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To the editor:
In response to the letter of Feb. 25. which began, "There comes a time when one should not ignore the socialist dribble coming from the mouths of diehard left wing rabble rousers. They continually refer to this nation as a democracy rather than the republic to which it was designed to be."
Of course, that is to link their (small d) democratic mantra favorably, when usually it deserves no favor.
Snap. Such wit. Such wisdom. What am I to do? How can I hope to refute such scholarly incites?
What the heck? I'll give it a shot.
Republicans as of late would like to pretend that America is not, in fact, a constitutional-republic governed by democratically elected representatives, and I ask myself why? I can quickly come up with two reasons:
1. Republicans wish to associate themselves with countries that aren't burdened by open, fair and free elections. Countries such as the Federal Republic of Russia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, better known as North Korea. That would explain both the sudden giddiness, of a number of republicans, for Putin as well as Trump's bromance with Kim Jong-un.
2. Given that Republicans lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections, it could be that they see their only chance of remaining in power is to do as much damage to the democratic process as possible. They are going about this in two ways.
The first and most absurd being the one employed by the writer, her use of "democrat" instead of the correct form of democratic mantra. The second, and most dangerous, can be witnessed in various states with Republican-controlled state houses: The passing of various laws to hamper the ability of people to vote, couched in the false guise of election security.
I know that it's false because, while they claim they have evidence of widespread fraud, they have yet to produce evidence. To the contrary, lawyers representing republicans in court were required to state, for the record in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada that no such fraud exists. You can also question this motive by observing that the laws passed and the changes made are neither nation nor even statewide for the most part, but aimed specifically at democratic leaning districts within a few select states. If your intent truly was to combat voter fraud, wouldn't it be better accomplished at the nationwide federal level?
I would state that the Republican attempt at enabling sustained minority rule at the national level is not a feature of our constitutional design, but a perversion of it. One that should be unfalteringly opposed by any American that patriotically holds dear the democratic idea of "A government of the people, by the people and for the people."
Clark Wagner
Milroy