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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

This man is right. The Founders knew the damage that could be done by a “royal” senator, using his incumbency to maintain his personal power for 6-year-term after 6-year-term. The amendment passed at the beginning of the Progressive period was a blatant power grab by members of the senate and needs to be repealed.


28 posted on 02/10/2010 1:05:39 PM PST by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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To: 13Sisters76
The amendment passed at the beginning of the Progressive period was a blatant power grab by members of the senate and needs to be repealed.

Read some history. The then-members of the Senate fiercely opposed the 17th Amendment. It passed the House year after year before the Senate finally caved in to overwhelming public pressure.

40 posted on 02/10/2010 1:58:06 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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