William Safire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William L. Safire (born December 17, 1929) is an American author, semi-retired columnist, and former journalist and presidential speechwriter. He is perhaps best known as a long-time syndicated polit...
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Once upon a time in the '60s, in the days when the culture wars began, there lived an obscure first-term Governor of Maryland- ... In a 1969 speech against war protesters, he said, ... The nattering nabobs kept their ears open and reported Agnew's verbal misdemeanors of political incorrectness. On a campaign plane,
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The leader who first steps forward to communicate a clear vision of a sustainable world and who stirs us to act as a nation – he or she will be a leader for the ages. That’s because the climate challenge isn’t just about the weather. ... Kurt Vonnegut said, "We could have saved the earth, but we were too damned cheap."
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3 First Inaugural Address Franklin D. Roosevelt 4 Mar 1933 Washington, DC ... Agnew's "nattering nobobs of negativism" should have made the list, as it is such an appropriate description of so much that is on it. ... I can think of half a dozen Bubba speeches that were far more memorable than anything Hillary said.
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"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 ... According to the Congressional Record, this term was first used during Agnew's address to the California Republican state convention in San Diego on September 11, 1970.
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A little over a week ago, I took a rather unusual step for a Vice President . . . I said something. —Spiro Agnew ... Although his father was a Baltimore Democratic ward leader and Agnew had first registered as a Democrat, his law partners were Republicans and he joined their party. In 1957 the Democratic county executive...
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That said, when someone is really genuinely making an effort to progress, and there are some bumps in the road, do we blame the person who had the idea? ... Because someone raised a big stink about a typo. Reposted later. Went better the second time, except a few good comments were lost from the first go-round.
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The Republicans seem to be taking "opposition party" as their sole defining characteristic as they flounder for their place in the new political landscape. ... "Then we compare," said Limbaugh. "We see which stimulus actually works. This is bipartisanship!" ... I have doubts, but if he is, I'll be the first one to say so."
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First, the President has once again illustrated that he works hard to keep his campaign promises. ... Sadly, for the nattering nabobs of negativism, ideological rigidity trumps any acknowledgement of reality. Within hours of the administration's announcement of its boycott of ... Well thank you Mr. Forman, this has to be said...
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