Like all ideologies, conservative ideology requires the power of myth in order to keep its flame alive. Many conservatives may know the basis of that ideology while others may know relatively little. Either way, they subscribe to the ideology and are, therefore, affected by it. This diary is my attempt to define the foundations of that ideology.
Rush Limbaugh is the modern conservative mythmaker-in-chief. Millions listen to him spout his bullshit every day. Limbaugh makes millions by being the fountain of conservative mythology.
By sheer power of repetition, Limbaugh propagates the myths upon which modern conservatism is based.
For a quick roundup of Limbaugh's myth-making strategy, read JohnKWilson's diary, Rush's 53 Smears Against Sandra Fluke.
It doesn't have to be true for Limbaugh to say it. He creates a meme and supports it with repeated assertions, innuendo, and proclamations.
Another important thing to look at is a memo from Newt Gingrich to GOPAC on the use of language in politics.
But where did Limbaugh and his ilk come from? Where did they get these hair-brained ideas in the first place? What is the unspoken link between the myth propagators and the entranced multitudes?
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