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To: nickcarraway

Um...no.

Get rid of the Senate, if you’re so worried. It under-represents populous states. Start by resigning. You have to make a stand.


12 posted on 11/15/2016 11:40:44 AM PST by rightwingcrazy ("We will not tolerate those who are intolerant of the intolerant.")
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To: rightwingcrazy
Start by resigning. You have to make a stand.

Actually, she did. Kamala Harris, who is even further to the left than Boxer, was elected to replace her.

56 posted on 11/15/2016 11:53:57 AM PST by bubbacluck (America 180)
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To: rightwingcrazy
Get rid of the Senate, if you’re so worried. It under-represents populous states. Start by resigning. You have to make a stand.

The. Senate wasn't created to represent the population, only the states. Unfortunately in 1913 our Republic blundered by passing the 17th Amendment and removed a portion of our Constitutional Republic. The popular vote to elect Senators effectively removed individual state representation at the Federal level.

Kalifornia is a case in point. With the diverse political climate in Kalifornia if Senators were still appointed by state legislatures it is possible that the conservative portions of Kalifornia could lobby their state representatives to have one conservative senator so their was equal representation of factions. As it is with popular voting for Senators they will send 2 rats every time. The popular vote represents the people. The Senate is supposed to represent the state not the people.

It was an ingenious government created by our founders. We messed it up in 1913. We need to fix it by repealing the 17th Amendment. In doing so we in "flyover country" would be more fairly represented.

81 posted on 11/15/2016 12:11:51 PM PST by Wneighbor (Deplorable. And we win!)
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