[Alissa]

Unfortunately, the Express News gave this piece such a prominant lay-out that it gives legitimacy to the author.

[beckett]

I agree the piece is noteworthy, and, truth be told, the overall argument, i.e., that Bush ties in the Middle East are a legitimate campaign issue, is correct.

[beckett]

Also I was a little hard on Phillips in a sort of knee-jerk reaction. In some quarters he is considered something of a "deep thinker," not entirely without justification.