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- From: fledgist@weber.ucsd.edu (Fragano Ledgister)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.dan-quayle
- Subject: Re: The Dan Quayle Dikshunary
- Date: 24 Dec 1992 20:05:17 GMT
- Organization: University of California, San Diego
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- References: <1992Dec22.215519.10439@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1h89okINNj01@network.ucsd.edu> <MICHAEL.92Dec23224104@albert.bu.edu>
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- In article <MICHAEL.92Dec23224104@albert.bu.edu> michael@albert.bu.edu (Michael Chaplin) writes:
- >In article <1h89okINNj01@network.ucsd.edu> fledgist@weber.ucsd.edu (Fragano Ledgister) writes:
- >=In article <1992Dec22.215519.10439@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> pat@sphinx.phys.Virginia.EDU (pat walsh) writes:
- >=>RAJA@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
- >=>
- >=>>The nattering nabobs of negativism is by W. Safire I think!
- >=>>Nothing to do with Slac business....rajagopalan
- >=>
- >=>and fledgist@weber.ucsd.edu (Fragano Ledgister) writes:
- >=>
- >=>>I think 'nattering nabobs of negativism' was one of Safire's
- >=>>effusions.
- >=>
- >=>Safire! Suffering succotash! A salient seismic seizure of the cerebrum has
- >=>caused me to attribute this infamous quote to the wrong man! :-)
- >=>
- >=>The "nattering nabobs" quote is probably the most famous example, but didn't
- >=>Spiro (and/or his speechwriters) display a fondness for alliteration on more
- >=>than one occasion?
- >
- >=Yes, they did. And Safire was frequently to blame. Another famous
- >=phrase is at the tip of my tongue, but I can't quite remember it.
- >
- >Would that be "pusillanimous pussy-footing"?
- >Was that Safire's or Buchanan's, though?
-
- I think that's the phrase. It sounds more Safire (cute but nasty)
- than Buchanan (just plain nasty) to me.
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