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58. yeah, there's about 20% of the people who still worshiped him. however,

Sun Dec 9, 2018, 01:12 AM

Dec 2018

in the span of a couple years, he went from winning a whopping 49 states to only having the support of about 20% of the people.

that leaves an awful lot of people who voted for nixon at least once, probably twice, who after 1974, likely told everyone they were too busy to vote on election day 1972....

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After this is all over do you think his cult will admit [View all] BigmanPigman Dec 2018 OP

Repubs still whine about taking down Nixon... Wounded Bear Dec 2018 #1

Very few of them, but that's because... regnaD kciN Dec 2018 #66

His deplorable base Ohiogal Dec 2018 #2

I think 20 years from now D_Master81 Dec 2018 #3

Had a Republican co-worker tell me he believed that Trump is likely guilty as hell Jake Stern Dec 2018 #24

They gonna be impeached. And tell your coworker that is the definition of unAmerican EndGOPPropaganda Dec 2018 #56

Leah Remini's next project Bob Loblaw Dec 2018 #35

Oh hell no ismnotwasm Dec 2018 #4

I know of none that will admit trump did anything wrong. They will doc03 Dec 2018 #5

I think, as time moves on, most of them will come to accept that Trump is a criminal Downtown Hound Dec 2018 #6

This. Hortensis Dec 2018 #31

Yes. It comes down to personality not policies lamsmy Dec 2018 #64

I read this article a while ago but it fits with what BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #71

I would take pleasure in letting them know how gullible they were...... ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2018 #7

you can do that now nm EndGOPPropaganda Dec 2018 #57

No, I'm into how masses of people think and historically they will not 100% admit he's a crook uponit7771 Dec 2018 #8

Nope, our neighbor is still saying....fake news, and fake charges..... a kennedy Dec 2018 #9

Ask Jim Jones. moondust Dec 2018 #10

They might admit they were wrong but they'll never admit they were fooled. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2018 #11

It's not a topic of discussion over at FR. Kaleva Dec 2018 #12

What's FR? BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #14

A Reichwing Message Board Leith Dec 2018 #15

A funny story Kaleva Dec 2018 #17

Same here and I'm not even from Michigan (Chicago )but Freep always meant Detroit Free Press lunasun Dec 2018 #19

My Family Subscribed to the Freep Until My Late Teen Years Leith Dec 2018 #42

LOL! I made a point of checking them out, but that was my first thought too Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #46

Free Republic. A forum dominated by Trump supporters. Kaleva Dec 2018 #16

In 1932 nearly 40% of voters preferred Hoover, nearly FOUR YEARS into the Great Depression. Hassler Dec 2018 #13

And after WW2 there were still Nazis and Nazi sympathizers. Liberal In Texas Dec 2018 #18

Yeah. Prescott Bush, GHWB's dad was one of them. roamer65 Dec 2018 #48

FOX News .com tonight. Johnny2X2X Dec 2018 #20

So, I went over out of curiousity to look at Fox.com Liberal In Texas Dec 2018 #23

I was stuck listening to them for about 2 minutes at the dentist a few months back Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #47

No. The cult will find a fixation on someone worse than Trump. PufPuf23 Dec 2018 #21

We thought we'd never find someone worse than Dubya and Cheney Jake Stern Dec 2018 #25

I'm not going to let them forget! ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #22

NOPE. LenaBaby61 Dec 2018 #26

the old racists will stick by him until they die . but there will be some that will deny having JI7 Dec 2018 #27

The cultists in my family will forever blame the Democrats... lastlib Dec 2018 #28

That is the definition of a fanatic. They are never wrong. You are never right. DFW Dec 2018 #29

You summed it up quite well. Duppers Dec 2018 #30

I think all southerners do DFW Dec 2018 #33

😊 Duppers Dec 2018 #37

Political scientists point out worriedly that the electorate Hortensis Dec 2018 #34

2+25 DBoon Dec 2018 #52

Won't be over, and thinking of Robert Bork in this thread. Hortensis Dec 2018 #32

His cult, no. Some of his voters, yes. lark Dec 2018 #36

Love your "orange assmouth" description kimbutgar Dec 2018 #38

"it" - true dat! lark Dec 2018 #39

+1 kimbutgar Dec 2018 #43

The dead-enders will never admit it, but within a few years survey responses will suggest struggle4progress Dec 2018 #40

I think it will take an overwhelming number of charges or proof that he did something so repulsive Glimmer of Hope Dec 2018 #41

I think many Meowmee Dec 2018 #44

Not even one of them. nt Codeine Dec 2018 #45

See: Nixon, Richard Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2018 #49

yeah, there's about 20% of the people who still worshiped him. however, unblock Dec 2018 #58

We could probably do a whole thread on this complex subject Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2018 #60

nixon was a complex man, that's for sure. unblock Dec 2018 #61

Most will probably deny they ever supported him. haele Dec 2018 #50

For what it's worth, Glamrock Dec 2018 #51

They'll be digging like steam shovels IMO. NoMoreRepugs Dec 2018 #53

There will always remain a few "true believers". no_hypocrisy Dec 2018 #54

They won't admit it, but they have to be pissed. I was at a few of our people over the years. For brewens Dec 2018 #55

No, they will blame Democrats n/t hibbing Dec 2018 #59

I Know A Cult Member, And I Know How He'll Respond ChoppinBroccoli Dec 2018 #62

Either that, or: moose65 Dec 2018 #72

Nixon's never did. shanny Dec 2018 #63

Most will just kind of ... forget about Trump- dawg day Dec 2018 #65

Simple answers JustAnotherGen Dec 2018 #67

I have already seen some people flip that I never thought would. cbdo2007 Dec 2018 #68

They will double down, just like Trump does. CrispyQ Dec 2018 #69

THE GOP HAS MANY UNEDUCATED IDIOTS WHO ARE PART OF THE HERD ROB-ROX Dec 2018 #70