Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="curiousbrain" data-source="post: 833566" data-attributes="member: 31608">Isn&#039;t there a case to be made, though, that as an American citizen and a resident in a representative democracy, that whatever the majority votes you are subject to? That is to say, he is President because the majority of people believed he was eligible, won the election, and therefore is, without equivocation, President?I&#039;m not saying you don&#039;t personally have the right to dissent; however, I would also be quick to point out that the President and his party have no personal obligation to prove anything to you individually; they won the election. This is how it has been for centuries now, and is probably the way it will continue to be. There are a lot of things I feel Bush did wrong, but he was the President and he won the election twice; so I can dissent, but I could not expect GW to cater to what I feel he should or should not have proved about anything.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="curiousbrain, post: 833566, member: 31608"] Isn't there a case to be made, though, that as an American citizen and a resident in a representative democracy, that whatever the majority votes you are subject to? That is to say, he is President because the majority of people believed he was eligible, won the election, and therefore is, without equivocation, President? I'm not saying you don't personally have the right to dissent; however, I would also be quick to point out that the President and his party have no personal obligation to prove anything to you individually; they won the election. This is how it has been for centuries now, and is probably the way it will continue to be. There are a lot of things I feel Bush did wrong, but he was the President and he won the election twice; so I can dissent, but I could not expect GW to cater to what I feel he should or should not have proved about anything. [/QUOTE]

Verification