[Starboard]

nattering nabobs of negativity

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Shades of Spiro T. Agnew. Nicely done. :)

[Migraine]

nattering nabobs of negativity

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Shades of Spiro T. Agnew. Nicely done. :)

It was “negativism” (same difference, I guess). The writer who put those words forth was the late, great wordsmith, William Safire — one of Nixon’s speechwriters (along with Pat Buchanan).