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To: Just A Nobody
So we are no longer a Constitutional Republic?

We stopped being a Constitutional Republic when we started having direct elections for President and Senators.

48 posted on 01/07/2009 4:29:53 PM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: P-Marlowe
We stopped being a Constitutional Republic when we started having direct elections for President and Senators.

So the Constitution is a "flawed document"?

81 posted on 01/08/2009 9:40:37 AM PST by MilspecRob (Most people don't act stupid, they really are.)
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“We stopped being a Constitutional Republic when we started having direct elections for President and Senators.”

Come, now. That’s stretching it a bit. After all, direct elections are Constitutional.


115 posted on 01/08/2009 1:51:31 PM PST by Tublecane
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