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O'Neill Dares Kerry: 'Sue Me'
NewsMax .com ^ | 8/22/04 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 08/22/2004 1:04:33 PM PDT by kattracks

Swiftboat Veterans for the Truth spokesman John O'Neill dared Sen. John Kerry on Sunday to sue him for libel if, as Kerry's presidential campaign maintains, key claims in O'Neill's book "Unifit for Command" are not true.

"I invite him to sue me for libel," O'Neill, who co-authored the overnight bestseller with Jerome Corsi, told WABC Radio's Monica Crowley. "If he was actually in Cambodia on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day he should sue me. If, in fact, those other five [Swift]boats, on March the 13, [1969], if they all fled like he did, instead of staying like he knows they did, he should sue me."

O'Neill continued:

"If he didn't wound himself with a grenade - causing sort of a rice-fanny wound - and then reported it to the Navy as a water mine - if he didn't do that on March 13th should sue me."

O'Neill issued the challenge after noting that Kerry's campaign has gone to extraordinary lengths to supress the information in "Unfit for Command."

"On our first [Swiftvet] ad, he had two huge lawfirms send letters to every [TV] station, threatening to sue the stations themselves" if they ran the ad, the former Swiftboat commander told Crowley.

"The next thing he did was challenge the book's publisher, Regnery, indicating he would sue them if they continued printing the book," he added.

The bestselling author said that while Regnery declined to stop printing "Unfit," it offered to republish Kerry's 1971 book "The New Soldier," which chronicles the top Democrat's anti-war protests with a group bankrolled by Jane Fonda.

Kerry has declined to have "New Solidier" republished over the years and reportedly bought up most of the available copies in 1972, after his opponent in a congressional race used it to paint him as anti-American.



TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: johnoneill; kerry; kerryaboynamedsue; lawsuit; oneillsueme; ricebutt; sosueme; sosuemealready; sueme; suemealready; swiftboatveterans
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To: isthisnickcool

Thanks so much for the EXCELLENT NRO link on O'Neill !!! Had not seen it. Wonder if Rush has ever referenced ?


301 posted on 08/22/2004 6:25:54 PM PDT by weepnomore
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To: edwin hubble

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302 posted on 08/22/2004 6:33:24 PM PDT by js1138 (Speedy architect of perfect labyrinths.)
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To: sinkspur
I get nervous every time my fellow Freepers mention Kerry's records. Being in the military, I know that Kerry's records may or may not be accurate. It is a pretty regular thing to have your service record have some mistakes in it. Also, award citations are particularly known, especially in the navy, to be sometimes full of baloney, to put it delicately. It is not unusual to get commended for something that your buddy did, or vice versa. You just look at each other and shrug at the awards ceremony.

The reason I said all that is, I'm thinking that Kerry is holding his service record to be some kind of October surprise, where he can whip it out and say, "See, it's all here" (even though it may very well be a bunch of BS that's in there)

303 posted on 08/22/2004 6:33:26 PM PDT by UsnDadof8 (Since Oct 16, 2002 as BSunday)
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To: Carolinamom; Peach; Mo1; Dog
George Will today revealed that Swiftboat Vets have a 28 minute documentary coming out!What statergy!

Oh, boy. Any word on when and where the likely venue for airing will occur?

Can we count on PBS to show it, LOLOL!!

Prairie

304 posted on 08/22/2004 6:35:54 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (John Kerry's new theme song: "Ohh-ho, yes! I'm the Great Pretender...ooh,ooh")
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To: NRA2BFree

*** By the time the case goes to trial, the election will be over and Kerry can drop the suit ****

they're both lawyers ... Kerry knows that O'Neill could countersue and then he couldn't drop the case


305 posted on 08/22/2004 6:37:40 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: jla; BulletBobCo; Mia T; Mudboy Slim; Happygal
Kerry's campaign.

hahaha! Here is my rendition of Kerry's campaign .....


