"Repugnican" = repugnant Republican

[Garson O'Toole]

 Tom Zurinskas wrote:
... Repugnican ...

Barry Popik investigated this term in a 2009 post. He found it "cited
in print from November 1994".

http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/repugnican_republican_party_nickname/

Tom Zurinskas wrote
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> from http://open.salon.com/blog/sacrob/2011/03/30/wisconsin_repugs_above_the_law
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> "The Christian Science Montitor today reports that the Repugnican Tea Party traitors in Wisconsin are considering whether or not they will follow the directive of a state circuit court judge..."
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> Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, then Tenn 3, NJ 33, now FL 9.
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