Dumbest President

[elSicomoro]

Originally posted by ScottSolomon
Why do you think the democrats are a threat to the United States as a Republican democracy - especially since we have effectively been a Republican oligarchy for most of our history?

Hold up, Scott. Why do you think this to be the case? Especially since the Dems had complete control of everything (the executive and legislative) for 32 years between 1903 and 2002 (not to mention all the years of having Congress) while the GOP had complete control for 23 (while only having serious Congressional control for the past 7 years).

Or, are you simply referring to the bare term "republic," which is what the US is, as opposed to a "democracy."

[jaguar]

People listen to buffet for around 30 billion good reasons.
When class A shares in your company are over 60,000 dollars you clearly know your shit.

[russotto]

Originally posted by sycamore


And at the rate things are going, the Right (or center-right or whatever you want to call Bush and his crew) is not going to keep us a republic either.

L*b*rt*r**ns would call them the DOWN-right. Or the totalitarian right. However, they do seem to support a republic in the Platonic style -- with them set up as the Philosopher-Kings.

What would Ben Franklin do if he saw the Independence Hall Secure Perimeter?

[richlevy]

Originally posted by Torrere
I believe that it was here that someone informed me that Bush used to pronounce "nuclear" correctly, and that he changed to "nuke-you-lure" during his presidency. He seems to be successfully deceiving America into thinking that he is a moron (and his opponents thusly dismissing him) so that he is able to have a freer hand.

Man, and I thought Reagan was a great actor!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Man, and I thought Reagan was a great actor!

Uh....Ummm...Have you ever seen his movies?