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In reply to the discussion: You might be a ratfucker if you attack party brothers/sisters on the eve of an election [View all]Cha
(298,659 posts)6. Yeah, "ratfuckers" do not like to be called on it..
Last edited Mon Nov 3, 2014, 11:17 PM - Edit history (2)
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Still Bitter After All these Years.. Tavis Smiley.. "ratfucking"..
"Not all African Americans leaders are encouraging black voter turnout, however, even in the shadow of Ferguson. Journalist and pundit are more about election year politics than a genuine desire to change policies.Tavis Smiley said in a recent interview with ABC News that "if you're black or brown, other than helping to save the Democrats' hide," there are no good reasons to turn out to vote this November. Smiley claimed that Democratic appeals to black voters"
"Anatomy of a Rat Fuck".. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5752946
Edit "You might even be ratfucking yourself."
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You might be a ratfucker if you attack party brothers/sisters on the eve of an election [View all]
nashville_brook
Nov 2014
OP
For the life of me I cannot see what the problem is with the thread the OP is calling out in the
Cha
Nov 2014
#49
Right.. except the OP wasn't calling out that one.. oh no.. it's the one pointing out what
Cha
Nov 2014
#79
That's OK--I don't want to start yet another ratfxxxing thread, so I'll make do with this one.
MADem
Nov 2014
#86
Just because you don't, apparently, know the origin of the word, don't blame me.
MADem
Nov 2014
#217
also, the folks with this "unwritten" list seem to get all their political "life" from TV
nashville_brook
Nov 2014
#122
As long as they get their asses out and vote, of course conservative dems complain the most
Rex
Nov 2014
#149
the real story of this election is how f'n tight the progressive turnout machine is
nashville_brook
Nov 2014
#25
Those that really GOTV know that the progressives are out there. Today I was doing calling when our
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#83
I spoke to one young lady that told me that she and her boyfriend canvased 3000
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#135
When you are right you are right. Trouble is he didn't switch parties. He is running as a
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#189
You are avoiding the point. The definition of a Democrat is self imposed. Anyone can
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#218
Why in the world would you think the "politically disengaged," the "less engaged," etc...
SMC22307
Nov 2014
#89
well then, you should be aware that this "list" is made-for-TV fiction
nashville_brook
Nov 2014
#123
Get off the Ratf@%king thing and pay attention to what I am saying/have said ...
1StrongBlackMan
Nov 2014
#150
I don't see how calling anyone to the left of pragmatic moderate centrism "ratfuckers" helps turnout
Fumesucker
Nov 2014
#147
The entire post turns the other post on its head, and references the pos
DisgustipatedinCA
Nov 2014
#85
I believe that hippie punching was at an all time high in 1980, right before Reagan got elected. nt
Zorra
Nov 2014
#190
That is interesting. Some cons did indeed believe Colbert was sincere, but I hope only a few.
merrily
Nov 2014
#214
A simple question.... if we lose tomorrow, is it because the candidate incumbents are feckless?
Hoppy
Nov 2014
#17
Weiland would have won SD if Reid had not personally sabotaged him for being "too progressive"
nashville_brook
Nov 2014
#99
You may be aware, but there are silicon testicles, replacements for tissue that isn't functioning
jtuck004
Nov 2014
#76
there are ratfuckers every election, and even other times, i don't consider them to be Democrats
JI7
Nov 2014
#64
Bill Hicks would've identified several waffle waitresses in this thread.
DisgustipatedinCA
Nov 2014
#42
I like the Pavlovian conditioned response angle mentioned somewhere above.
DisgustipatedinCA
Nov 2014
#48
Here's the logic, at least as explained by one of my staunchly Democratic-partisan friends:
Maedhros
Nov 2014
#181
He's a clockwork-universe guy. Everything we do is the result of "physical laws"
Maedhros
Nov 2014
#212
i had to make an ethical decision when i realized they were taking it wrong
nashville_brook
Nov 2014
#98
This same crowd had to have a Jonathan Swift reference explained to them.
WorseBeforeBetter
Nov 2014
#155
:) i actually started out to separate the two, and then was like, "screw it"
nashville_brook
Nov 2014
#121
I should have given the link. The speech appears on the Truman Presidential Library website.
merrily
Nov 2014
#215
"We are not going to get anywhere by trimming or appeasing. And we don't need to try it."
nashville_brook
Nov 2014
#200