>Help me out here....given that most americans support(ed) the war,
>supported much of the Cold War....supported and maintained an
>apartheid South...tell me why I should long for democracy? that is
>not to say that I am anti-democratic, but why should I worship at
>the alter of public opinion?
So which altar do you want to worship at instead? Rule by liberal judges? The constitutional structure did a lot to create the body politic you're kvetching about.
Doug