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They could not have imagined a world full of idiots listening to idiots all day on the radio and TV. redstatebluegirl Oct 2013 #1
indeed... ProdigalJunkMail Oct 2013 #3
Who could have forseen Turbineguy Oct 2013 #2
They thought morons would get voted out of office by their constituents. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #9
Actually they did foresee a buncha stupes getting elected, Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #4
Stupes isn't why there are two houses jmowreader Oct 2013 #16
That explains their election by the state legislature in the original, Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #22
Any set of rules can be fucked with Phlem Oct 2013 #5
Dumb post ... Auggie Oct 2013 #6
Maybe they're only three-fifths as smart as we thought... ( n/t ) Make7 Oct 2013 #7
I'm not sure I quite understand... FurSure Oct 2013 #25
LOL! Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2013 #31
LOL! FurSure Oct 2013 #35
Their world was alot smaller Marrah_G Oct 2013 #8
It's a political game Lifelong Dem Oct 2013 #10
That cartoon was published 10/2. baldguy Oct 2013 #20
I'm sure they did the best they felt they could. n/t eShirl Oct 2013 #11
The founding fathers were concerned about kings and setting up an executive branch Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #12
I believe that is the job of the electorate. BlueToTheBone Oct 2013 #13
What you are really demanding: GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #14
Not at all jmowreader Oct 2013 #18
Sounds reasonable. One question. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #32
I want the Tea Party members removed because they're destroying the country! jmowreader Oct 2013 #36
You are wanting anybody that disagrees with you politically to be removed. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #37
They expected the country to be sensible enough Revanchist Oct 2013 #15
No. They had not way to know what would happen treestar Oct 2013 #17
Yeah, why weren't they omniscient? bhikkhu Oct 2013 #19
They had pitchforks, tar and feathers, etc., back then. gulliver Oct 2013 #21
But they did dare to Gerrymander back then. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #34
Actually they were prescient enough to warn against Factions nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #23
No, after such a struggle to establish this nation bluedeathray Oct 2013 #24
Their mistake was in not legislating the powers of parties riqster Oct 2013 #26
We didn't get where we are overnight. meanit Oct 2013 #27
Of course they didn't plan for everything, they went with the best they could come up with NuclearDem Oct 2013 #28
Yep. The Constitution is a failure, and we need to replace it with a parliamentary system geek tragedy Oct 2013 #29
The Houses were to make their own rules zipplewrath Oct 2013 #30
They were, but they never expected petulant children to be elected to Congress. Myrina Oct 2013 #33
I think the FF designed a system for the elite. Not for the people. No third party? Blame them. DevonRex Oct 2013 #38
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