"Repugnican" = repugnant Republican

[Tom Zurinskas]

I guess that's better than "repulsican", if repugnant is better than repulsive.

Did you catch the name of the judge in the first site below? judge Sumi, pronounced "sue me".  Talk about a pre-determined career path.



Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, then Tenn 3, NJ 33, now FL 9.
The FREE English-based phonetic converters, URL and text , are at truespel.com





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> Tom Zurinskas wrote:
> ... Repugnican ...
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> Barry Popik investigated this term in a 2009 post. He found it "cited
> in print from November 1994".
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> http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/repugnican_republican_party_nickname/
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> 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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