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>> to recap, if you can eat it, you can pass it. it took me all day to practice saying that without turning beet red as i am now and losing my composure. since his go ahead eat it and then pass it contribution to the debate, mr. gohmert has decided that the democratically elected senate is the actual problem. his proposed solution is we dont democratically elect senators. hes proposing now to repeal the 17th amendment to the constitution, so state legislatures would pick senators from here on ou...

This will do it. lets get an amendment that gets the balance back into the country and the constitution before this congress destroys whats left. >> in other words take the 17th amendment to the constitution, chew on it for a while, swallow, allow it to travel through the narrow passage of the legislative process where it is broken down to smaller molecules, wait 24 to 27 hours and dump it out. then and only then will you have a real louie gohmert style democracy where democratically elected leg...

>> thats not true. i think that -- i remember reading one of my teachers saying that i was planning to be president when i was 6. you know, when i was 6 i wanted to, i think, be a fireman. >> a fireman? >> well, let me tell you all boys wanted to be a fireman when they grew up. i certainly did. finally, power to the people. thats apparently not the slogan that louie gohmert of texas a big states rights guy was trumpeting on the house floor yesterday. looks like the congressman is nostalgic for...

Usurpation of states rights. we have 39 states upset, wanting to do something and not have another unfunded federal mandate coming down their throats. this will do it. lets get an amendment that gets the balance back into the country and the constitution before this congress destroys whats left. >> in other words take the 17th amendment to the constitution, chew on it for a while, swallow, allow it to to travel through the narrow passage of the legislative process where it is broken down to smal...

First up republican congressman, the texas lawmaker, saying that the american people should no longer have the power to elect their senators? really? he says we should repeal the 17th amendment which in 1913 took that power away from cigar-filled backrooms of state legislators. >> the 17th amendment took out the last check and balance on use of patient on states rights. its time to get the balance back in place. lets get an amendment that gets the balance back into the country and the constituti...

Stating that your dream is to become a president? >> thats not true. i think that -- i remember reading one of my teachers saying that i was planning to be president when i was 6. you know when i was 6, i wanted to, i think, to be a fire. >> you know a fireman? >> well, let me tell you all boys wanted tibfireman when they grew up. i certainly did. finally, power to the people. thats not apparently not slogan that louie gohmert of texas a big states rights guy was trumpeting on the house floor ...

So much. i am joking. i am joking. i am kidding. >> come on now. >> she makes a good point. a lot of these kids are going crazy. >> one of the things lost in the college protestors is how much fun they are having. its just an activity. you can go mingle with one another. at the least they are in society interacting via e-mail and twitter at least they are looking each other in the eye. the problem is the idea behind the protest. woodrow wilson they want to take his paintings down white wash his ...

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That hangs over america. >> that black cloud perry -- perry makes bush look like a moderate. he thinks that social security and medicare are unconstitutional. he doesnt like the 16th or the 17th amendment, and he suggested texas might want to see seed from the union. radical rock star ted nugent wore a confederate flag t-shirt at his inauguration. perry wants to bury those steers and he wants to bury them by pushing how great texas is. >> im proud what weve done in the state of texas over the la...

Good outcome if woodrow wilson was involved. before 1913, u.s. senators were appointed by the state legislature. madison said the house of representative would be a national institution, because the people would be directed, directly elected by the people. the senate will derive the power by the state. here is the idea. you have the senators be representatives of the state interest. like a lobbyist by the state. you think progressives would like that. the 17th amendment changed that and institut...