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Letter: Dowd lacking in real insight

Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005 | 8:16 a.m.

Dowd's piece is the first I've read that damningly cross-examines Miers' basic integrity, especially to the point of suggesting that she might hold a grudge against her conservative critics and allow revenge against them to influence her rulings. Dowd wrote, "But if you're a conservative mugged by conservatives, neo and paleo, it may have the opposite effect and turn you into David Souter!!!"

That strikes me as hyperbole at its worst (not to mention silly overuse of punctuation). We have always had Pharisees in our midst, on both sides of the aisle, but a genuine and steadfast heart of gold will pass the test of fire.

I only wonder if Dowd possesses the wisdom to make those distinctions, particularly since her assertions strike me more as wishful thinking than genuine insight.

Patricia Hershwitzky Las Vegas

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