What Republican speechwriter described the press as “nattering nabobs of negativism”?

August 4, 2020September 22, 2011 by Pamela Landy

William Safire wrote the phrase “nattering nabobs of negativism” for Vice-President Spiro Agnew in 1970.

Agnew speechwriter Pat Buchanan, came up with “pusillanimous pussyfooters”, also in 1970.

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