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"what else besides abject stupidity can explain this?"
I would propose contempt:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/06/29/authoritarianism/
Have you ever seen Dick Cheney give a speech? I mean, the contempt for the audience is palpable... [h]e looks like he should be eating a sandwich while he's doing it...
I truly believe that, taking their cues from their "leaders," the authoritarian right really does not give a shit what anyone thinks that doesn't already agree with them. Thus we get slapdash hack jobs like that blog, or high-school A/V club-level fake news conferences like FEMA did last week, or Dick Cheney eating lunch while giving a speech.
They don't give a fuck, they're not open to debate, and they have unending disdain and contempt for you me, and any inconvenient facts that may get in the way of their story. So much the worse for us.