[SunkenCiv]

Kinda like 1968 when they went too far with the "Great Society" welfare state or 1980 when they were surrendering to our enemies.

I'd probably quibble with that -- 1968 marked the rehabilitation of Nixon and repudiation of LBJ's idiotic mismanagement of a war he got us into; it represented the revulsion felt by much of America toward the mayhem going on at the various campuses and inner cities. The welfare state wasn't dismantled, SALT II got started instead, and Apollo abandoned. But yeah, I'd agree that 1980 was a repudiation of withdrawal, surrender, and appeasement -- and gross incompetence -- of the Carter wing of the Dhimmicratic Party. IMHO.

[colorado tanker]

I'd probably quibble with that -- 1968 marked the rehabilitation of Nixon and repudiation of LBJ's idiotic mismanagement of a war he got us into; it represented the revulsion felt by much of America toward the mayhem going on at the various campuses and inner cities. The welfare state wasn't dismantled, SALT II got started instead, and Apollo abandoned.

I agree, all that contributed to Nixon's election. I do think his election was a repudiation of the Great Society as well, but also have to agree Nixon did almost nothing to dismantle it. If anything, he reinforced it and made things worse with economic bungles like price controls. While he viewed himself as a conservative, he seemed to have an incoherent philosophy of government.