Friday, April 20, 2007

David Stewart talks about U.S. Constitutional Convention

Founding Fathers discussion on C-Span Washingtton Journal interview with David O. Stewart, author of The Summer of 1787.

Stewart said the Framers of the Constitution of the United States were against the popular election of the president...

caller started revolutionary.com says the news is communistic... says there isn't a free-market with the subsidized news on cable networks... asks about protection in Bill of rights and freedom of the Press...

another caller asks about a government bank, federal reserve...

see webcast video of program

Washington Journal Entire Program (04/20/2007)

http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp?Cat=Series&Code=WJE&ShowVidNum=9&Rot_Cat_CD=WJ&Rot_HT=206&Rot_WD=&ShowVidDays=100&ShowVidDesc=&ArchiveDays=30

Stewart will appear on Sunday programming
8 PM April 22, 2007 David Stewart Author

http://www.q-and-a.org/

Question submitted to Stewart

Will you please clarify whether the founding fathers formed the United States as a republic, or a representative democracy, and explain the differences between a republic and a democracy.

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