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Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Democrats: The Real Enemies of Democracy!

I thought I was beyond being shocked by the Democrats, but their antics since the election illustrate an appalling disrespect for the American people. Almost daily we see public announcements by liberal politicians about how they will work tirelessly to prevent Trump, a duly elected president, from accomplishing anything. Over half the country supports his agenda? Too Bad! They are all fools who just didn't know how good they had it with the Biden/Harris administration. On to the midterms!

Friday, May 8, 2015

America, How Far You Have Fallen

I'm reading the April issue of Chronicles. The major articles focus on Appomattox because April 9th was the 150th anniversary of Lee's surrender there. Editor Thomas Fleming makes this sobering point  about the outcome in his commentary, Why They Fought:
The Theory of Democracy, which is in principle the right of a majority to strip a minority of its rights, was used to destroy the republic 150 years ago, and it is in the name of democratic equality that all the fundamental institutions of human life are now under attack. Once this principle is invoked, there are no barriers to the growth of government and its invasion of private life. We once had a constitution to defend us from the tyranny of the majority, but  the Constitution of the United States,