[OT] Are we a democracy or a republic?

[Charles Curley]

On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 09:22:48AM -0600, Jeremy Hansen wrote:
> On 9/1/05, Andy Bradford <amb-plug at bradfords.org> wrote:
> > 
> 
> As for whether the USA is a republic or a democracy, who says we can't have 
> our cake and eat it too? We are a democratic republic.

You mean like the Democratic Republic of Vietnam? Or of North Korea?


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