February 15, 2026
Geese, Ganders, and Democracy
Timothy Birdnow
I was never elected to Congress; I demand the right to vote for the passage of House bills. Why should I be prevented from doing so? Why must I prove I am a member of Congress to go into the Capitol and vote?
You may remember that a bunch of MAGA folks went into the Capitol during a protest and the government hunted them down and sent them to prison - some for decades. Why is the Capitol sacrosanct when the rest of America is not?
If MAGA protesters are going to be banned from the Capitol why shouldn't others be banned from the rest of the country?
Congressmen have to prove who they are to vote for bills, and they have to be certified by the sitting Congress when they are elected. Who says? Shouldn't we all just go and vote as we see fit?
That is Democracy, after all, something they keep telling us is what makes us great. But if we tried to exercise our democratic rights we would be tossed out of the building, and probably arrested like the J6 folks. Seems they want to exempt themselves from things they impose on the rest of us.
Hat tip: Carlos Velazquez.
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Actually, Timothy, this is not a democracy. The nation is a republic, specifically a republic of states. The states are not democracies either, they are republics.
Posted by: bill H. at February 16, 2026 09:12 AM (FRG6e)
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I know Bill, but it is they who say it and I'm using their own logic against them. The Founding Fathers were quite clear on how much they despised and feared democracy.
I would add that the nation was founded with only ONE branch actually elected by the People - the House of Representatives. The Senate was appointed, the President was elected by the College of Electors, not the People, and the electors were elected by whatever manner the states saw fit. As late as 1860 South Carolina still chose electors by having their state legislature vote for them. And of course no judges were elected back then Strange way for a "democracy" to work, isn't it?
I would add that the nation was founded with only ONE branch actually elected by the People - the House of Representatives. The Senate was appointed, the President was elected by the College of Electors, not the People, and the electors were elected by whatever manner the states saw fit. As late as 1860 South Carolina still chose electors by having their state legislature vote for them. And of course no judges were elected back then Strange way for a "democracy" to work, isn't it?
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