Pretty sure it was Safire, as chief speechwriter in the Nixon White House. But I’d be happy to be corrected.
Hmm... I'm probably missing a joke in here somewhere, but everybody knowss Agnew was Nixon's Vice President, right?
Anyway, I am extremely happy about Wuterich's decision to fight for full and unconditional exoneration.
By the way, yes, it was Safire who penned the phrase “nattering nabobs of negativity” for then-VP Spiro Agnew.
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