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Thread #69284   Message #1184425
Posted By: beardedbruce
13-May-04 - 12:14 AM
Thread Name: BS: American Soldiers Torturing Iraqis
Subject: RE: BS: American Soldiers Torturing Iraqis
dianavan:
"You can only use that reasoning if he was elected by a majority"

And why is that??? few presidents have been elected by a majority- Not that many people vote. But this does not mean they are not elected by the pepole. The choice to not vote, or vote for a third-party candidate, or to vote for the losing one DOES NOT mean that the person is not a part of the citizenship that has elected the President. We are a REPRESENTATIVE democracy, under a rule of law.

We, the people ARE responsible for the actions of our elected officials, as can be seen by recall petitions, and impeachement procedings.

I have no problem with anyone's efforts to remove or defeat a candidate whose actions they do not approve- but I DEMAND that they follow the rule of law in doing so. If you don't like the law, work to change THAT.