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To: Conscience of a Conservative
one of the reasons the 17th amendment passed in the first instance is that there were a number of scandals in which people essentially bought Senate seats by bribing legislators

As if that doesn't happen since the repeal of the 17th.

Not a very convincing argument.

42 posted on 12/13/2014 5:37:50 PM PST by BfloGuy ( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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The practical effect of the 17th Amendment was to relocate the locus of corruption from the state legislatures to K Street.


43 posted on 12/13/2014 5:39:05 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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