We called ourselves "Re-Thug-licans"...the media folks always got a kick out of it when we said that. Oh, those were the days, my friend!
Mobs of angry Republicans..LOL
I used to read the comic strip "Bloom County", the author did a funny series about "radical republicans" taking over a university. They demanded G. Gordon Liddy be made Chancellor. One of the police was a liberal looking hippie, who screamed "this is Reagan's fault!"