FACT: Any Republican who does not support Ron Paul is NOT a real Conservative.

champ of de world!

in the early days of this country, people who stood for democra-cy were democra-ts. Those who stood for the republic were republic-ans.

As children, we pledge allegiance to a republic, not a democracy. Over time the pundits of democracy became known as liberals. Pundits of the republic became conservatives. WHY?

because supporters of the republic eventually became democrats, pundits of a democracy, rather than pundits of the original republic.

so now everyone is a democrat, supporting democracy. And the old republic is dead and cold.

So what's the dif?, you ask.

A republic is rule by the people. A democracy is rule by the majority.

Our country is now neither, but is elitist, rule by a select minority, who separate themselves from the laws of the land.

THIS IS A DISASTER! This is the worst case scenario for a country because the elites have no limit to their greed and lust of power.

when the sleeping giant truly awakens, the whole world will change.

nice post. restore the republic.

The U.S.A is NOT a Republic.

That is a FAIRYTALE.

Vote for Newt Gingrich

"The time has come for the next great step forward in American politics. It is not a matter of Democrats versus Republicans, or of left and right...but something more significant...a clear distinction between rear-guard politicians who wish to preserve or restore an unworkable past and those who are ready to transition to what we call a “Third Wave” information-age society…

A new civilization is emerging in our lives, and blind men everywhere are trying to suppress it. This new civilization brings with it new family styles, changed ways...a new economy, new political conflicts, and...altered consciousness... Humanity faces a quantum leap forward. This is the meaning of the Third Wave…

Our argument is based on what we call the “revolutionary premise”... The revolutionary premise liberates our intellect and will.

Nationalism is...First Wave. The globalization of business and finance required by advancing Third Wave economies routinely punctures the national “sovereignty” the nationalists hold so dear...

As economies are transformed by the Third Wave, they are compelled to surrender part of their sovereignty... Poets and intellectuals of Third Wave states sing the virtues of a “borderless” world and “planetary consciousness.”

The Third Wave...demassifies culture, values, and morality... There are more diverse religious belief systems.

The Constitution of the United States needs to be reconsidered and altered...to create a whole new structure of government... Building a Third Wave civilization on the wreckage of Second Wave institutions involves the design of new, more appropriate political structures... The system that served us so well must, in its turn, die and be replaced."

- Newton Gingrich

A Republic is ruled by the people and a Democracy is ruled by the majority?

wtf does that even mean....how do elections and elected office work in a true "Republic".....do the people not vote or something?

The idea of a Republic is a representative is elected by vote of the people to make decisions on their behalf. A democracy people get to vote on everything such as policy decisions or what is put into law.

Awesome someone else actually gets it.!

Well said. this has inspired me to build a checklist of conservatism points and publish it as relates to the candidates.