The entire Cain candidacy has been a reductio ad absurdum of this tendency — a case of anti-Obama conservatives reacting to the left's overheated charges of right-wing racism by rallying around an African-American conservative who delights in playing the race card himself.
Republicans, sensitive to charges of right-wing extremism, have been moving toward the center in recent years and have taken steps to show tolerance as a way to draw independent and "swing" voters who hold no strong allegiance to either party.
In an interview published Wednesday in the Russian newspaper Zavtra, Mr. Kadyrov accused Ms. Estemirova of fabricating charges of rights violations, saying, "She played no role in Chechnya".
General Pinochet, 89, has in the past been declared incompetent to face trial on charges of rights abuses because he suffers from senile dementia stemming from such previous attacks.
The court of justice, also known as the World Court, ruled that Belgium had no right to issue an arrest warrant on charges of rights abuses for a former Congolese minister because he was immune from prosecution.
He denies all charges of rights abuse and corruption, refuses to return to Peru and is protected from extradition by dual citizenship and Peru's lack of an extradition treaty with Japan.
Mr. Fujimori, who is wanted here on charges of rights abuses and corruption during his 10-year quasi dictatorship, had promised to return since fleeing to Japan in 2000.
A keen editor, he was first liaison between the home office and offices worldwide, then between the Digest and the New York publishing world as Vice President in charge of rights.
What remains to be seen is who will be in charge of righting this wrong.
