Legitimacy of an illegitimate regime

[August]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Is it still? I find myself skeptical.

Well things do change over time of course but FWIW unlike Putin, George Bush wasn't allowed to elect himself to a third term and I firmly believe that even if Obama wins in November he'll still be out of office by Feb of 2017 at the latest, (the two term standard being another gift from George Washington). That's pretty much proof enough for me that while our system may not be perfect it is at least functional enough to have prevented a dictator from coming to power these last 200 some odd years.