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Dragonfli

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77. What is the root of your apparent beastiality fixation? Do you even know who ratfuckers were?
Wed Jun 26, 2013, 11:22 PM
Jun 2013

The Nixon Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP or "CREEP&quot , a private non-governmental campaign entity, used funds from its coffers to pay for, and later cover up, "dirty tricks" performed against opponents by Richard Nixon's employee, Donald Segretti. Segretti famously coined the term 'ratfucking'.

CREEP ran the show, and were also responsible for The White House Plumbers, sometimes simply called the Plumbers. A covert White House Special Investigations Unit established July 24, 1971 during the presidency of Richard Nixon. Its task was to stop the leaking of classified information to the news media. Its members branched into illegal activities working for the Committee to Re-elect the President, including the Watergate break-in and the ensuing Watergate scandal.

The irony is, in your ignorance you use CREEP "dirty trick" analogies to point at the victims of the new White House plumbers. You are actually describing the neo-liberal conservative authoritarian hobbyist plumbers wielding pipe wrenches to bash whistleblowers while posing as progressives posting smears calling the leakers "ratfuckers" of all things as well as traitors, racists, and all around "scumbags" on progressive boards.

Projection much?


You do realize your posts merely serve to remind me of the parallels between now and the last time "plumbers" were called to stop leaks to the press:

