1. to upstage a public event using highly visible displays in order to undermine or diminish the event's intended purpose.
In 2009, supporters of Ron Paul blimped his competitors during numerous outdoor events. President Paul has always denied any responsibility for the blimping of his competitors, who remained bitter about the events of the campaign for many years after the election. The techniques has been used in elections since 2009, and now even celebrities often blimp events to gain audience share.
Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.