Actually, ringers from Democratic Underground (hesh mah mouf!) come over here to FR and mess with us - and we don’t know who they are - they might be any of us. So, if things get weird, that may just be the source. Their mission is to disrupt and confuse - on both forums . . and they really succeed on the DU forum with constant expletives and disruption and confusion. Going over there, one feels so much LOVE they can’t stand it for long.
I think you’re right. They seem to come in waves. I noticed last week a group of newbies were on and each was shrieking about either McCain, Romney or Huckabee. No real content, just shrieking. I think they were plants.