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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon
(To be fair, I think Mr. Gordon's actual argument is that the founding fathers intended the U.S. to be a republic and not a democracy. But what good is it to characterize his beliefs accurately?? It's much more fun to caricature them and then poke fun at him!)
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Then Mr. Gordon would be wrong. The founding fathers didn't distinguish between a republic and a democracy, other than Madison- and Madison's distinction didn't catch on until later.