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You have the senators be representatives of the state interest. like a lobbyist for the state. you think progressives would like that. the 17th amendment changed that and instituted a direct popular election of united states senators. two senators right there, two senate -- or the united states senate shall be comprised of two senators from each state elected by the people. okay? why did they do this? they wanted to take the direct representation out. they wanted to make sure that the states didn't have the direct representation. this, thomas jefferson warned about. 1821. he said this. do we h...

Convention. and all the facts are in here so you get everything. but you can read it in novel form. what were they really, what were they dead set for and against? >> they were dead set against any centralized power. they had just come from underneath the british. and they feared concentration of power. we talk about checks and balances today. but we use it as one word. they wanted balance to also go into checks. so if you didn't have enough power, that check wasn't any good. so that is one of the reasons senators were pinted by the state -- appointed by the legislature because it gave power t...

To come to the show, how many people could say oh, yeah, the 17th amendment, i know what that is? two, three. you don't count. you are doing a constitutional thing. nobody. how many really know what it is now, the 17th amendment? okay. this is amazing. like all bad things it started in 1913. woodrow wilson yet again. he supported this. immediately now, when i see woodrow wilson, i immediately know bad thing! you can be quite certain that something is not going to have a good outcome if woodrow wilson was involved. before 1913, u.s. senators were appointed by the state legislature. madison said...

Let me give you an example of the 17th amendment coming into play right now. today. obama's healthcare bill would have never seen the light of day. a lot of things they do in washington would never have seen the light of day. why? because it wouldn't in the interest of your state. why would we consider something -- have you heard this phrase? "unfunded mandates." how did they get that passed? the senate is not looking out for your state. think of massachusetts. why would they pay more in taxes for mandated healthcare when they already have that system? why would they do it? it wouldn't have wo...

It would be hard to take him seriously, but you did. think victoria beckham after like a really long, month long fast. george washington called him a withered little apple. he was not imposing at all, but he was an intellectual force to be reckoned with. he is the father of the constitution. major player at the constitutional convention, referred to as the father of the constitution. he is the guy we have to go today, because i have been, i have been trying to restore history. at least in my own mind. i've been trying to restore god, at least in my own life. we have to restore our constitution...