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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The vital link of senators to their home state legislatures is broken.
We need to focus on restoring it. The Seventeenth is an abomination.
34 posted on
10/21/2007 9:07:18 AM PDT by
George W. Bush
(Apres moi, le deluge.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
37 posted on
10/21/2007 9:21:18 AM PDT by
villagerjoel
(Give me liberty, or give me death!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
It will never happen because it’s too easy to demagogue against: “YOU mean, YOU want to take way the PEOPLE’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE their own Senators?!?”
38 posted on
10/21/2007 9:21:56 AM PDT by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Jim Robinson
This has been a rallying cry of Jim Rob ever since I found Free Republic. Whenever I think of the 17th amendment (or 16th) I think “Jim Rob”.
40 posted on
10/21/2007 9:44:57 AM PDT by
Exit148
(Founder of the Loose Change Club. Every nickle and dime counts!!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I don’t even know where to begin.
I’d much rather see an amendment instituting term limitations than this BS. Get rid of the electoral college, too.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
When the 17th amendment was passed, state legislatures were cesspools of corruption and cronyism, not spokesmen for the local citizenry. The men they appointed were mostly hacks. This would not be empowering to the people, especially since so many state legislative districts are rigidly gerrymandered for partisan advantage.
45 posted on
10/21/2007 10:44:51 AM PDT by
Clintonfatigued
(You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
This is the only “campaign finance reform” that will accomplish its intended purpose.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
we also need to repeal the 19th amendment.
52 posted on
10/21/2007 2:48:35 PM PDT by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Congressman Billybob; Buckhead
53 posted on
10/21/2007 8:10:47 PM PDT by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Absolutely! Repeal the 17th.
55 posted on
10/21/2007 11:34:51 PM PDT by
TigersEye
(Intellectuals only exist if you think they do.)
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