Posted on 08/05/2004 2:31:25 PM PDT by Grig
HUMAN EVENTS has obtained a copy of a letter which lawyers for the Democratic National Committee and John Kerry have sent to television station managers attempting to suppress the blistering anti-Kerry TV spot created by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and first reported here on HumanEventsOnline.com.
The letter claims the ad is "false" and "libelous" and suggests, in not-so-subtle terms, that TV stations should use their "legal authority" to refuse any requests for advertising airtime, stating that "because your station has this freedom [to refuse the ad], and because it is not a 'use' of your facilities by a clearly identified candidate, your station is responsible for the false and libelous charges made by this sponsor" (emphasis added).
As their first piece of evidence of the ad's supposed lies, the DNC/Kerry lawyers claim that the veterans in the ad "purport to have served on Senator Kerry's SWIFT Boat in Vietnam" but, "in fact, not a single one of the men who pretend to have served with Senator Kerry was actually a crewmate of Senator Kerry's." The problem is that none of these men claimed to have served on Kerry's SWIFT Boat. They simply said they "served with John Kerry" -- and they did.
The letter goes on to make several more misleading statements about the advertisement, in an attempt to protect Kerry's "war hero" record. Read the full text below.
(sorry, didn't realize the letter was split into 3 gif files)
In working with attorneys, I found that there are a lot of the times when they use intimidation, i.e., "You are not as smart as I am, and I'm holding an Ace-if you don't do what I want, I'll sue you".
It looks like they are bullying, blustering, and covering for two other John attorneys.
My brother-in-law, an attorney, calls them "nastygrams".
Uh oh! Bring it on! Well now we now how the Democrats react when they are guilty as hell. I guess we are gonna get sued next for contributing to their commercials.
I wonder if we can use the same sick reasoning to sue Michael Moore for Libel?
Democrats must be terrified. Otherwise they wouldn't care so much if the ad were obviously untrue.
I wonder if we can use the same sick reasoning to sue Michael Moore for Libel?
None claimed to be on Kerry's swiftboat. They were just the fellow officers and commanders. Including the Doctor that treated him.
Here is scumbag #1:
http://www.perkinscoie.com/attorney.cfm?id=02667
They can't stop the Internet, though....that ad is powerful and word of mouth will get that site more hits.
The Swift Boat Officers could hire the ACLU?
What's really funny about this is that this is no Headlined on Drudge now. When you click the Human Events link to read the article and see the legal document you come across a link to view the ad again.
This is sort of up there with the Kerry campaign blaming NASA for leaking the spermboy photo. No one would have taken notice for the phot except for the stink raised over it by the Kerry campaign. They kept it in the news for days.
Not the same thing, but interesting additional info:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1185781/posts
Boy remeber how pissed they were when Disney excersized this right to refuse Ferenhight 9/11 They were screaming censorship but now are asking for the same thing they denounced two months ago.
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