[varina davis]

I thought it was "nattering nabobs of negativism"

It was. He stole it from the late Spiro Agnew.

[Devil_Anse]

Here's one for you and your imaginary friends, from Spiro:

"Effete corps of impudent snobs."

[jandji]

i know, i was correcting his quote. and of course we know the speechwriter that coined that phrase for spiro, was? non other than; pat buchanan!