Posted on 10/27/2024 10:08:39 PM PDT by ransomnote
Prior to 1947 you could get elected to as many terms as you could win. I think that part of the general restraint was custom, and most was just not being in an environment amenable to getting nominated repeatedly in a more fluid house/senate and state legislature environment.
When the 17th passed and Senators got switched to direct election it probably took a LOT of state power out of the picture AND it opened up the smaller states to be influenced by external contributions and campaigning.
If Senators are going to remain elected by their general populace then contributions and campaigning should be restricted to in state originated only. A First amendment argument would be made against that. Realistically though, as states are ostensibly sovereign, arguments relying on that should be tossed for failure of claimant to have standing from being external to the given state.
X22 11.22.24: Sum Of All Fears, Senate Is Very Important, Moves & Countermoves, Transition In Focus – Ep. 3507
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Stylin19a wrote:
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(30) Lib Noah Smith is just baffled why no one can stop the population from falling. Gee, after 50 years of ridiculing families, emasculating men, making marriage irrelevant, and permitting anti-family/anti-child policies such as legalizing homosexuality and transoidism. Gee, Noah, I’m puzzled too.
no mention of abortion ?”
And no mention of the covid shots...
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Q ~ Trust Trump's Plan ~ 10/28/2024 Vol.501, Q Day 2557, TXBubba wrote: I lost track of the thread schedule. Are we keeping this one until Jan? I keep thinking I missed a link to a new one.
New Thread Dec 1! :D
Re Gaetz swamped:
Excellent read. ThankQ!
AMI SANCHEZ: How the Left plans to defeat President-elect Trump’s agenda
When they have a singular goal, and feel their back is against the wall, they are incredibly disciplined.
See GreyWhiskers’ excellent post on Gaetz.
I think Gaetz’ story is that he paid money, via Venmo, to girlfriend/s who lied to him about their age and had a fake ID. The girls/ servers used had ties to a real scumbag, who provided the fake IDs.
Give it another 20 years back when LBJ was paying chicks to kick the men out of their houses. Remember what he said after passing the ERA: “We’ll have these bleepers voting dimokrat for the next 200 years——”
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113529338208908362
I am very pleased to nominate Russell Thurlow Vought, from the Great State of Virginia, as the Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB). He did an excellent job serving in this role in my First Term - We cut four Regulations for every new Regulation, and it was a Great Success! Russ graduated with a B.A. from Wheaton College, and received his J.D. from the Washington University School of Law. Russ has spent many years working in Public Policy in Washington, D.C., and is an aggressive cost cutter and deregulator who will help us implement our America First Agenda across all Agencies. Russ knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State and end Weaponized Government, and he will help us return Self Governance to the People. We will restore fiscal sanity to our Nation, and unleash the American People to new levels of Prosperity and Ingenuity. I look forward to working with you again, Russ. Congratulations. Together, we will Make America Great Again!
Marty Makary announced as new FDA Commissioner!
https://uncoverdc.com/2024/11/22/matt-gaetz-what-actually-happened
Matt Gaetz: What Actually Happened
by: Mel Witte 11/22/2024 Source: UncoverDC
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