I'm hearing this "silent majority" mantra from Trump worshippers. Whistling past the graveyard?

[brewens]

I bet it's what his people are telling him to keep him happy. "No Mr. President sir, the polls are all wrong, the people are still with you sir." Something like that.

Anyone know if that's what's being pushed on FOX "News" or some of the other crackpot news outlets? We should play it as if that is the case. Keep the foot on the gas! Hopefully we see the all-time blowout, like no one has ever seen before! Like no one could ever imagine could happen!

[JHB]

1. It's a security blanket, a comfortable mantra they've been hearing since Nixon...

...and whoever Nixon lifted the phrase from.

[lastlib]

2. My niece started posting that shit on Facebook.....

My reply: "I hear a gurgling noise. Is that you?"

She unfriended me.

[Cosmocat]

3. Its a rehash of the moral majority shit from the 70s/80s

They ebb and flow from being the morally righteous under dogs to being the get out of our way super majority (all the breathless talk of a permanent majority during Ws early years).

Just another way this country indulges right wing fuck wittery.

Demands for bi-partisanship when they are out of power, demands to shut up and get in line when they are in power.

Why this country puts up with them is a complete mystery.

[Archae]

4. Tricky Dicky (Nixon) tried that too.

Gee, how'd that work out?

[jimfields33]

6. 49 state win. Unfortunately it worked wonders for him.

[Wounded Bear]

8. The most amazing thing about Watergate was how unnecessary it was...

He was caught cheating in an election he won in landslide fashion and got caught trying to cover up the rather minor crime that was the breakin that triggered it all.

[Demsrule86]

13. McGovern was a terrible candidate...way to far left. He was a really good person but the wrong

candidate for those times. And if you read about the primaries...you see that McGovern should not have been the candidate.

[greenjar_01]

19. Yes, dirty trick #1 was getting Muskie out of the race

They tried same with Biden, but were stymied by their own incompetence and the heroism of people like Lt. Col. Vindman.

[lamp_shade]

5. I don't even know what it really means.

Really, I don't

[chriscan64]

9. They are trying to create the impression that there are more of them than us despite evidence to the

contrary. The narrative they are selling is that the progressive change most people want is an aberration perpetuated by the media. Somehow, vast multitudes of idiots like them are out there and will show up on election day.

[lamp_shade]

12. Thanks.

[Demsrule86]

7. He should ask Romney about 'skewed polls'. K&R

[jcgoldie]

10. So the relevant question...

Why are all these "silent" Trump supporters too embarrassed to speak?

[rampartc]

11. i wish the "silent majority" would stfu

[Aristus]

14. The 'Silent Majority' is the 13,000 people who didn't show up to the rally in Tulsa.

I'm guessing they remained silent because they're tired of Trump's shit...

[SoonerPride]

15. They all speak Russian

That's why they are silent here.

If trump wins because of this silent majority it is outright election theft.

And it could happen. Voting machines are hackable.

[NurseJackie]

16. Not "past the" ... but "on their way to the"...

... I'll bet that the Covidpalooza gatherings will be deadly for many of them.

[meow2u3]

17. The "silent majority" is neither

They're all a loud, ignorant minority with too much attention paid to them, thanks to the media's penchant for balance.

[greenjar_01]

18. The silent majority these days is certainly the people silently fuming about Trump and waiting

to vote.

The Trumpies are delusional. He's broadly despised. Not just disliked, despised. People are sick of it.

[Tom Traubert]

20. Don't discount the possibility

Many Republicans who may be embarrassed to admit that they continue to support Trump will nevertheless vote for him once in the voting booth.