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To: GraceG

Which is why the 17th Amendment was such a bad idea.

Took the power away from the state legislative bodies.


23 posted on 01/05/2019 5:51:00 AM PST by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: PeteB570

Using smoky back room machine polotics to select Senatorial candidates was certainly bad. But letting the “democracy” mob do it is FAR FAR worse.


38 posted on 01/05/2019 6:06:57 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: PeteB570; GraceG

Exactly. Repeal the 17th Amendment. Probably never happen.


73 posted on 01/05/2019 10:11:29 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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