Stage I When you do not have the best position on the war - prevaricate
Stage II When you do not have the clear voice of leadership - triangulate
Stage III When you do not have the momentum - trivialize the election just lost
Stage IV When you do not have anywhere to go - instigate a smear on the supporters as unthinking cultists
Stage V When the supporters embrace the slur and turn it around - start backing up the dump truck and release a load
against the leader who has sparked a fire across the country.
Stage VI When this desperate tactic is reviled - step aside as the great locomotive of history barrels by you and you turn to watch history pass you by.
We are about to pass out of the Stage III. It had no traction. These Obama followers took a cue from their leader and rather than casting aspersions on the followers of Clinton simply stated: Cultists = Yes we are and by embracing the absurd made the charge even more ridiculous than it was.
A simple chart that translates all of these packed arenas into a mathematical equation.