I’d say the main reason wingnut mythology gets increasingly complex is that as each euphemism for an odious belief becomes denotative, they need to shift gears a little. Mere mortals can’t keep up. We, after all, aren’t being fed a daily diet of right wing talk radio to make the connections for us.
Conservatives are hitting a wall right now...the "we don't actually have real policies to endorse" wall. The mantra of low taxes, small government, get enemies, etc. aren't actually "policy proposals" in the sense of an actual plan, they are more pithy rallying cries which allow people that are part of the movement to demonstrate their fealty to the cause. Now that all those things are being called into question after 8 years of Bush souring the American people on them, the party is realizing that they don't actually have any policies enjoying broad based consensus which would actually, you know, suggest a course of action.
Democrats, by contrast, have a big book of real policy proposals that enjoy general consensus at any given moment. And they are actually legitimate propsoals. "Universal health care" and "Diplomacy" are real things backed up by reams of options for implementation. The challenge of course is figuring out the mix around which to build a coalition. But that's a far cry from the Republicans scrambling to get people to rally behind things that are really just words tied to a lot of cultural resentment and passion, but not so much to actual ideas ready to put into practice.
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