Reply #52: Because they are scared to death of the common citizen [View All]

[Scott Lee]

I hate to throw them a bone but techincally we aren't a democracy (we'e a constitutional republic), but to the heart of the matter, they have a knee jerk revulsion to anything that seeks to address the needs of the common citizenry.

You can deflate this favorite tactic of theirs by simply referring to the USA system as "democratic", which it is. Then when they try to spit and sputter at that, ask them which democratic devices in our political system they'd like to remove - start with the vote?