GOP distaste for political warfare.

Arizona has thus thrown a challenge directly into the face of the modern liberal regime. The essence of the liberal regime is that it pretends to be and appears to be “moderate,” “patriotic,” and “lawful,”—all those things that average Americans see as the essence of America—while in reality it is radical, lawless, and anti-American. Even those mainstream conservatives who sense how extreme the ruling liberal orthodoxy really is, don’t want to say so, because that would break down the illusion of moderateness and consensus on which the American Creed rests and replace politics as usual with political warfare.

I'll have to reflect on whether mainstream conservatives are guilty of Mr. Auster's charge. For now, I'll say that the repubs can be counted on to shirk any and all meaningful fights and so the political history of the United States unfolds as though our president were simply Hubert Humphrey with a sun tan rather than a man with a childhood communist mentor; a communist terrorist political crony and ghost writer; a jimjam, nickel-plated, double-barrel, revolving, white-hating, horse’s ass of a “Christian” preacher-mentor; a paper trail as long as silver dime is wide; and a heart that thrills to the call of the muezzin.

Strong message to follow.

"The federal government is waging war on America: do we ignore that fact and continue playing by the rules?" By Lawrence Auster, View from the Right, 7/30/10 (emphasis added).