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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
Posted on 05/11/2007 7:32:14 AM PDT by rface
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 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,
(Signature)
Joseph E Sandler
TOPICS: Breaking News; Free Republic; News/Current Events; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: americaistoopowerful; bendsoverforsoros; callthewaaambulance; collusion; deanscream; demagogueparty; democratparty; despotism; dnc; dncbrownshirts; dnctalkingpoints; fairnessdoctrine; fakebutaccurate; fullachitlawyers; goebbelswouldbeproud; greensburg; howarddean; howtostealanelection; jackassparty; kgbdncnwo; makingitup; quinn; sebelius; ucantspell; waaaah; yeaaargh; yurgrammarsux; zogbyism
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To: rface
This is a parody, right?
Nobody is stupid enough to think they have the right to demand we don’t discuss news stories, are they?
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:37:30 AM PDT
by
gondramB
(God only has ten rules, uncle Hank, and he has a much bigger house.)
To: rface
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. Not our job, putz.
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:37:34 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: rface
Seems to me their case would be with Quinn. Except they don't have one. The libel threshhold for public figures such as Dean and Sebelius is extremely high.
FR is accurately reporting what was said on the Quinn show.
23
posted on
05/11/2007 7:37:35 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(A store clerk has done more to fight the WOT than Rudy.)
To: RightWhale
I hand typed this letter from a PDF.....mistakes in spellling and gramor are mine.
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:37:51 AM PDT
by
rface
("...the most schizoid freeper I've ever seen" - New Bloomfield, Missouri)
To: RightWhale
They couldn’t possibly be.
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:37:55 AM PDT
by
SmithL
(si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: rface
What a joke. Just let them try anything.
26
posted on
05/11/2007 7:38:02 AM PDT
by
beandog
(If exercise is so good for you, why does every bone in my body hurt)
To: rface
Hey Howierd Dean,
I fart in your general direction you stalinistic thug.
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:38:18 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(the Democrat(ic) caucus of corruption)
To: rface
A post by coffee260 on FreeRepublic.com today states that this morning, on the Quinn & Rose show on XM, co-host Quin stated ...So, if Quinn said it, reporting what he said is fine.
Do the Dems REALLY want to start a pi$$ing contest over repeating partial truths?
To: rface
I don’t get it. If someone tells a lie (i.e. I did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky.”) and we discuss it, we get correspondence from an attorney. I’m not implying Quinn lied, but even if he did, we can’t talk about it. Yep, I’m thoroughly confused.
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:38:25 AM PDT
by
Quilla
To: Jim Robinson
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:38:25 AM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: rface
To: Howie Dean's Mouthpiece
Fr: MkJessup
Re: Your Premature Exasperation
You're barking up the wrong tree. You need to be talking to Quinn & Rose, not Jim Robinson and not Free Republic.
And in case you need a reminder:
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Speaking for myself, I say to you Joseph E. Sandler:
UP YOURS!
Have a nice day.
Mark Jessup (mkjessup)
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:38:40 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(Jan 20, 2009 - "We Don't Know. Where Rudy Went. Just Glad He's Not. The President. Burma Shave.")
To: rface
>>>>I am sure he will comply<<<<
I’m not from Kansas but I’m pretty sure that Gov Sebelius is a woman.
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:38:42 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: doodad
The statement was made by Mr Quinn, repeated on FreeRepublic, is demonstrably, unequivocally and absolutely falseThe DNC would believe that the negative can be proven here.
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:38:56 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(A store clerk has done more to fight the WOT than Rudy.)
To: doodad
34
posted on
05/11/2007 7:39:05 AM PDT
by
cweese
(Hook 'em Horns!!!)
To: rface
To: rface
No effort was made by FreeRepublic to contact anyone at the DNC for comment LOL! Truth? From the DNC?
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:39:09 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(ANWR would be supplying us today if the Democrats had voted for it in 1997)
To: rface
Who knows if the Howard Dean-Kathleen Sebelius thing is true, but the truth is that Kathleen Sebelius lied about the state of Kansas National Guard and whether or not they had enough people and equipment to help the town of Greensburg.
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:39:13 AM PDT
by
D-Chivas
To: rface
No effort was made by FreeRepublic to contact anyone at the DNC for comment or to check the accuracy of these statements. . . Oh, yeah. That's where one always goes to check for accuracy: the DNC.
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:39:16 AM PDT
by
Mike Bates
(Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
To: rface
The statement was made by Mr Quinn, repeated on FreeRepublic, is demonstrably, unequivocally and absolutely false.
No law against discussing what Mr. Quinn said. Provide the proof that such a statement was not made is 'demonstrably, unequivocally and absolutely false' and we will discuss that also.
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:39:22 AM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: rface
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posted on
05/11/2007 7:39:24 AM PDT
by
Crazieman
(The Democratic Party: Culture of Treason)
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