Not necessarily in that order.

If I were being serious, I'd say, all of the above. And the M$M doesn't help (and in fact often promotes) all of the above, just not as blatantly/transparently.

of making a pact with the Devil and they are cursed. Right wingers love Robertson.

And tends to stay there. As with Spinal Tap, a max of only "10" would not be the same.

I think we've only witnessed the tip of their stupidity. They prove this every day.

All you need to do to have an army of self sacrificing supporters that will do your bidding is loosely tie your ambitious goal to the stupid things people want to believe, this is one of the few things that never changes through out history. Nurture an idiot and he will give you everything him and his family has.