@Ragman,
Ragman wrote:
No kidding?
Ben Stein was a speechifier for Nixon at some point around that timeframe, I recall.
Oops, I am mistaken, it was William Saffire, who coined nattering nabobs....I screwed up. Buchanan also worked for Nixon, but he was a special assistant. When Nixon resigned, Haig recommended Buchanan to be Ambassador to South Africa, but Ford refused.
I had to look it up, I was positive Buchanan penned that phrase, but I was
wrong.