what is the disinformation exactly? arely staircase Jun 2013 #1
I think it was Four stolen laptops of secrets. Whisp Jun 2013 #3
I stand corrected arely staircase Jun 2013 #6
or not. n/t mhatrw Jun 2013 #98
Well... if THAT was the disinformation... sibelian Jun 2013 #25
Yup. You stick with that! I think some others may be proven "naive", but not who you think. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #2
Character assassination is not the same as disinformation NoOneMan Jun 2013 #4
Now that is exqctly what I see happening. JEB Jun 2013 #76
Snowden is a scumbag, criminal, you can't soar with eagles when you dine with buzzards. Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #5
Now, now, don't hold back. sibelian Jun 2013 #26
This is the starter course. Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #38
... sibelian Jun 2013 #42
Meh.....computer says no. Th1onein Jun 2013 #53
It's all about the eagle! this ones for you!!! Dragonfli Jun 2013 #71
hahahahahahaha zappaman Jun 2013 #7
why would anyone deny it? Enrique Jun 2013 #8
Some people keep trusting the gov ...like a battered wife keeps going back to the beater. L0oniX Jun 2013 #16
and some liberals fall for ratfucking… like the fools they are. KittyWampus Jun 2013 #31
And some further still have a tendency to repeat the same thing over and over again... sibelian Jun 2013 #41
How bout giving the "ratfucking" theme a rest for a minute or two? DirkGently Jun 2013 #51
insiders can't stop with the inside baseball. their concern is solely about which 'team' wins, not HiPointDem Jun 2013 #90
What is the root of your apparent beastiality fixation? Do you even know who ratfuckers were? Dragonfli Jun 2013 #77
Great analogy! n/t truth2power Jun 2013 #72
Some people keep trusting SNOWDEN... sheshe2 Jun 2013 #85
Doesn't change the fact that this government has lied to us over and over. L0oniX Jun 2013 #93
Lie blatanty to Congress? Even after this top-level guy swore to tell the truth?" AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #22
Maybe same reasoning why Snowden lied through his hiring process, and just because others lie Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #60
Snowden did it to himself. Whisp Jun 2013 #9
your breathless attacks say more about you than him. grasswire Jun 2013 #11
seriously, holding this kind of criminal to lofty titles says what then? Whisp Jun 2013 #13
so, you have been wrong? nt grasswire Jun 2013 #17
Snowden is a thief, criminal, traitor to his country. I am not wrong to say that. Whisp Jun 2013 #19
there you go again... grasswire Jun 2013 #20
he did admit he got the job in order to steal... Whisp Jun 2013 #24
there you go again... sheshe2 Jun 2013 #84
if you don't know the difference... grasswire Jun 2013 #88
I do know that Snowden is flawed sheshe2 Jun 2013 #89
What is this weird thing you've all got about eggs? sibelian Jun 2013 #46
always? are you the Eggman? n/t Whisp Jun 2013 #48
I'd have expected some other euphemism by now, I suppose... sibelian Jun 2013 #57
breathless? How is an attack typed on the internet 'breathless'? KittyWampus Jun 2013 #34
an ATTACK? sibelian Jun 2013 #47
it was suggested in another thread that Snowden did that to cover for himself from the NSA JI7 Jun 2013 #12
wow. that's desperate. n/t Whisp Jun 2013 #14
not to mention batshit bizarre.nt Bobbie Jo Jun 2013 #43
Gosh! He gets worse and worse with every post. sibelian Jun 2013 #28
I think she's Polish and strips floors for a living. Whisp Jun 2013 #30
Have you noticed Summer Hathaway Jun 2013 #59
Who just happened to nineteen50 Jun 2013 #68
OHMIGOD, some guy who is beside the point posted some dumb shit on the internet mhatrw Jun 2013 #100
hahahaha Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #10
...... sibelian Jun 2013 #36
Anyone who accepts without question the portrait of Snowden that Greenwald has painted baldguy Jun 2013 #15
oh, I've been seeing quite a bit of douchebaggery right here in the last week or so. nt grasswire Jun 2013 #18
I've no interest in any portrait of Snowden at all. sibelian Jun 2013 #37
What's with all these Snowden post if it's not about Snowden Life Long Dem Jun 2013 #21
It's a little difficult to keep Obama out of it sibelian Jun 2013 #39
It's a little difficult to keep SNOWDEN out of it sheshe2 Jun 2013 #49
Well, there may be some similar to what you suggest, but I can't see 'em. sibelian Jun 2013 #106
Those damn Obama supporters... they must be paranoid Life Long Dem Jun 2013 #52
That is an excellent question. If it ain't about Snowden, why the umpteenth thread? Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #66
Because the NSA's corporate media talking points are to keep this mhatrw Jun 2013 #101
And it seems to be working! Look what we're talking about. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #102
Before you know it no one will give a crap about anything the NSA is doing. That's what they want. L0oniX Jun 2013 #23
People stopped giving a crap way back in 2006 railsback Jun 2013 #29
Yes, Bush was doing so many awful things at the same time people pretty much lost track... sibelian Jun 2013 #40
Psh, I have nothing but complete trust in the M$M! RedCappedBandit Jun 2013 #27
Character assassination is tactic #1 to shoot the messenger and redirect any discussion. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #32
Damned effective, ain't it? Link Speed Jun 2013 #44
Despicable is what it is. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #73
It's the same thing Nixon tried to do to Ellsberg. History repeating itself. Th1onein Jun 2013 #58
Exactly, hence the plumbers and the break-ins to Ellsberg's psychologist's office... backscatter712 Jun 2013 #75
i think it is more character suicide in snowden's case arely staircase Jun 2013 #62
If people haven't figured that out by now... ljm2002 Jun 2013 #33
It's very subtle anymore... kentuck Jun 2013 #35
It's not working. The NSA is in trouble despite the distractions and smears. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #45
It's probably making everything worse. sibelian Jun 2013 #55
The disinformation campaign is that this is *about* Snowden at all. Marr Jun 2013 #50
^ astute observation nt markiv Jun 2013 #95
Whatever it was, it seems to be over. FarCenter Jun 2013 #54
The Wikileaks attorneys have declined to represent him. randome Jun 2013 #56
You wish the game was over. I do, too, in fact. Th1onein Jun 2013 #61
Their statement is short and interesting: sofa king Jun 2013 #105
Of course, black helicopters, world government, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc Narkos Jun 2013 #63
Why do you think the Wikileaks attorneys have declined to represent him pnwmom Jun 2013 #64
With tens of thousands working for the intelligence industry, it would be naive Incitatus Jun 2013 #65
oh man that has become verrrrry obvious in the last few weeks HiPointDem Jun 2013 #91
THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ L0oniX Jun 2013 #96
Well, there ya go, cali... Zombies gotta... MrMickeysMom Jun 2013 #67
Snowden is like someone who ever asks me if "that dress" makes them look fat... MrScorpio Jun 2013 #69
Maybe the right response . . . freedom fighter jh Jun 2013 #70
Yes, the character issue is a distraction. And they're working overtime. truth2power Jun 2013 #78
Exactly! It isn't about Snowden, Obama, Glenn Greenwald, God or Satan Dragonfli Jun 2013 #80
anyone who thinks there isn't a disinformation campaign being conducted against OBAMA sheshe2 Jun 2013 #74
^ ^ thread winner ucrdem Jun 2013 #82
Why thank you ucrdem~ sheshe2 Jun 2013 #83
Reframe winner. L0oniX Jun 2013 #97
Of course there is. But do you think the fact Obama smokes mhatrw Jun 2013 #103
Yes, of course there is. And against Glenn Greenwald also. You must remember that we know sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #79
Et tu, cali? ucrdem Jun 2013 #81
+1~ sheshe2 Jun 2013 #86
thanks sheshe! ucrdem Jun 2013 #87
More than a generation ago, I worked as a Mall Security Guard. Savannahmann Jun 2013 #92
'We live in the age of appearances and setting the narrative' markiv Jun 2013 #94
yes and here at DU even. I will refrain from naming names because everybody knows who they are. boilerbabe Jun 2013 #99
This would make an interesting poll, cali. LiberalAndProud Jun 2013 #104
Anyone who thinks that a disinformation campaign Summer Hathaway Jun 2013 #107
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