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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
Platapus, the problem with negotiation, is if it violates major principles, it is a betrayal of your voters to "do the deal" ....
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"Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." Eddie Burke (1774)
Which raises an interesting question. Can a representative serve his or her people and not agree with their opinions?
That is not an easy question to answer.
In our representative government, we empower, through elections, people to make decisions on our behalf not necessarily based on our opinion. If we disagree with the way our elected representative represents us, the citizens can choose not to re-elect them.
It would be swell if what the citizens want and what the representative thinks is right are in agreement. But what if they ain't?
Our country is only a democracy to the point of electing our representatives. After that, the "will of the people" is less important until the next election.
That is the basis of a representative government.
This is why it is so important to really understand the candidate further than a letter after his or her name.
