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.
If he sues they can go into discovery right away, and subpoena his records as evidence in the case.
Then, they can be 'leaked' I suppose...
Don't push Kerry too hard on that "SUE ME!", Mr O'Neal. His buddy, John Edwards, is a real "Boy nick named Sue".
Being right ain't worth a darn
If the idiot jurors
buy the Lawyers yarn.
This guy has already done half the work:
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****Chuckle****
See this thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1196612/posts for links to the text of New Soldier online.
EXACTLY and Kerry (being a lawyer) Knows this
He can't have those Records and Journals released
His political career would be over .. and he knows it
Sue? Not a chance. The SBV's have to quit advertising after Sept. 2, IIRC, but a lawsuit would keep this in front of the news for the foreseeable future. Kerry is trapped.
I just love it when Lefties try to paint Republicans as trying to "stifle dissent."
Imagine the uproar if Bush sued to have anti-Bush books from being published, or anti-Bush ads from being run, or if Laura Bush told a reporter to "shove it."
I haven't been there but I understand that it's available at the wintersoldier website.
Quarterback now lobs the ball over their heads. "No, he was Jane Fonda in pants." Touchdown! |
I think this says it all.
What a HERO...What a man...Thank God for George Bush and John O'Neil. I am estatic. Now, let the libs respond with their made up excuses. I am 69 and have lived through several elections and I don't remember anything close to this. God Bless America
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Give him hell, Mr. O'Neill!
check my reply 69
That is indeed funny. LOL.
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Kerry's defenders in the media are playing the role of suckers in a draw play. They are rushing toward the quarterback yelling, "War hero! War hero! He is so a war hero!"