Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 18th Feb 2013 22:28 UTC, submitted by bowkota

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2012-10-25
Amen! Before Senators were popularly elected, the position was often given to those who made the largest contributions to state government electoral campaigns. These were people who contributed with the expressed understanding that they would be rewarded with a seat for doing so. It was unspeakably more corrupt than what we have now.
And, for the record, the great majority of Senators were popularly elected (by the state governments' choice) at the time the amendment was passed. That's the only reason it did pass.
Edited 2013-02-19 02:23 UTC