The
Democrat Attack Machine is a 1984-esque Goldstein Conspiracy assumed to exist by ideological Republicans who believe everyone who isn'
t an ideological
Republican is either stupid or evil.
The existence of a conspiracy fills the human need to have something to struggle against. It doesn't matter if the Machine exists or doesn't exist, since it offers a banner to rally around for Republicans to divide "us" (the faithful) from "them" (the enemy who must be destroyed)