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To: fieldmarshaldj

the 17th amendment is not only “dumbass” but destroyed the way our system of government was set up...

dumbass seems appropriate


52 posted on 04/19/2015 5:15:12 AM PDT by joe fonebone (a socialist is just a juvenile communist)
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To: joe fonebone

Simply nonsense. The Senate experiment broke early on in the 19th century. The 17th didn’t occur by magic or some evil leftist scheme, it was demanded by the people fed up with the institutional corruption of that body and the way its members were selected.


54 posted on 04/19/2015 12:16:00 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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