Posted on 05/11/2007 7:32:14 AM PDT by rface
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May 10, 2007
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Mr. James C Robinson FreeRepublic.com PO Box 9771 Fresno, CA 93794
Re: Statement re Democratic National Committee
Dear Mr Robinson:
We are writing on behalf of our client, the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
A post by coffee260 on FreeRepublic.com today states that this morning, on the Quinn & Rose show on XM, co-host Quin stated that the DNC chairman, Gov. Howard Dean had called Gov Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kans) around 5:00am on morning after a tornado destroyed the town of Greensburg, Kansas and discussed with here what to say about the tornado and how to blame the war in Iraq and the Bush administration on a slow response to the aftermath.
The statement was made by Mr Quinn, repeated on FreeRepublic, is demonstrably, unequivocally and absolutely false. Gov Dean had no such conversation with Gov Sebelius, ever.
No effort was made by FreeRepublic to contact anyone at the DNC for comment or to check the accuracy of these statements before they were published. FreeRepublic not only repeated this statement, but further stressed that Quinns source was extremely reliable and in a position that would give him direct knowledge of these revelations.
The statements quoted above are false and defamatory, are libelous and slanderous and clearly threaten to interfere with the DNCs operations and ability to solicit support and raise funds by predjuding the organization in the eyes of the Democratic Party supporters and the public. For these reasons, we demand that FreeRepublic immediately cease and desist from Further dissemination of the above quoted statements or any statements similar in substance and immediately post a retraction of these statements in a location on its web pages at least as prominent as that on which the original story appeared.
Please let us know by noon, May 11, 2007, whether you intend to comply with these requests.
Thanks for your time and immediate attention to this important matter.
Sincerely yours,
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Joseph E Sandler
Who? The KGB...oops...I mean the DNC?
No contrast there, huh?
If they come after you next for this comment, just say you meant the Kerry-Gore-Barack. ;)
I'm sure it's only a coincidence...
5.56mm
Are you that naive?
Sandler is (or was) reported to be the attorney for "The Hemp Industries Association". Yep, that kind of hemp...the kind they talk about at events like "Hempfest" where "drug policy reform" is the issue of the day.
Who would have guessed that the DNC Counsel was involved with efforts to legalize marijuana?
Can I have those for my cats’ litter box? :-)
Neither do I....really reliable sources and all.
I figured it sounded fishy when she was said to have called Brownback. Maybe Brownback is so powerful that she feels the need to placate him. Certainly, it’s the way Dems deal with things: make the chieftains happy.
But I have to tell you that a DNC lawyer going against a barely-national radio show and a wild-west website is pretty thin gruel.
I know they’re in a feeding frenzy after Imus, but Quinn is small-time (and will only enflame and enlarge his audience if he’s enemy #1 of the DNC) and we’ve been through the lawsuit thing before at FR. Maybe the Dems should ask the WaPo and LAT how their circulation is these days
I figured it sounded fishy when she was said to have called Brownback. Maybe Brownback is so powerful that she feels the need to placate him. Certainly, it’s the way Dems deal with things: make the chieftains happy.
But I have to tell you that a DNC lawyer going against a barely-national radio show and a wild-west website is pretty thin gruel.
I know they’re in a feeding frenzy after Imus, but Quinn is small-time (and will only enflame and enlarge his audience if he’s enemy #1 of the DNC) and we’ve been through the lawsuit thing before at FR. Maybe the Dems should ask the WaPo and LAT how their circulation is these days
Thank you, both, ever so much!
I'd like to amend my tagline for a moment...
"There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators 'Rats." ~~ Will Rogers
Sorry for the double post. It wasn’t that profound.
As a private citizen expressing my opinion of you, Mr. Sandler I need to mention that no sources were called -- not one to verify my opinion of you... Zero, nada, zip. It's how I feel about you Mr. Sandler -- you're a creepy totalitarian at heart.
If you think I don't have the right to call you a creepy totalitarian, Mr. Sandler, sue me.
And who tries to destroy the value of national currencies?
And who is trying hard to weaken America, according to his own words?
Oh... just Howard Dean (George Soros' buddy).
Actually, my lawyer has a similar disclaimer on the e-mails he sends me. I assume it is to cover themselves if the e-mail is sent to someone other than the intended recipient by mistake.
Even SETI wouldn't waste their time trying to make contact there.
Peej, see the DU thread link in post 1 if you haven’t already.
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