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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 01:56 AM
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Gannon is one of the "rat fu*kers" -- a term used back during Nixon days.
Edited on Fri Feb-11-05 02:24 AM by Lex
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Nixon and his cronies had a little mixed bag of dirty-tricksters, planted stories, and double-crossers and some of that eventually came to light. Back when real journalists would follow a lead on a story, anyway.

At the time, these types like 'Jeff Gannon' were part of group of people called Nixon's "rat fuckers."

I hope a whole nest of these modern-day rat fuckers is exposed--and that Rove and his ilk were so sure that no one would dare call them on their tactics that they didn't bother to cover their tracks properly.

A dirty trail of rat shit that leads right to the White House.

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For more on Rove's direct connection to Nixon's ratfuckers:

"At 21, Rove dropped out of college and into politics, and became an early protégé of convicted Watergate player Don Segretti – the political operative who invented the term “ratfucking” in the first place.”

http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=1316&IssueNum=72



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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 01:59 AM
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1. I thought it was
Bushit. I agree with your point btw.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:02 AM
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2. I Live In Raeford NC. I consider it missionary work...
Edited on Fri Feb-11-05 02:05 AM by Hissyspit
I still like my term 'weasel fuckers,' but it applies to the whole Bush administration, not just the propagandists.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:05 AM
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3. Rockingham,
NC is where I live. Didn't know any DU'ers lived kinda close by. :D
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:06 AM
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4. Well,
:hi: from Durham NC.

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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:08 AM
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6. Nice to meet ya.
Glad someone else in NC sees through the right wing Bushit. :hi:
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:09 AM
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8. Well, I see a lot with NC in their usernames, but people can be
rather anonymous here, for good reason, often.

My brother lives near Hoffman/Marston - out in the middle of nowhere really. I teach around here. Have been to Rockingham lots over the years; nice old houses there.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:12 AM
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11. Hoffman
is practically right up the street from me. Cool. Yeah, the houses close to where I live are an example of some nice architecture although lots of people call them "mill houses". I like some of them and some of those in downtown Rockingham. They are pretty.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:14 AM
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12. Gee, all these NC people ended up in this thread - why aren't we in bed?
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:18 AM
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15. the wind?
I'm a night owl by nature. Always have been. The wind has been ferocious today and tonight. Loud and cold.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:20 AM
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17. On NPR today, someone in D.C. said it was windy talking to someone in NYC
Edited on Fri Feb-11-05 02:21 AM by Hissyspit
who said it was windy there, too, so I think it was like this on whole East Coast.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:32 AM
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21. And it's so cold
I mean the wind is cold. It's almost like it wouldn't be too bad without it.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:32 AM
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22. I'm a night owl, too. If I get on a get-up-early-in-morning schedule...
It's not long before I'm back onto a late-night schedule.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:38 AM
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23. I'm exactly
the same way with my sleep schedule. I really don't like mornings most of the time. On a rare occasion my schedule will end up moving slowly until I am on a day shift, then work its way back to night time. Have you heard of any local get togethers for DU'ers in this part of the state?
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:40 AM
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24. I've been reading DU for 2 years on home page, but only posting 2 months
Don't really know anyone. There is the state forum for North Carolina.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:57 AM
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26. I've been reading for a while too
I didn't ever post because I didn't want to accept cookies, but then saw that there were a lot of really cool opinions on here and decided to start posting. I've meet people from all over, not in person, online here, but not many from NC.
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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:11 AM
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10. I think Nixon's "rat" referred to Democ*rats* n/t
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:15 AM
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Deleted - Redundant
Edited on Fri Feb-11-05 02:16 AM by Hissyspit
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:15 AM
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14. Yeah, you're prob right. I was thinking the media.
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:06 AM
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5. Lex, how do you tie Gannon to Nixon?
Or are you only speculating?
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:09 AM
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7. I didn't tie Gannon to Nixon.
Only the term that was used back then. There were people like Gannon back then during the Nixon Administration--people who were planted to spread lies and stories.

Gannon is a modern-day rat fucker. Bush-style. But right out of the handbook of Tricky Dick.



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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:10 AM
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9. Doesn't Rove connect to the Nixon years somehow?
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:15 AM
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13. Rove himself was king rat fucker in college.
Rove was a young republican when Nixon was president, involved in college politics and played dirty. I figure he worshipped Nixon.

And it seems like, through the years, Rove has really perfected Nixon's dirty tricks.

If you've ever watched All the President's Men, they use that term 'rat fuckers' to describe Nixon's dirty-tricksters.

This is right out of Nixon's handbook and played by Rove.

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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:18 AM
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16. I was thinking he learned his dirty tricks from someone/organization...
directly connected to Nixon admin.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:21 AM
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18. Found it! Rove's connections to Nixon's ratfuckers!
Edited on Fri Feb-11-05 02:25 AM by Lex
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"At 21, Rove dropped out of college and into politics, and became an early protégé of convicted Watergate player Don Segretti – the political operative who invented the term “ratfucking” in the first place. In that same tradition, Rove has been linked to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, attacks on John McCain’s mental health, and, back in Texas, the whispering that Democratic Governor Ann Richards was a lesbian. Rove remains, for many, a prime suspect in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame, and even Republicans tend to reinforce his image as Bush’s Dark Lord. “He dominates a campaign,” Republican strategist David Weeks told The Washington Post. “Nothing ever happens that he’s not aware of.”"


http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=1316&IssueNum=72


I edited my first post to reflect the connection between Rove and Nixon's ratfuckers.

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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:25 AM
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19. Yep, that's it! I'm sorry. I'm getting so bad on details nowadays...
Trained myself so much to see the larger picture and trends.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:31 AM
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20. And that, of course, should be in the MSM, but isn't...
No connection between Rove and Gannon seen yet...
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 02:42 AM
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25. So Gannon is tied to Nixon IF there is a Rove/Gannon connection...
Edited on Fri Feb-11-05 02:43 AM by Hissyspit
and that is the big question, of course. I remember Don Segretti's name from even when I was a little kid.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 11:47 AM
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27. Yes, you're right. Rove is the connection
if there is a Rove connection to Gannon then it's like Nixon dirty-tricksters, version 2005.

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