# Sarah Palin? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 29, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sarah-palin/199306 "2008-08-29T15:25:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 49
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> [@Halloween Costume, yay or nay?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-costume-yay-or-nay/37697/16): > > the united states is a republic with democratic ideals…not a democracy…you know, just incase you missed that day of school. 🙂 you’re retarded. the united states of america is a representative democracy. It is ALSO a republic, due to the definition of republic being a state or country NOT governed by a hereditary monarchy. edit: and after some googling: > [@William P Meyers](#): > > But the main Amendment that tipped the scales from the national government of the United States being a mere republic to being a true representative democracy was the often-overlooked Seventeenth Amendment, which took effect in 1913. Since 1913 the U.S. Senate has been elected directly by the voters, rather than being appointed by the state legislatures. That makes the national government democratic in form, as well as being a republic. > **[America: Republic or Democracy?](https://www.williampmeyers.org/republic.html)** > > republic versus democracy essay --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sarah-palin/199306)._