Do I Have a Dream?

I am trying, for the life of me, to figure out the strategy of the Far Right for this election cycle, and for the future. The policies they articulate, and I use the terms "policies" and "articulate" very, very loosely, are hostile to: 1) African Americans; 2) Hispanics; 3) Emigrants; 4) Gays and lesbians; 5) Women; 6) Muslims; 7) Atheists and agnostics; 8) People who earn less than $75,000 per year; 9) People who care about others who are less fortunate; 10) People who believe, as the Supreme Court and Constitution does, that women have a right to privacy/choice; 11) People who would like to see stem cell research that might lead to cures for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurological disease; 12) People who do not believe that public school teachers should be responsible for the religious indoctrination of our children, but that that should be left to churches and parents; 13) People who think Social Security and Medicare are good ideas; 14) People who believe that it is a bad idea to pollute the one and only earth we live on; 15) People who believe in the Constitution (Republicans have introduced 44 proposed amendments to the Constitution in the past year, so they must not like the document the "Founding Fathers" created).

just to name a few...

This only leaves around 20-25% of the population that is not on their "hate" list. So how do they succeed in elections? How do they get people to vote against their own best interests?

1. Diversionary tactics: tapping into the emotions of people in desperate times
2. Fear: people are afraid of economic failure, losing their jobs, not being able to provide for the families, and can easily be manipulated into blaming/hating "others" for this insecurity
3. Language: defining terms, lie, be repetitive (for example, the "Ground Zero Mosque" is not at Ground Zero)