That's not a good thing, none of the things you propose are good things, that's how you destroy countries. This is Mammon bullshit
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WI: Ron Paul elected President in 2008?
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arnoldcabell
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Assuming that there are 62 Republican Senators due to a disastrous Lieberman Presidency, just 5 Democrats would need to cross over for either amendment to pass repeal.
You need 2/3 of the states to ratify it within a 5-year period too. That would not be possible.
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arnoldcabell
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There is obviously no hope of repealing the 16th, but it the 17th could conceivably have received some bipartisan support.
Yes, I also long to return to the Gilded Age, when the local Tammany Halls chose our Senators for us, we commonfolk being much too stupid to choose them ourselves.
arnoldcabell
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Ron Paul is famously anti-political machine, having bravely stood up to the machinations of the crook Adelson.
What power is he going to have over state-level machines? Being President does not give him a Green Lantern ring.
arnoldcabell
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Paul believes that the Presidency should never intervene in the processes through which state legislatures elect Senators.
Whereas in the 20th century K street had both houses of congress bought and paid for.
Right, so if e.g. the Illinois legislature gave Gov. Blagojevich the power to fill vacant Senate seats; and he is opting to leave the seat vacant until his reelection campaign meets a specific fundraising goal, Paul will be cool with that and he won't ask the Justice Department to get involved?
arnoldcabell
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The Illinois legislature detests Governor Blagojevich-after all, the conviction vote in the State Senate was unanimous.
As Governor, Blago has the constitutional ability to fill vacant Senate seats: if he wants to leave it vacant, Paul would have had no problem with it.
arnoldcabell
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Paul, a 2nd Amendment literalist has never really been keen on “socialist” modernism…
I don't really care what Ron Paul is or isn't "keen on". So long as he's kept far away from any Executive position, especially the US Presidency.
But this discussion should be moved Political Chat.
First, any POD of 2008 asking about consequences brings us quickly to current events. Really, 2008 is too recent for most PODs.
Secondly, discussion of Paul pretty much brings us automatically to a discussion of Economics Theory and Practice, along with the social impacts. Which is also a quick road to Current Politics.
Please would you ask a Moderator to move it there for you?
The other possibility is ASB, as it would take Divine/Demonic intervention to grant Ron Paul the Presidency and the influence to implement the extremely controversial * philosophy and measures you want us to discuss.
*Batshit crazy IMHO
arnoldcabell
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Amazingly enough, Paul is no extremist within the Republican context: Senator Santorum wants a federal ban on all forms of birth control.
Hmm, would even This Supreme Court bac that? Or the US voters?
arnoldcabell
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Santorum planned on appointing 'Constitutional Christian Conservative' Justices to the Supreme Court to uphold his federal ban on birth control.