Occasionally I need to remind one of my colleagues that we live, not in a democracy, but in a representative republic. I’m amazed the number of people who don’t get this: “And to the republic for which it stands”? <\/p>\n
Anyway. A pure democracy is a clusterfuck; a committe. Nobody hateth a committe more than yours truly. <\/p>\n
The point of a representative republic is to allow a group of duly elected officials, elected because their mores reflect the mores of the public who elected them, who make decisions and thrash out those decisions amongst themselves- but they have to bow to the will of their masters. <\/p>\n
There has been a reversal of fortunes, even if only for a moment. Those whose power grew until they thought themselves masters, ruling elite, have rediscovered, again,. perhaps only for a minute, who the real masters are. Do we, as a nation, have the will to repeat this performance? to force our representatives to truly represent us? Monday I would have said no way. Friday, I think, maybe. Just maybe. And the horrid bussing issue shot down by the supremes? This has been a good week for conservatives, and it could be the shape of things to come. <\/p>\n
All I can do is bask in the moment. Tomorrow? we’ll do what we can then too. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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