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brewens

(15,359 posts) Tue Jun 23, 2020, 08:05 AM Jun 2020

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

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!

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I'm hearing this "silent majority" mantra from Trump worshippers. Whistling past the graveyard? [View all] brewens Jun 2020 OP

It's a security blanket, a comfortable mantra they've been hearing since Nixon... JHB Jun 2020 #1

My niece started posting that shit on Facebook..... lastlib Jun 2020 #2

Its a rehash of the moral majority shit from the 70s/80s Cosmocat Jun 2020 #3

Tricky Dicky (Nixon) tried that too. Archae Jun 2020 #4

49 state win. Unfortunately it worked wonders for him. jimfields33 Jun 2020 #6

The most amazing thing about Watergate was how unnecessary it was... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #8

McGovern was a terrible candidate...way to far left. He was a really good person but the wrong Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #13

Yes, dirty trick #1 was getting Muskie out of the race greenjar_01 Jun 2020 #19

I don't even know what it really means. lamp_shade Jun 2020 #5

They are trying to create the impression that there are more of them than us despite evidence to the chriscan64 Jun 2020 #9

Thanks. lamp_shade Jun 2020 #12

He should ask Romney about 'skewed polls'. K&R Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #7

So the relevant question... jcgoldie Jun 2020 #10

i wish the "silent majority" would stfu rampartc Jun 2020 #11

The 'Silent Majority' is the 13,000 people who didn't show up to the rally in Tulsa. Aristus Jun 2020 #14

They all speak Russian SoonerPride Jun 2020 #15

Not "past the" ... but "on their way to the"... NurseJackie Jun 2020 #16

The "silent majority" is neither meow2u3 Jun 2020 #17

The silent majority these days is certainly the people silently fuming about Trump and waiting greenjar_01 Jun 2020 #18

Don't discount the possibility Tom Traubert Jun 2020 #20