Comments on: The splendid candidates http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2008/03/04/the-splendid-candidates/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:09:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: OriginalFrank http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2008/03/04/the-splendid-candidates/#comment-302447 OriginalFrank Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:32:13 +0000 http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2008/03/04/the-splendid-candidates/#comment-302447 "from George Washington to Jack Kennedy and PT-109 we have behaved as if killing people is a qualification for ruling people.” Err.. I think it has escaped Ms. Steinum's attention but the US is a republic, so we don't traditionally think of our presidents and congresscritters as "rulers". That is the European tradition arising from serfdom and aristocracies. Here in the US, our tradition has been that these are "public servants" who work for us. Perhaps this is just an unintential indicator of the European path that the "progressives" wish to progress along? Goodbye to public servants, hello to our enlightened despots? “from George Washington to Jack Kennedy and PT-109 we have behaved as if killing people is a qualification for ruling people.”

Err.. I think it has escaped Ms. Steinum’s attention but the US is a republic, so we don’t traditionally think of our presidents and congresscritters as “rulers”. That is the European tradition arising from serfdom and aristocracies.

Here in the US, our tradition has been that these are “public servants” who work for us.

Perhaps this is just an unintential indicator of the European path that the “progressives” wish to progress along? Goodbye to public servants, hello to our enlightened despots?

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