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DAVID BARTON WINS MILLION-DOLLAR DEFAMATION SUIT
WND ^ | 12/20/2014 | John Aman

Posted on 12/29/2014 6:16:57 PM PST by celmak

David Barton critics beware: There’s now a price to pay if you want to defame the popular historian, author and speaker with false and outlandish charges.

Barton won a $1 million defamation judgment in August against two left-leaning candidates for the Texas State Board of Education. The pair, Rebecca Bell-Metereau and Judy Jennings, charged in a 2010 campaign video that Barton, a consultant to the Board, was “known for speaking at white-supremacist rallies.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barton; education; texas; wallbuilders
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Sometimes it takes a while before truth overcomes lies; and so many lies have been hurled at and about this good man. Glad to see him not only setting the historical record straight, but also the legal.
1 posted on 12/29/2014 6:16:57 PM PST by celmak
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To: celmak

I purchased two sets of his U.S. History series, for grandchildren. The man is the essence of what Patriot means.


2 posted on 12/29/2014 6:20:13 PM PST by MHGinTN
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To: celmak

“one of the most shameless liars in this country”

How can anyone compete with Obama?


3 posted on 12/29/2014 6:27:37 PM PST by G Larry (Amnesty imposes SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants & minorities)
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Can we start charging people for speaking to extremist hate groups when they address the congressional black caucus?


4 posted on 12/29/2014 6:31:39 PM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%i)
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To: celmak

The judgment will be overturned...

ALL political speech is protected speech, even the lies.


5 posted on 12/29/2014 6:32:55 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: celmak

Poor Rebecca and Judy. They’ll come up with the cash, being the good feminists that they are.


6 posted on 12/29/2014 6:34:10 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: celmak

Good for him. Someone needs to fight back against these scumbags.


7 posted on 12/29/2014 6:35:26 PM PST by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: tcrlaf

According to the article he has already given the money away. It doesn’t sound like it will be overturned.


8 posted on 12/29/2014 6:43:18 PM PST by bubbacluck (America 180)
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The judgment will be overturned...

Yeppers, that's why Barton won this defamation suit.

9 posted on 12/29/2014 6:58:08 PM PST by celmak
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To: tcrlaf

It was defamation based upon lies.


10 posted on 12/29/2014 7:04:33 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: celmak

“Rebecca Bell-Metereau “

There is probably a 90% chance that people with hyphenated names are liberals (=idiots) - this is based upon my unscientific observation. I’d love to see a scientific study on this.


11 posted on 12/29/2014 7:04:50 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: tcrlaf

PS: The defendants also used their politically protected speech right to apologies to Barton for their lies as well.


12 posted on 12/29/2014 7:05:32 PM PST by celmak
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To: tcrlaf

“ALL political speech is protected speech, even the lies.”

There are a lot of gotchas on this. An ad hominem attack for political purposes is not necessarily “political speech”.


13 posted on 12/29/2014 7:10:03 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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David Barton is the MAN. He is a hero for all of us who love the United States of America, the truth, and God.


14 posted on 12/29/2014 7:12:35 PM PST by Captainpaintball (Immigration without assimilation is the death of a nation)
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To: celmak

Will the headline be how a white male is awarded A zillion dollars from already poorly paid females who couldn’t possibly go up against his white male privledge?


15 posted on 12/29/2014 7:15:58 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Tactical Firearms,Katy Tx: "the two enemies of guns, rust and politicians")
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To: Captainpaintball

Ditto!


16 posted on 12/29/2014 7:15:59 PM PST by celmak
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To: The Antiyuppie

“I’d love to see a scientific study on this.”

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Short notice and only one search...

http://www.livescience.com/37196-politics-baby-names.html

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17 posted on 12/29/2014 7:18:11 PM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: The Antiyuppie

Beware of women with three names.


18 posted on 12/29/2014 7:19:21 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: celmak

Truth is not a left-wing value.


19 posted on 12/29/2014 7:21:01 PM PST by Cymbaline ("Allahu Akbar": Arabic for "Nothing To See Here" - Mark Steyn)
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To: The Antiyuppie

Watch out for lib sites like facebook ... they hyphenate name without your permission. Once they gather your maiden name (women), its forever hyphened on their site.


20 posted on 12/29/2014 7:50:41 PM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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