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To: Progov

If the 17th amendment was repealed, the Senate would be solidly Republican right now. It used to be that Governors appointed Senators to sit in DC to represent the interest of the state. Now they’re “popularly elected” which simply makes it easier to defraud the federal elections.


12 posted on 11/27/2012 6:57:51 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia
It used to be that Governors appointed Senators to sit in DC to represent the interest of the state.

Actually, it was the state legislatures. The federal senator was originally the envoy of the legislature of his state, with the job of protecting the power of his state's government against federal usurpation.

16 posted on 11/27/2012 7:07:33 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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