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Except for the minor difference of the Senate not being composed of titled nobility.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Which doesn't change the fact that they aren't entitled to their seats by virtue of being Kennedys or Rockefellers.

Also, there has only been one Senator Rockefeller.

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What planet are you from? Name me a middle class senator.

Sure it's not the "offical" policy, but give me a break.

Chuck Grassley, Pete Domenici, Harry Reid and Robert Byrd all come from less than wealthy backgrounds, if that's what you're asking.

And simply coming from a certain family or being rich doesn't mean you are automatically entitled to a seat somewhere. You still have to be elected to it, even if you're a Kennedy or a member of some other political family. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend found this out when the normally Democratic electorate in Maryland decided not to elect her Governor.

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It depends on what it's supposed to be representative of.

And it doesn't change the main idea behind Brady's post, that of democratic processes being protected not by elected representatives but by unelected nobility.

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