Talk:William L. Scott

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[edit] Dubious citation - list of back issues for sale

The link to back issues of New Times Magazine may be valuable to collectors, but seems useless as a citation for a particular article in that magazine. Fwiw, I remember the flap when he was named dumbest senator, and later some revisionist claim that the Naderite group sought to embarass Sen. Scott in particular, and surveyed hill staffers to lengthen the list and make it less obvious they were after him.

The Virginian-Pilot article seems to be sufficient citation for this without listing old magazines for sale.

(I do remember a senator from Virginia, probably Scott, who publicly said something stupid about Arab-Israeli conflict - suggesting they settle their differences like good Christian gentlemen. But I have no citation for that and did not find one in Google.)

Any other opinions? Better citations?

Thanks.

AndersW (talk) 19:37, 9 May 2008 (UTC)