wheeling n.— «Freeholder Amy H. Handlin, who in recent months has emerged as an advocate for government reform, and Monmouth County Republican Party Chairman William Dowd both said yesterday that the practice of “wheeling”—in which money collected...
car bomb v.— «Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels referred to it as having “car bombed” the Legislature. He and others described it as a pre-meditated, malicious effort to derail Republican plans to move the state forward.» —“City Hall’s new restrooms...
Rafia n. a derogatory name for the Provisional Irish Republican Army, a paramilitary and political group seeking the reunification of Ireland. Etymological Note: Republican Army + mafia ‘the Italian mob; a criminal organization.’ (source: Double...
voodoo poll n.— «Cole previously had called a Hargis poll showing Hargis leading in Tulsa “a shell game.” Hunter said this week’s poll for Price was a “voodoo poll.”» —“2 Republican Candidates for Governor Battle Over Poll ” by David Zizzo Sunday...
barbecue stopper n.— «Maybe if we’re lucky, there will be a religious nut who will stand as an independent and be a BBQ stopper for the Republican party. Nothing would please me more than seeing the Republican party split into factions resulting in...
fourth point of contact n.— «If I have a choice between supporting a whoosy, Republican intent on pressing for enforcement of unconstitutional bad law or a blue dog Democrat who is a 2nd Amendment absolutist, the collaborating Republican can kiss...
