I will say I reject your analogy on anecdotal evidence since I did not cite one incident and leave out years of context to buttress my point.
Hey, it happens. I frequently run out of time to reply to every post that I'd like, so I try not to jump to any conclusions about any single non-reply.
Of course, after a while you do get to know the tendencies of different posters, and we are free to draw our own private conclusions about a consistent tendency to duck questions.
I don't know if the two of you have posted to each other before, so forgive me if I'm going over any familiar territory. For the record, Nittany Lion, cyncooper hasn't shown that ducking tendency in my estimation, based on my own previous posts with her. Of the folks here who are more consistently in the Bush camp, I've found her to be one of the more willing posters to consider contrarian points, and be open to reconsider this or that opinion. Her quoted post above is another example of that.
And cyncooper, NittanyLion is a sharp poster himself, who likes a scrap but doesn't nurse grudges.
Geez, this is getting maudlin. I'm outta here.