Are Republicans nattering nabobs of negativity?

[Joanne98]

Agnew soon found his role as the voice of the so-called "silent majority", and by late 1969 he was ranking high on national "Most Admired Men" polls. He also inspired a fashion craze when one entrepreneur introduced Spiro Agnew watches (a take off on the popular Mickey Mouse watch); conservatives wore them to show their support for Agnew, while many liberals wore them to signify their mocking contempt.

Agnew was known for his scathing criticisms of political opponents, especially journalists and anti-war activists. He attacked his adversaries with relish, hurling unusual, often alliterative epithets — some of which were coined by White House speechwriters William Safire and Pat Buchanan — including "pusillanimous pussyfooters", "nattering nabobs of negativism" (written by Safire), and "hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history".<5> He once described a group of opponents as "an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Agnew

How about "hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history"?

[gratuitous]

1. So difficult to characterize Republicans in terms that could be used in a family newspaper

"Flaming hypocritical assholes of motherfuckery" just isn't going to be seen in print on the front page of the New York Times.

[Howler]

3. LMAO!!!!!!

No But it should be. Your description captures the essence of the gop. :)

[Joanne98]

2. kick