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Ottawa Super-fan Elizabeth Tevlin writes in to ask:
Dear Michael,
I have a question for you, as a TV reviewer. I know these are oldish news but still.
Lisa Raitt( Conservative Member of Parliament) calls medical isotopes a “sexy” problem and doubts that other minister can handle “hot” issues. Creepily closer to home, Larry O’Brien(Ottawa Mayor) has a “big swinging dicks contest” with Terry Kilrea and could have just “ratfucked him,” instead of giving the courtesy of criminally offering him a position in gov’t.
Why are our politicans talking like they’re in The Sopranos? What could possibly be up with that?
Elizabeth:
Let me first say that I think you’re a “sexy” problem and a “hot” issue.
I can see that you’re trying to impress me by being all Brainiac and showing off with your political knowledge. Well, I am flattered by the effort, but I have to correct you and let you know that Lisa Raitt is not a Conservative Member of Parliament, but a popular singer who has written songs like “Something to Talk About” and “ I Can’t Make You Love Me.” She is also gay. So, sorry, but I’m afraid you have all your facts mixed up, but it’s okay, because an awful lot of people get nervous when they write me.
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I once saw Larry O’Brien in an amateur Mixed Martial Arts fight staged at an Ottawa nightclub icalled Tactics. Actually, it was less of a fight, and more of an oily, wrestling match, one that was scored to this sort of Gregorian Disco chant music. Weird. Anyway, Mr. Clean– the name he was oily wrestling under– had his briefs ripped off, and I can assure you that he couldn’t get into a “big, swinging dick contest” if he got a “big, swinging dick” for Christmas. He was a creepy, hairless mess, and that smile on his face– as his opponent twisted his nipples– haunts me to this day.
The expression “ratfuck” is American slang for political sabotage or dirty tricks. It’s been around for an awfully long time, since Benedict Arnold “ratfucked” the American’s during the Revolutionary War. The expression went into remission for a long time, until the Bush administration came into power and it was once again foremost in the popular lexicon. Elizabeth, the expression has nothing to do with the American Idol spin-off show The Sopranos, as you have suggested, and may even have it’s roots in Christianity, stemming from a disagreement between Jesus and Judas.
Thanks for writing, Elizabeth!
Michael Murray