Posted on Jul 13, 2017
No Rules for Recall: Where the Founding Fathers Dropped the Ball - Black & Blonde Media
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We're stuck with these clowns. Laura Parks
No Rules for Recall: Where the Founding Fathers Dropped the Ball - Black & Blonde Media
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SN Bob Parks, Thanks for posting this interesting article. My own personal opinion is that we have a system for recall which is the elections every 2, 4, and 6 years for the Representatives, President, and Senators respectively. If people voted for a person instead of a party and took elections more seriously then you wold not have as many representatives that act the way they do. Just my two cents on the subject.
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SN (Join to see)
Understood. That said, remember Republicans telling us if we gave them the majority, they would repeal Obamacare? In 2012, we gave them the House and nothing got done. Remember Republicans telling us they needed the Senate to repeal Obamacare? In 2014, we gave them the Senate, they could've defunded it and didn't. Remember Republicans telling us they needed the White House to repeal Obamacare? We gave them the White House and they're still dicking around. All the while, Democrats assured us if we liked our doctors and plans, we could keep our doctors and plans. What they say during an election cycle and what they do are two very different things. Take their word for it.
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Very very true. I suppose it might be chicken and egg thing. If people actually voted out the incumbents more often then the representatives would be more beholden to what the voters really want. But if you get representatives do what the voters want then they are kept in office longer and allowed to stray which could lead them to doing what many do know which is what they and special interests want them to do.
I guess the best thing to do is vote all the incumbents out and see what happens. It would be an interesting experiment.
I guess the best thing to do is vote all the incumbents out and see what happens. It would be an interesting experiment.
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I agree with CDR Steve Yargosz that we do in fact have a recall. But I think the author got it wrong. What was the original intent of the Framers and the Constitution? How were Senators selected? Were they always voted on by the People or did each State Legislature pick its own Senators and get to recall them at any time. Is the 17th Amendment part of the problem? I'd go back to the period just before the change from State Legislatures appointing a Senator to the popular vote by the People. Then we may have something to debate. But I think we may hit upon something. The People in both options are a variable and it is we the People that have allowed our elected Representatives to become demi-gods. If we are too really examine the issue we need to look at ourselves first.
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