I agree, Thomas. That is the primary reason why I don't like the politics of the Right (or conservatives)...their main means of motivating people is by the old Fear/Patriotic-fervour technique beloved of all military aggressors and dictators. This is the very means Saddam Hussein uses to bolster his power in Iraq, and it was the means used by Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Ayatollah Kohmeini and all the rest of the vicious lot.

The Right also uses another important motivation...Greed...in that they always tell people that they are going to put more money in their pockets. But they lie. The money goes only to the wealthy few at the very top...and those are the people who provide the campaign funding!

I'll say this though...the Right in North America has the courage of its convictions (although they are wrong-headed ones), while the Liberal forces do not. That is why the Right has been doing better at the polls.

That and Fear.

- LH