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Fox's Huckabee declares 17th Amendment (popular election of senators) "one of the dumbest things we ever did"

October 16, 2009 2:04 pm ET

From the October 16 edition of Fox News Radio's Brian & The Judge:

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    • Author by kfraz43 (October 16, 2009 2:08 pm ET)
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      Wow. Just... wow. And this guy is going to make a run for president in his magic underwear.
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    • Author by DAWUSS (October 16, 2009 2:08 pm ET)
         
      He does have a point about the 17th Amendment, but do either the House or Senate represent who they're supposed to represent? Seems like most of them represent the people who got them there - the highest bidder.
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      • Author by caveman (October 16, 2009 2:30 pm ET)
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        What point? Before the 17th Amendment, the Senate was where all the lobbyists would line up around the block, because they knew the members weren't popularly elected. What Huckabee doesn't like is the PEOPLE deciding, because the people care more about improving their standard of living than his state's rights nonsense.
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        • Author by mjh (October 16, 2009 3:00 pm ET)
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          "What Huckabee doesn't like is the PEOPLE deciding"


          More specifically, what Huck doesn't like is the people deciding DEMOCRATIC . . .

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      • Author by Conchobhar (October 16, 2009 2:32 pm ET)
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        That's why the 17th came into being. One of the Senators was accurately called the "Senator from Standard Oil." He was far from being the only one wholly owned by major corporations or rich families. Le plus le change... eh?
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      • Author by jjamele2880 (October 16, 2009 2:56 pm ET)
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        In that it didn't end corruption and the private ownership of US Senators, yes, the Amendment could be judged a failure. I don't imagine that the situation would improve if we went back to the old system, however.

        Huckabee just hates elections that don't go the way he wants them to. Like most Repugs, he has absolute faith in the intelligence and decency of the American voters as long as they vote "correctly." When they vote for Democrats, it's evidence of corruption or a breakdown in the system.
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    • Author by pete592 (October 16, 2009 2:11 pm ET)
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      Why does Huckabee hate the voters?
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    • Author by Boxer1979 (October 16, 2009 2:18 pm ET)
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      Each state should have two senators. He must be referring to when one steps down and the governor has to appoint a replacement. The right has been all over this one ever since the controversity with Blago. Then Teddy passed and they really flipped out about that amendment, especially since Kennedy wanted it his to go to a fellow democrat. This can be changed to a general election, but until it gets voted on on the floor Huckabee needs to continue telling people how he wants Wal-Mart to run the health care industry. LOL!
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      • Author by shaggles (October 16, 2009 3:08 pm ET)
           
        I think each state can decide for themselves about how they replace a Senator who doesn't complete his or her term.
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    • Author by draftedin68 (October 16, 2009 2:22 pm ET)
         
      Mikey don' like it...

      It was only when the stench of corruption from the Senate got so bad that it drove the mosquitoes from the surrounding areas of the Capitol that Congress was forced to correct this rather glaring flaw in our constitution.

      It must've been the stench of the pulp mills in his youth that not only destroyed The Huckster's sense of smell, it must've blown away a few million synapses as well.

      Actually, I can't wait for the Palin-Huckabee primary dust-up to really get going.

      Talk about an idiot race!

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    • Author by mjh (October 16, 2009 2:27 pm ET)
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      Fox's Huckabee declares 17th Amendment (popular election of senators) "one of the dumbest things we ever did"



      This is just a guess, but I'll bet Huck would've thought differently if Norm Coleman had won his lawsuit in Minnesota or if a Repub had been willing to pay Blago in Illinois . . .

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      • Author by rwk0007 (October 16, 2009 3:21 pm ET)
           
        His point whether right or wrong is that when Senators are elected rather than appointed they are representing the same people the house is. Rather than having the house imitate the house of commons and the senate imitate the house of lords. With the elitism that existed with the founding father wanting a group of local elites electing elites while the house of reps was more of the commoners voice in the federal government.

        My parliament comparison may be a little off, but his point was more of a complaint that there is no difference in agenda between a senator and a representative because they elected in such similar fashions.
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