CIVILITY FROM THEE; but not from me. Victor Davis Hanson on the political Left’s civility scam:

[T]he calls for a general toning down of rhetoric translate far more into a toning down of both an effective media opposition and a rising political obstruction to the Obama agenda. “Can’t we all get along?” in essence means, “Can’t we all just keep quiet and keep going on with the big-government, agreed-on politics of the last fifty years?”

Will that work? No.

The White House introduced the ‘punch back twice as hard’ philosophy. Now it’s time to show the Left that well-aimed return fire at the appropriate targets is effective.

Republicans should not hold back. Reload and return fire. With scorn. Mockery. Ridicule. Challenge. Derision, disdain, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, and finally, refudiation (a wonderful new word introduced by Sarah Palin).