Comments on: Are We All Populists Now? http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/03/05/are-we-all-populists-now/ Reality-based political commentary Fri, 08 May 2026 01:45:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: fstanley http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/03/05/are-we-all-populists-now/#comment-4490 fstanley Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:25:04 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2009/03/05/are-we-all-populists-now/#comment-4490 Good Intentions are often not enough which is why we need oversight with checks & balances to protect "the people" not only from the powerful elite but from themselves. ...Stan Good Intentions are often not enough which is why we need oversight with checks & balances to protect "the people" not only from the powerful elite but from themselves.

...Stan

]]> By: kevinem2 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/03/05/are-we-all-populists-now/#comment-4489 kevinem2 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:44:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2009/03/05/are-we-all-populists-now/#comment-4489 Chris, and all the other good folk who frequent this site, if you haven't seen this, PLEASE give it a read. http://hunter.dailykos.com/ Chris, and all the other good folk who frequent this site, if you haven't seen this, PLEASE give it a read. http://hunter.dailykos.com/

]]> By: Osborne Ink http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/03/05/are-we-all-populists-now/#comment-4488 Osborne Ink Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:04:13 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2009/03/05/are-we-all-populists-now/#comment-4488 When conservatives decry the downside of "democracy," they are really talking about the downside of populism. This gives rise to the hackneyed "this is a republic, not a democracy!" cliché. When conservatives decry the downside of "democracy," they are really talking about the downside of populism. This gives rise to the hackneyed "this is a republic, not a democracy!" cliché.

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