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8. It's called Ratfucking!

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 01:28 AM

Dec 2013

A term coined at USC by those who eventually became Nixon political operatives. Dwight Chapin, Donald Segretti, et al.

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Hacking to rig election earns college student one-year prison sentence [View all] Renew Deal Dec 2013 OP

Well earned punishment, IMHO. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #1

Yet Ham Rove still waddles around free. xfundy Dec 2013 #2

Good lord. No real politicians have ever gone to jail. AuntFester Dec 2013 #3

Bull shit. longship Dec 2013 #10

Alas! We apparently do not have what we had then. longship Dec 2013 #12

That was a very different time. AuntFester Dec 2013 #17

Good. elleng Dec 2013 #4

There's a job waiting for him with the GOP when he gets out. progressoid Dec 2013 #5

A young Karl Rove. nm rhett o rick Dec 2013 #6

Could this be an illegitimate child of Karl Rove? Snarkoleptic Dec 2013 #7

It's called Ratfucking! longship Dec 2013 #8

a republican is born. NYtoBush-Drop Dead Dec 2013 #9

Next stop after jail...FuksFakeNews! SoapBox Dec 2013 #13

Future employees for Black Box Voting Corp., Inc. blkmusclmachine Dec 2013 #14

When did student government positions start paying $7k stipends? Jim Lane Dec 2013 #15

He has a strong future in government CFLDem Dec 2013 #16