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In reply to the discussion: Alabama pastors turn on Roy Moore after he's caught faking endorsement letter [View all]Marthe48
(16,932 posts)53. Until 1914 state legislators elected U.S. Senators
The 17th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution changed that state legislative elections to popular elections. The dearth of qualified candidates from some states reminds me of the cronyism the earlier elections invited. Here is a link to the Wikipedia, which seems to cover that part of U.S. history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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Alabama pastors turn on Roy Moore after he's caught faking endorsement letter [View all]
workinclasszero
Nov 2017
OP
You're not qualified because DC has mostly become a place where you fail UPWARDS.
Volaris
Nov 2017
#37
wonder if the 2 really were appalled but instead are just covering their holy asses
dembotoz
Nov 2017
#25
Dont worry, pastors who would support him in the first place, their hatred
Eliot Rosewater
Nov 2017
#27
I am so happy to hear that the letter was false. I was horrified thinking of so many pastors endor-
Madam45for2923
Nov 2017
#39
The article does mention two pastors who want their names taken off...but that is not the point
Fred Sanders
Nov 2017
#57
Moore is not what he wants others to believe. The stuff in getting deeper, more lies every day.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2017
#76