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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-15-09 10:55 AM
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Crushing irony - Who are the "Nattering nabobs of negativism" now?
Spiro must be turning over in his grave (if the price is right ;-) )

"Nattering nabobs of negativism" is one of the most popular turns of phrase associated with U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, who served under Richard Nixon until resigning in October 1974, after pleading no contest to charges of tax fraud. Agnew, who had a particularly acrimonious relationship with the press, used this term to refer to the members of the media, whom he also deemed "an effete corps of impudent snobs."
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