[Maynerd]

Your spinning hard the "Scalia Thomas" quote. Bush made the statement in the 2000 campaign. And it was not off the cuff. He said it repeatedly. Either he was sincere and bailed out on the fight or he was merely manipulating conservative voters. Neither scenario looks good.

[Kryptonite]

I don't see any transcript linked in your post. I linked the transcript from the debate one year ago in my post.

Got *quotes*?

[Cboldt]

Your spinning hard the "Scalia Thomas" quote. Bush made the statement in the 2000 campaign. And it was not off the cuff. He said it repeatedly. Either he was sincere and bailed out on the fight or he was merely manipulating conservative voters.

The "best" argument I've heard is that the promise refers to the seated Justice, not to the nominee. That is, he can't be held to his promise now, because his promise referred to the time after the nominee is seated.

It's basically the "fooled you" argument, if you know what I mean.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Either he was sincere and bailed out on the fight or he was merely manipulating conservative voters.

Bush hasn't bailed on anyone. If anyone bailed, it's the anti-Miers crowd.