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By AndrewHyman Posted in Senate Rules — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

There are a couple interesting letters in the St. Petersburg Times today. Sal Reale of Seminole points out that, "President Bush is merely trying to balance the overwhelming liberal activist judges that are already on the bench." And, Tom Booker of Oldsmar says this about people who argue in favor of endless nomination filibusters:

It appears that you fear not that the upcoming Senate fight will cause the courts to become an ideological force but that the ideology of the judicial branch may no longer lean to the left as you prefer. I suspect that even those who disagree would have more respect for your position if it were presented in a honest, complete and consistent way instead of the pejorative and biased manner in which you chose to argue it.

Indeed, Democrats and their allies are not sticking to facts. They call their opponents Nazis who want absolute power, they distort history, and they cheapen the political process. I suppose that, if the Amercian people are dumb enough to fall for it, then perhaps we deserve to be governed more by the judiciary than by our own elected representatives.

It's nice to read letters to the editor (like the ones quoted above) that have actually been written by the people who sent them (compare these).