First, golly,I do want to be in this discussion, BUT! You asked is this a "federal" republic or a "democratic" republic. My humble opinion...We are a constitional, federal republic. Yes, but what does "federal" mean? What I will reveal, you or anyone in this nation will agree to, or not.
What does "federal" mean? In short, "federal" means that the national government and the "states" are equal partners in the "federal" system of government . A state government is as "equal" in the "federal system" as the national government.
Will we ever change this understanding? No way. It is much too much ingrained in our DNA that the "federal government" is the national government. It's not, it is our system of constitutinal goverment. Wherever you live...pick a state...Your state is as much of the federal government as Washington, DC! That is what "federal" means.
Dick, you also ask if we are a "democratic republic." We probably are, but these words almost always mean you are in a communist, totalalian state...Democratic Republic of North Korea, Vietnam, former Soviet client states in Central Europe...fill in the blanks. Let them have the title....let us live in Liberty.
So many important things going on in our lives, and I take up your time for this trivia? Everyone be safe and dry.
Thanks for the explanation. I don't think your schooling us is trivial at all. All good stuff.
During the recent US House antics, a number of GOPers* voiced "democracy" and I experienced an urge to correct them. I did hear one member say "consititutional replublic" and another "democratc republic" --I did not watch all that much of the capital frolics. (You might consider sending a letter of rectification to Time magazne or a similar publication--in your spare time of course. ).
* One Fox News line at the bottom of the screen quipped, Grand Old Party Poopers.
P.S.I was going to include a lawyer joke but then I'll bet you've heard them all. Still, there are so many of them.
Democratic-Republican Party, originally (1792–98) Republican Party, first opposition political party in the United States. Organized in 1792 as the Republican Party, its members held power nationally between 1801 and 1825. It was the direct antecedent of the present Democratic Party.
During the two administrations of Pres. George Washington (1789–97), many former Anti-Federalists—who had resisted adoption of the new federal Constitution (1787)—began to unite in opposition to the fiscal program of Alexander Hamilton, secretary of the treasury. After Hamilton and other proponents of a strong central government and a loose interpretation of the Constitution formed the Federalist Party in 1791, those who favoured states’ rights and a strict interpretation of the Constitution rallied under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson, who had served as Washington’s first secretary of state. Jefferson’s supporters, deeply influenced by the ideals of the French Revolution (1789), first adopted the name Republican to emphasize their antimonarchical views. The Republicans contended that the Federalists harboured aristocratic attitudes and that their policies placed too much power in the central government and tended to benefit the affluent at the expense of the common man. Although the Federalists soon branded Jefferson’s followers “Democratic-Republicans,” attempting to link them with the excesses of the French Revolution, the Republicans officially adopted the derisive label in 1798. The Republican coalition supported France in the European war that broke out in 1792, while the Federalists supported Britain (seeFrench revolutionary and Napoleonic wars). The Republicans’ opposition to Britain unified the faction through the 1790s and inspired them to fight against the Federalist-sponsored Jay Treaty (1794) and the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798).
Notwithstanding the party’s antielitist foundations, the first three Democratic-Republican presidents—Jefferson (1801–09), James Madison (1809–17), and James Monroe (1817–25)—were all wealthy, aristocratic Southern planters, though all three shared the same liberal political philosophy. Jefferson narrowly defeated the Federalist John Adams in the election of 1800; his victory demonstrated that power could be transferred peacefully between parties under the Constitution. Once in office, the Democratic-Republicans attempted to scale back Federalist programs but actually overturned few of the institutions they had criticized (e.g., the Bank of the United States was retained until its charter expired in 1811). Nevertheless, Jefferson made a genuine effort to make his administration appear more democratic and egalitarian: he walked to the Capitol for his inauguration rather than ride in a coach-and-six, and he sent his annual message to Congress by messenger, rather than reading it personally. Federal excises were repealed, the national debt was retired, and the size of the armed forces was greatly reduced. However, the demands of foreign relations (such as the Louisiana Purchase in 1803) often forced Jefferson and his successors into a nationalistic stance reminiscent of the Federalists.
In the 20 years after 1808 the party existed less as a united political group than as a loose coalition of personal and sectional factions. The fissures in the party were fully exposed by the election of 1824, when the leaders of the two major factions, Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams, were both nominated for president. Meanwhile, William H. Crawford was nominated by the party’s congressional caucus, and Henry Clay, another Democratic-Republican, was nominated by the Kentucky and Tennessee legislatures. Jackson carried the popular vote and a plurality in the electoral college, but because no candidate received a majority of the electoral vote, the presidency was decided by the House of Representatives. Clay, the speaker of the House of Representatives, finished fourth and was thus ineligible for consideration; he subsequently threw his support to Adams, who was elected president and promptly appointed Clay secretary of state. Following the election, the Democratic-Republicans split into two groups: the National Republicans, who became the nucleus of the Whig Party in the 1830s, were led by Adams and Clay, while the Democratic-Republicans were organized by Martin Van Buren, the future eighth president (1837–41), and led by Jackson. The Democratic-Republicans compriseddiverse elements that emphasized local and humanitarian concerns, states’ rights, agrarian interests, and democratic procedures. During Jackson’s presidency (1829–37) they dropped the Republican label and called themselves simply Democrats or Jacksonian Democrats. The name Democratic Party was formally adopted in 1844.
WHAT A DAY, HAD LOTS OF WIND LAST NIGHT. WENT TO FEED MY CAT OUTSIDE. CRAP 16 FEET OF FENCE DOWN. LOOKED OVER AT MY NABORS WHO WERE OUTSIDE LOOKING AT ALL THE DAMAGE TO THEIR BACKYARD. WHAT PISSED ME OFF, I HADN'T HAD MY FIRST CUP OF COFFEE YET.
JUST FINISHED PUTTING IN 16 FEET OF NEW FENCE. THE OLD FENCE IS IN A PILE IN MY BACKYARD, I WILL NEED TO CUT IT UP. I HAD TRASH CANS I USE TO PUT LEAVES IN OR GRASS, NOT WHERE THEY ARE WHEN I AM NOT USING THEM. YOU CAN SEE MY NABORS, WHAT USED TO BE A COVER. THE METAL POLES BEND ETC.
DIDN'T GET MY FIRST CUP OF COFFEE UNTIL A LITTLE BIT AGO.
GOOD ONES!!
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WOW, STAY SAFE! AND, IF YOU CAN, KEEP US UPDATED!
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