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US Cardinal Denounces Obama's Notre Dame Invitation

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MJBrutus3/29/2009 11:25:00 am PDT

re: #206 VegasRick

Spliting hairs is not something that I do. Our Founders wanted a Republic as opposed to a Democracy so that 51% of the population could not tell the other 49% how to live. BIG difference.

If you’re going to correct me, please get your facts straight.

From dictionary.com:

de⋅moc⋅ra⋅cy
   /dɪˈmɒkrəsi/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [di-mok-ruh-see] Show IPA
–noun, plural -cies.
1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.