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Baitball Blogger

(46,700 posts)
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 02:23 PM Jan 2019

I wonder why the term that Woodward and Bernstein mentioned in their Watergate book,

hasn't surfaced during the Trump years.

Ratfucking. "Ratfucking is an American slang term for political sabotage or dirty tricks. It was first brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in their non-fiction book All the President's Men (1974)."

The background is interesting to read because it shows how those dirty tricks began at the college level with people in fraternities and sororities and secret organizations learning how to game the system. Which just goes to show you, that lack of integrity can be determined at the college level.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratfucking

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I wonder why the term that Woodward and Bernstein mentioned in their Watergate book, (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 OP
I've seen people use it in reference to Roger Stone's Trump antics Trump RockRaven Jan 2019 #1
Swinging Roger Stone was one of Nixon's dirty trickster n/t DonaldsRump Jan 2019 #2
See Charles P. Pierce of Esquire. woofless Jan 2019 #3
Among other problems, Ratfucking requires a certain level of administrative skill Bucky Jan 2019 #4

Bucky

(53,997 posts)
4. Among other problems, Ratfucking requires a certain level of administrative skill
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 07:14 PM
Jan 2019

I don't see many aids to Trump having the innate capacity to carry out sabotage missions.

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