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Knightskye
03-18-2010, 11:45 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leonard-zeskind/ron-paul-and-the-tea-part_b_504559.html


Once the Seventeenth Amendment passed, the constitution became inherently more democratic. Removing it, per Ron Paul, has to be considered anti-democratic; on a par with, say, eliminating the Nineteenth Amendment, ratified in 1920, which was supposed to guarantee all women the right to vote. Or with ignoring the Fourteenth Amendment.

1. You're damn right it's "anti-democratic". We're a Republic. The people elect the House of Representatives and the President. State legislatures electing the Senate gives us balanced government power.

2. I'm skimming through the Constitution now. What, exactly, prohibited women from voting?

foofighter20x
03-19-2010, 12:52 AM
@#2. Home-grown state laws. Although, plenty of states had rightly dived into the "let women vote" waters before 1920.

johngr
03-19-2010, 03:10 AM
They're correct. Those two need repealing as well.

Relyks
03-19-2010, 04:33 AM
That is a pretty nonsensical and hyperbolic statement, even for the Huffington Post.

RforRevolution
03-19-2010, 05:09 AM
Is there such a thing as a huffpo article that doesn't accuse someone of racism to get a point across?

To be fair, they are quite talented at equating racism where no other logical thinking person could ever see it.

TonySutton
03-19-2010, 05:55 AM
I say not giving the states a vote through the use of state appointed Senators is akin to racism, well if you are using Huffpo logic :P