Too Much Democracy

I see that ol' Pete Orzag has been drinking the Kool-Aid. Pete, if you recall, had some high-level appointment under the Lightworker and he also believes that we've got too much democracy. Well, Pete is showing his ignorance, because our country isn't a democracy, it's a Republic, but I suspect that Pete is playing to the audience. Still, he believes that democracy is a bad thing. Seriously.

To solve the serious problems facing our country, we need to minimize the harm from legislative inertia by relying more on automatic policies and depoliticized commissions for certain policy decisions. In other words, radical as it sounds, we need to counter the gridlock of our political institutions by making them a bit less democratic.

Oh, really, Pete?

Taken in conjunction with the Guv'ner from NC, you see the narrative don't you? The trial balloons? Less Democracy is a good thing.

I had good Democratic friends tell me that they were afraid that President Bush was going to suspend elections and refuse to leave the White House when his term was over. I poo-pooh'd the idea, because I knew that George W. Bush was an honorable man. But, now we've got two prominent Democrats telling us that we really shouldn't have so much democracy in this country. It's a narrative folks, and not one that a patriot can long stand.

If you take away the ballot box, all you leave me is my rifle. Which would you rather I voted with?