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>> I guess a pro-17th amendment person such as yourself can point to all of the beneficial aspects of the amendment since 1913? <<

You want to help him out here, Field? There can probably be dozens of examples since 1913 of patriotic conservatives who never would have gotten anywhere near the U.S. Senate if it were up to state legislatures to make that decision. Examples include Senator James Buckley (Conservative-NY), Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), Ted Cruz (R-TX), etc., etc. It would be a cold day in hell before the state legislatures of those states ever appointed them Senator.

15 posted on 05/13/2014 10:30:24 AM PDT by BillyBoy (Looking at the weather lately, I could really use some 'global warming' right now!)

Are you kidding? How could you possibly know who would be appointed? Crystal ball? Complete spurious speculation without an iota of proof?

17 posted on 05/14/2014 5:36:25 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)