Post-Dispatch Offers a Balanced, Nuanced View of Blunt on Its Letters Page

Kudos to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for a balanced selection of letters on its recent op-ed pages that paint a nuanced view of Governor Matt Blunt:

• For example, Blunt supports free markets over socialism:

  Those of us who are fortunate to have good jobs and good insurance will see our premiums go up as hospitals are forced to charge insurance companies more.

  
  
  
• Matt Blunt not only espouses family values, he lives them:

  Blatant cronyism is evident when Andy Blunt, a lobbyist and Gov. Matt Blunt's brother, represents both AmerenUE and SBC, which will benefit from these laws.

  
  
  
• Matt Blunt promotes active lifestyles for seniors (ibid:

  Because of Gov. Matt Blunt's desire to close Bellefontaine Habilitation Center, severely mentally retarded residents are being shuffled around unnecessarily, causing much suffering.

• Matt Blunt stands for privacy rights:

  There are legitimate concerns about mitigating public access to state business because Gov. Matt Blunt uses campaign funds to pay for his administration's cell phone expenses and airplane trips ("Blunt uses campaign cash to pay phone bills," July 21).

  
  
  
• But to balance out these positives, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch concedes that Matt Blunt cannot speak Latin fluently:

  The seal of the State of Missouri contains the Latin phrase: "The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law." Gov. Matt Blunt seems to have lost touch with that concept.

We at DMB2008 appreciate the efforts of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to portray both sides of the issues and to dedicate as much column inches to support of Governor Blunt or at least to raise the question that he might not actually have cloven hooves.

Too bad we cancelled our subscription.