >time)... 'cause I remember being told in school that the vote was the >defining characteristic of a democracy... with the implication being of >course that the majority of votes are to elect officials who then vote in >proxy for us on issues that would otherwise choke our civil infrastructure >to death with vote after vote making it practically impossible for us to >get any work done. The theory sounds okay -- except that I think if we >really are doing that much voting we're creating way too damn much law, etc... > >I'm fairly well libertarian in my thinking nowadays... > >so... was the elected official what originally set apart a democracy >(presumably where everyone votes on every issue) from a republic >(presumably where officials vote on most things)? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
