> I've heard this argument (or arguments like it) in american politics
> before. Is this for real? I mean is this something you say just to
> promote the Republican party (over the democrats), or do you really
> think that democracy is somewhat unimportant? That beeing a republic
> (or any other aspect of your constitution) is *more* important than
> beeing a democracy?

More accurately, the United States is a constitutionally-limited republic
with democratically elected representatives. The novel idea in the US
Constitution, whose anniversary was yesterday BTW, was that power starts
with individuals and not from a government. 

As for your questions, n a previous thread it was noted that Democrats want
to be known as the Democratic Party and not the Democrat Party but other
than that, it's just a name and has little meaning to the belief system of
either party. Similarly, the terms used to describe liberals and
conservatives have lost their initial meaning over time as politics here has
become more tribal than ideological.

Mark W.

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