Abolish the Senate, Start With the Filibuster

[davidswanson]

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[mmonk]

1. The Senate is where progress goes to die.

[Tx4obama]

2. House has passed 290 bills and they have stalled in the senate ;( n/t

[mmonk]

3. You're so right.

The Senate has been the biggest disappointment for the last several years.

[Spinzonner]

4. And its precisely where non-proportional representation is

and the repugs have votes out of all proportion to their numbers by having equal representationfrom the small red states

[ProgressOnTheMove]

5. So with David on this he needs everyone to get behind this movement.

[SDuderstadt]

6. You're kidding, right?

Abolish the Senate???

Jesus.

[Matt Shapiro]

7. It's not a joke. The Senate SHOULD be abolished.

Your condescending sarcasm is inappropriate. Just because it's extremely unlikely to happen doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about it or that it's not a good idea.

The Senate is an anachronistic, completely undemocratic institution that reeks of aristocracy. Why would you want to keep it? Why would you not want to educate Americans about their unrepresentative government?

It would probably require a constitutional convention to actually do it, which is dangerous, but it might well be worth it.

In any case, kudos to David for standing up and for teaching.

[SDuderstadt]

8. "It would probably require a constitutional convention to actually do it"

No, really? Ya think? Dude, all you are doing here is parading your ignorance of american government and the Constitution. I mean, you do understand the concept of checks and balances, right? Have you read the Federalist Papers? Do you understand the reason the framers provided for a bicameral legislature? This is almost as stupid as a previous OP that called for the abolition of Congress in favor of the citizens directly voting on everything.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=6877346

Why would you say something as silly as, "It would probably require a constitutional convention to actually do it"? Can you think of some way that the Senate could be "abolished" without amending the Constitution?

Dude, no one is saying that the Senate does not need to be reformed. But, I happen to admire the brilliance of the Constitution and it really pains me to see political know-nothings advocating such bizarre nonsense.