DNC letter to FreeRepublic: Stop Lying about Howard Dean, and Gov Sebelius...OR ELSE!

Sandler, Reiff & Young, P.C. ^ | May 11, 2007 | Sandler, Reif & Young, P.C. for the DNC

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SANDLE, REIFF and YOUNG, P.C.
50 E Street, S.E., Suite 300
Washington DC 20003

Telephone: 202.479.XXXX FAX: 202.479.XXXX

May 10, 2007

VIA E-Mail

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

[MrB]

Yes, they fear being caught. I would say that this is along the lines of throwing a rock at a pack of dogs - the one that yelps is the one you hit.

If they’re afraid of this, it’s time to exploit it to the maximum degree possible.

[bcsco]

I think that the seemingly little bit of critisism that the Kansas Governor received from her President Bush slap-down hit a bigger nerve than I imagined. Obviously, this has some merit to it....

Yeah, like the old adage: "Where there's smoke, there's fire". Or how about "Methinks thou dost protest too much"? OK, I'm up against my 'worn-out-phrase' limit for the day.

[bootless]

I heard the interview on Hannity’s show with Quinn and Rose yesterday afternoon. Has Sean been contacted, too?

[M0sby]

PING TO YOU

[Froufrou]

Yet there’s not a word about it at DU! Unreal!

[tcrlaf]

Political speech OF ANY KIND is protected speech, otherwise, the DNC, MoveOn, Alternet, TruthOut, etc,,etc, would have been sued out of existence, LONG AGO...

It’s FREE speech, or Non DNC Politburo approved speech that they hate the most.

[Old Professer]

If the above is verbatim, the authors have no grasp of the grammar or spelling necessary to make a clear and convincing argument.

[kevkrom]

If this is the DNC’s stance on the tornado relief, I’ll bet there going to be really ticked off at whoever started the rumor about Dean and Sebelius boffing each other....

Naw, that's chump change to the story I heard about Dean and Sebelius plotting together to build a weather control machine to "get back" at Republicans for Katrina, and testing it on Greensburg.

[colorado tanker]

My, my. The DNC is awfully touchy about getting caught in a lie over Greensburg.

It doesn't matter whether this phone call happened or not. The story is in today's Rocky where Sebelius was quoted and the MSM fished for quotes from other lefty Governors making stupid claims about not being able to handle imagined future disasters. The left is trying to make Greensburg out to be a Katrina, but it's all built on lies, which they are desperate not to have exposed.

[Izzy Dunne]

Are you any kin to WD-40?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Transcribed from a .pdf, poster admits making typos.

[kevkrom]

Yeah, like the old adage: "Where there's smoke, there's fire". Or how about "Methinks thou dost protest too much"? OK, I'm up against my 'worn-out-phrase' limit for the day.

Good, because brevity is the soul of wit.

[Old Professer]

You made a bunch of them.

[Arrowhead1952]

I haven’t ventured into the DUmpster for quite some time. It is blocked from work anyway and I don’t want to infect my home computers.

[Liberty Valance]

Sometimes, less is truly more! ;o)

You may be right...


~ Hey DNC! ~

[Spiff]

HERE IS A LINK to a PDF of the original letter sent to James C. Robinson.

[LIConFem]

Yes, post# 73. As eloquent as any I've seen today!

Take a bow! ;o)

[Tijeras_Slim]

Hey, look, Jim's middle initial is "C!" Cuthbert? Chartier? Coxswain?

Cojones!

[kevkrom]

Hey, look, Jim's middle initial is "C!" Cuthbert? Chartier? Coxswain?

"Conservative"

[Doc91678]

PING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!