Posted on 05/11/2007 7:32:14 AM PDT by rface
SANDLE, REIFF and YOUNG, P.C.
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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 Quinn’s “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 DNC’s 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,
(Signature)
Joseph E Sandler
Hugh Hewlett had them on his broadcast yesterday.
Good Lord....the DNC is a bunch of dumba$$es....and that’s my educated opinion....
I'm not coffe260, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
It sure does
The counter clerk at the Lubbock Kinkos said Bill Burkett signed off on the statements, ain't that enough?
Exactly “seriousness of the charges” ping.
Clearly someone with gravitas needs to investigate this whole story.
Sebellius is such a liberal looney, she didn’t need any coaching from Howard Dean to make such an idiotic statement. I still remember when she was running for office the first time, she said she was more scared driving I70 from Ohio to Kansas (because of the condition of the road) than she was on 9/11.
Good grief, what a bunch of whiners. Is this a real law firm or someone that stayed in Holiday Inn Express last night?
sandler@sandlerreiff.com
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/06/moveon.ads/index.html
(snip)
But MoveOn.org’s lawyer, Joseph Sandler, said in a statement that the ads were funded legally, calling the RNC’s letter “a complete misrepresentation of the law.”
LMAO
ping to my post
He’s also a lawyer for Moveon.org
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831946/posts?page=132#132
I doubt most people try to contact sources before repeating what they heard on the radio or in their newspaper.
Which time zone is the legal time zone for the definition of “noon”?
So the DNC lurks the FR huh? Maybe they could send a donation and become a dollar a day contributer?
Liberals are both evil AND stupid! There is no hetter way to increase an essay’s circulation by 10,000% than to demand that it be censored.
I just had some ideas for new book...
“How to make your law firm into a bigger laughing stock than they already are”
or alternatively
“Frivolous Lawsuits by Dummies”
or
“Legal Intimidation 101”
People, you do not understand what is going on here. This is intended to increase legal fees. It is a manipulation of the process. FR will have to spend money on legal fees to defend themselves.
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