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Democracy! who's gonna define

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truthlover
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01-07-2004 5:34 PM 		Reply to: Message 3 by Peter
01-07-2004 7:32 AM

There aren't any democracies on this planet though
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Yeah, I thought the US was a Republic (representative rule). There's not all that many Americans that really grasp the concept that we don't even really vote for the president; the electoral college does, and they are not obligated, except by precedent, to vote as their state's voters do.
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