306 posted on 08/22/2004 6:37:57 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: kattracks

Bump


307 posted on 08/22/2004 6:37:59 PM PDT by AnimalLover ((Are there special rules and regulations for the big guys?))
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To: UsnDadof8
The reason I said all that is, I'm thinking that Kerry is holding his service record to be some kind of October surprise, where he can whip it out and say, "See, it's all here"

Nah. He'd pull it out now, if it was favorable.

Kerry can't afford for this to drag on. It undercuts the entire premise for his campaign.

It will pass a point of no return.

308 posted on 08/22/2004 6:38:59 PM PDT by sinkspur ("What's the point in being Pope if I can't wear the tiara?"--Cardinal Fanfani)
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To: prairiebreeze

PBS - maybe when pigs fly! LOL

I thought George Will said the 28 minute video would be released in September.

Someone had a good thought and said those 527's supposedly can't advertise or anything 60 days before the election. I'm campaign finance challenged, so I don't know.


309 posted on 08/22/2004 6:39:24 PM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

LOL!!!


310 posted on 08/22/2004 6:52:28 PM PDT by Darksheare (If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he still taste like chicken?)
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To: Peach

I've read something about that 60 day limit too. I suppose they could release the video on Sept 1 or 2 and still be within the limits.

I have no doubt that O'Neill is fully familiar with the CFR rules and things are well-planned.

So you heard this from Will too?

Prairie


311 posted on 08/22/2004 6:53:18 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (John Kerry's new theme song: "Ohh-ho, yes! I'm the Great Pretender...ooh,ooh")
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To: prairiebreeze

Yes. I was watching the Stephanapolous show and he asked Steph: "Do you think the Swift Boat vets will still be around in a month or so?"

Will: "Yes. They have made or are making a 28 minute video which will be released in September (or the fall, I've forgotten which) but before the election and they aren't going away."


312 posted on 08/22/2004 6:56:48 PM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: estrogen

So many people hit the pictures that I had posted that BellSouth cut off my access... Grrrrr...

Anyway, will see if there's another way to post them!


313 posted on 08/22/2004 6:56:59 PM PDT by woodb01
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To: prairiebreeze

LOL .. Yea right


314 posted on 08/22/2004 6:58:46 PM PDT by Mo1 (FR NEWS ALERT .... John Kerry over dosed on Botox and thinks he's Bob KerrEy)
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To: Unam Sanctam
The whole tone of the Swift Vets strikes me as nasty. I really think they are going to turn people off, even if they are right.

Nasty ? thats not nasty what about Kerrys little hits and shots he cuts everyone and everything down not to mention 30+ years of listening to this POS cut down every military movement from vietnam on telling vets they suck and giving them the finger 30 years after.

He comes back betrays them while they are still there ill tell you what he deserves and those who protested against our boys while they were over there they deserve a whole hell of alot more than just a little so called nastiness !

If i mention it here id be banned for sure so ill leave it to your imagination.

Nasty? ...... this dont even come close to nasty

P.I.A.B.

315 posted on 08/22/2004 7:05:24 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (Want to know why I don't vote Democrat?" http://www.museumofleftwinglunacy.com)
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To: kattracks

He said the same thing on The 700 Club and told Pat Robertson to sue him too if he wasn't telling the truth.


316 posted on 08/22/2004 7:05:52 PM PDT by pray4liberty
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To: kattracks
"The bestselling author said that while Regnery declined to stop printing "Unfit," it offered to republish Kerry's 1971 book "The New Soldier," which chronicles the top Democrat's anti-war protests with a group bankrolled by Jane Fonda."

LOL!

317 posted on 08/22/2004 7:10:12 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: Steel Wolf

This is just too good.


318 posted on 08/22/2004 7:11:15 PM PDT by Glynn
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To: kattracks

Kerry could never, ever hope to be O'Neill's intellectual equal.


319 posted on 08/22/2004 7:13:03 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: kattracks
O'Neill issued the challenge after noting that Kerry's campaign has gone to extraordinary lengths to supress the information in "Unfit for Command."

The reason they went to extraordinary lengths to suppress the book is because they have no grounds at all to sue for libel.
320 posted on 08/22/2004 7:14:14 PM PDT by aruanan
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