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Keyes: I oppose popular election of senators
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Ninja Scooter
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alan keyes sounds like Kermit the Frog doing a Sammy Davis jr. impression.
mrkapawutzis
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Keyes is a crazy mother fucker, but you gotta respect the fact that he has extremist views and is in no way apologizing or ashamed of them. I was listening to an interview with him on NPR and he said that Obama had the mentality of a slave-owner because his views towards abortion were, like the slave-owner, blatantly immoral?!?!?! And he said it with what I assume to be a straight face.
did the republicans think a black man on the ticket would be all they needed in illinois? Keyes is one of the few republicans I have any respect for, but I really dont think he has a prayer in this race. In fact, Keyes is fairly unelectable period, let alone in a fairly liberal state.
Thaedolus
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How is this extremist at all? People constantly talk of what the founding fathers' intentions were when they wrote the constitution, and their intentions about the Senate and Executive Branch are pretty damn clear. They wanted Senators to be people of high esteem, 'above' the people. Decisions in the Senate should be made on what's best for the country, not what's best for your poll numbers (which is helped somewhat by the 6 year terms, but has more or less destroyed by the popular vote). This is also the purpose of the electoral college. The House and state legislatures are really the only direct voice of the people the founding fathers had in mind...
Actually, I can't disagree with that. First off, the state legislatures are elected anyway, so it does ultimately come down to the people's opinions. Second, the senate is supposed to represent the states' interests, so it makes sense for the state governments to pick them.
There's so much stuff that we can make fun of Keyes for, why pick out something like this?
There's so much stuff that we can make fun of Keyes for, why pick out something like this?
Kobun Heat
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I'm not sure whether I'd agree or not, in that I couldn't tell you which is better, but he does have a good point about the removal of states from the federal decision-making process.
shoplifter
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He also opposed Senators running for senate in states they don't actually reside in.
edit: this is what I get for not fully reading each and every post.
edit: this is what I get for not fully reading each and every post.
I respect keyes because he has conviction in his beliefs. I dont agree with him on much, but I can repsect anyman with conviction, and does not just vote however the wind blows.
To me, this is a non issue. States Rights have been gone since the end of the Civil War, and have slowly been bleading away since then. At this point, state power is a formality, the federal government simply cuts off federal funding whenever they dont do what the feds want.
To me, this is a non issue. States Rights have been gone since the end of the Civil War, and have slowly been bleading away since then. At this point, state power is a formality, the federal government simply cuts off federal funding whenever they dont do what the feds want.
Ninja Scooter
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xsarien said:
that was hilarious. He even said something to the effect of "i would never stoop to doing that" or something similar. God bless Jon Stewart and his endless pwning of politicians.
Demigod Mac
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Demigod Mac tried to listen to Keyes on NPR, but frankly, couldn't understand a single thing coming out of the man's mouth.
shoplifter
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Talking in the third person got old after The Rock left The Nation.
The senate in my country isn't elected by the people. They're elected by the graduates of certain universities (most of them, but not some of the newer ones..they newer ones obviously want in, and hopefully will). I'm not sure how I feel about the Senate being elected by academic higher-uppers (and heck, I'm one of them), but here at least, the Senate has very little power. Not sure what it's like in the US?
Keyes is worthless, but he does have conviction, as has been pointed out. Better to believe in something controversial than tow the same line as everyone. That said, he's always stuck me as a parrot for neo-cons. A token parrot who's given airplay more b/c he puts a black face on the neo-con movement. Just my opinion, right or wrong. Obama is being exploited by the Democratic party in much the same way, and he himself is using that to his advantage. PEACE.
The US Senate has near-equal legislative power to the House of Representatives, with the most significant difference being unable to propose bills regarding taxation or funding. However, the Senate alone can confirm/deny appointments made by the president to positions such as the cabinet or the supreme court, and to ratify treaties.gofreak said:
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