Ratfucking was a tactic that defined the Nixon machine. In the 1972 election, Nixon aides enlisted the help of people who would create havoc in the campaigns of political opponents. Who knows if Nixon even needed to do it, but he did, and it worked in some pretty public displays that led to the downfall of candidates — Edmund Muskie most notably.
Well, is it still ratfucking when it is out in the open and being done by a news network? Joshua Sparling is a member of the 82nd Airborne who was wounded in Iraq. He came into the public view when he went public with a story of a nasty letter he received while recovering in the hospital from injuries sustained in Iraq. Read more after the jump…
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