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It's like a brotherhood, and also IMHO not comparable to the Democrat party. Or should we say Democratic peoples 'movement', because the Dem election campaign have done a great job in raising a open and friendly grassroot response to the Repub Neocons and Evangelistas.
If you look at the Repub webfront, it is dedicated to forward the message from above and suck up to the ones spreading it, with few--if any--questions asked. The food for no thought. All attention centers around the cult-leaders in a groupthinking, uncritical environment, occationally mixed with impact from real events. Or propelled by them, directed by the cult-leadership's spin doctors.
It became very clear when Reagan died; he was instantly established as a relic, and a picture/quote of the Gipper was a must if you were to 'mark' yourself within the RW web system. This was a reaction way beyond ordinary grief, especially when one take into account that Reagan's death was not unexpected.
Almost unknowingly (by the RW), the pictures of * and RR merged, and Reagan became the crutch for * to hang on during a difficult period, right after the Abu Ghraib pics broke.
But the real proof that it is a cult is the fact that a disturbingly small number of people have taken taken the politics out of the politics arena and into everyday life, and made the issues so rank that the scale-off by centrist-minded people soared--thus creating an even more groupthinking and uncritical env.
All while sowing more and more disturbance between ordinary people by--as an example--make a political issue out of Christmas.
This is borderline christianity at work, and the way they conduct themselves bear all the hallmarks of a cult.
Here's from thefreedictionary.com:
cult (klt)
n.
1.
a. A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader.
b. The followers of such a religion or sect.
2. A system or community of religious worship and ritual.
3. The formal means of expressing religious reverence; religious ceremony and ritual.
4. A usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator to have exclusive or exceptional power in curing a particular disease.
5.
a. Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or thing.
b. The object of such devotion.
6. An exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest.
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