Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

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
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 321-340341-360361-380381-390 next last
To: kattracks

This guy has some major cajones.


341 posted on 08/23/2004 4:14:13 AM PDT by Angry Enough
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sinkspur

Good point.


342 posted on 08/23/2004 5:01:58 AM PDT by UsnDadof8 (Since Oct 16, 2002 as BSunday)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 308 | View Replies]

To: Lady In Blue

Well, I know from decommisioning the USS Atlanta that when a vessel or command decommissions all the log books, etc. have to be sent to the national archives, along with a written command history. Perhaps those are accessible to the public through the FOIA, at least the unclassified portions, and I can't imagine anything about a swift boat history that would be classified


343 posted on 08/23/2004 5:10:13 AM PDT by UsnDadof8 (Since Oct 16, 2002 as BSunday)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 325 | View Replies]

To: MeekOneGOP
LOL...good one!! Yep...the Kerry Campaign is in meltdown mode!!

FReegards...MUD

344 posted on 08/23/2004 6:24:37 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim (RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 306 | View Replies]

To: kattracks

O'Neil has been after Kerry for 30 years. Here's hoping this campaign finally brings him (Kerry) down.


345 posted on 08/23/2004 6:28:46 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: kattracks

Another example of why we need to be donating to SwiftVets to support these brave Vets like John O'Neill.

Then, they can buy more ads to really drive the anti America Lunatic Lefties into a deeper insanity.

https://www.swiftvets.com/swift/ccdonation.php?op=donate&site=SwiftVets



346 posted on 08/23/2004 6:29:33 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (I'm a donor to the Swift Boat Vets fund. Have you donated? If not please do it now!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: woodb01; MeekOneGOP; devolve; PhilDragoo; Smartass; Lady Jag

Great Graphics.


347 posted on 08/23/2004 6:34:27 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (I'm a donor to the Swift Boat Vets fund. Have you donated? If not please do it now!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

"I am waiting everyday for the mailman to arrive. Item # Item Title Qty Price Subtotal 6918670310 THE NEW SOLDIER BY JOHN KERRY!!TEXT ON CD-ROM!! 1 $15.00 USD $15.00 USD Shipping & Handling via USPS First Class Mail (includes any seller handling fees): -- Shipping Insurance (not offered): -- Total: $15.00 USD"

When you get it please post some threads with quotes from the book. Please ping me when you do.


348 posted on 08/23/2004 6:40:01 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (I'm a donor to the Swift Boat Vets fund. Have you donated? If not please do it now!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 69 | View Replies]

To: kattracks

Say it loud...Sue Me! Say it during every interview. I was wondering when he would challenge Kerry. Good work!


349 posted on 08/23/2004 6:43:10 AM PDT by gathersnomoss
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: kattracks
"I invite him to sue me for libel"

LOL! Bring it on!

350 posted on 08/23/2004 6:43:30 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Steel Wolf

Dittos' to your Bwahahahahahah!!


351 posted on 08/23/2004 6:44:09 AM PDT by gathersnomoss
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: BulletBobCo; MeekOneGOP; devolve; Smartass; PhilDragoo; Lady Jag; Happy2BMe
This came close to ruining my keyboard with coffee laced with Hersey's Chocolate Milk! Great!


352 posted on 08/23/2004 6:44:57 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (I'm a donor to the Swift Boat Vets fund. Have you donated? If not please do it now!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 91 | View Replies]

To: woodb01

""Who does this guy think he is, the president?"

Alright, I'll bite. How so?


353 posted on 08/23/2004 6:46:24 AM PDT by gathersnomoss
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Unam Sanctam
Keep posting and chewing at the tree of truth.


354 posted on 08/23/2004 6:48:17 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (I'm a donor to the Swift Boat Vets fund. Have you donated? If not please do it now!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 100 | View Replies]

To: calenel

Copy of "New Soldier" just closed on EBAY last night for $1500!!!


355 posted on 08/23/2004 6:51:57 AM PDT by Lockbar (Worried about lead poisoning? Then stop eating the paint chips, Dummy!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 188 | View Replies]

To: Grampa Dave; MeekOneGOP; PhilDragoo; potlatch; Smartass; devolve; JohnHuang2; B4Ranch; Mia T
Hopefully, the beaver on the ground will be John Kerry after the Swiftbost Vets get done with his slimy ar$e!

"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.


356 posted on 08/23/2004 6:53:26 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (JOHN KERRY is as much like the WORKING MAN as WHOOPIE GOLDBERG is to GEORGE W. BUSH! - Vote BUSH!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 352 | View Replies]

To: Lockbar; calenel
Does anybody who needs to have a copy of New Soldier have one I wonder?
357 posted on 08/23/2004 6:54:36 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (JOHN KERRY is as much like the WORKING MAN as WHOOPIE GOLDBERG is to GEORGE W. BUSH! - Vote BUSH!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 355 | View Replies]

To: CyberAnt
Conservatives don't spoon feed .. they challenge.

The danger with that, is if Joe Sixpack doesn't take up the challenge. I don't trust them to. We have seen the success the left has had over the last few decades by spoon-feeding the uninvolved, uninformed, eligible voters.

358 posted on 08/23/2004 7:10:04 AM PDT by Chemist_Geek ("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 239 | View Replies]

To: Grampa Dave

Veteran MacOwens of NRO, no friend of Kerry's, has an article today that agrees with me that the Swift Vets should focus on the post-war activities of Kerry rather than his combat record:

http://www.nationalreview.com/owens/owens200408230833.asp


359 posted on 08/23/2004 7:43:58 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 354 | View Replies]

To: kattracks

I think Mr. O'Neil just told JFnK to put up or shut up. IOW, "Bring It ON!"


360 posted on 08/23/2004 7:52:01 AM PDT by wasp69 ("I drank what?" - Socrates (469-399 BC)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 321-340341-360361-380381-390 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson