Silent Majority By Andrew Blume
When Richard Nixon ran for president in 1969, one of the major things he spoke of was that if was elected president that he had a "secret plan" to get the United States out of Vietnam, But after being elected President decided early in his administration that a quick withdrawal "would result in a collapse of confidence  in American leadership". What this meant was if we took our troops out of Vietnam our leaders would look like failures.
Many Americans were unhappy when an end to the war did not materialize. In October 1969, protesters staged a huge rally in Washington, D.C. On November 3, the nation eagerly tuned in to a major Nixon television address on Vietnam policy . In this speech Nixon exclaimed that he wouldnt take out all of the troops in Vietnam, but instead would take out some of them. He argued this point as "peace with honor" which was another point that he had made throughout his campaign. At the end of his speech he called for supporrt among the "Silent majority". Them silent majority seemed to bode well for Nixon as polls showed most people had agreed with this decision.