Is Amerrica really a democracy?

[imgonnaeaturlunch]

Someone from the middle east posed this question to me and answered it by pointing out that all the presidents have been WMP with the exception of 1 & he was murdered.

[Mr. Blue]

America is a Republic

[imgonnaeaturlunch]

& why has that led to all the presidents being WMP with the exception of 1 & he was murdered.

[Linkster]

I assume that you mean white male protestant - I dont think any were - but there were quakers, jehovah witnesses, unitarians, and three that had no religious affiliation - and one of those - Lincoln - was also murdered???

And the answer above is correct - we are not a democracy - the US is a republic with democratic leanings

[Mr. Blue]

I didn't realize one was a jehovah witness.

http://www.adherents.com/adh_presidents.html

Religions of the Presidents...pretty interesting actually.

[imgonnaeaturlunch]

I believe the religion of the presidents has become much more important in the last 70 years. Cleveland was elected twice & he bought his way out of fighting in the civil war, which was legal ( cost $150 ). Compare that to how presidential candidates are veiwed today though our 2 most recent presidents used various means to avoid going to Vietnam.

[imgonnaeaturlunch]

My point also was that catholics have never been well received as prersidential candidates. Part of that was due to the percieved influence of Rome. i do beleive it will be harder for Catholics to get elected president because the GOP is in no hurry to run 1 & as far as democrats are concerned, the catholic church has become so conservative that the catholic church will try to do whatever it can to get in a democratic candidates way.

[Mr. Blue]

Honestly...I don't want to see a catholic as president. I don't want to see any religious driven candidate...give me a good old atheist any day of the week. I kind of like my candidates not to believe in fairy tales to give them moral guidance.

[imgonnaeaturlunch]

Honestly...I don't want to see a catholic as president. I don't want to see any religious driven candidate...give me a good old atheist any day of the week. I kind of like my candidates not to believe in fairy tales to give them moral guidance.
I'm all for keeping religion out of politics.

[Betty Blowtorch]

America is an oligarchy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy) -- http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1764/bushdollargc8.jpg
government by wealthy elites
and special interest groups


using the mass media http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8043/rushlimbaughcigarwr9.jpg


to con the yokels http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3634/bushvotersvotepostercl0.png

[Mr. Blue]

LOL, okay oligarchy works as well.

[Betty Blowtorch]

I wish I could laugh about it,http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7551/angryman2de4.gif
but the selling out of America
makes me mad.