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Originally Posted By: klingsorIn all the msgs here I did not once see the famous remark by Nixon's vice president Spiro Agnew who spoke in one of his diatribes against some political enemies about "effete snobs".
Since this happened a very long time ago, I don't recall if that was all there was to it, or if there was any more. Does anypne else remember this?
"an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals." ~ S.T. Agnew (wiki search)
Gee, back then at least one Republican knew how to say what he meant. Today, none would dare use so many polysyllabic words.
Last edited by seapea; 08/01/09 06:29 AM.
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