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
“This just demonstrates that the DNC is fearful of FreeRepublic. As they should be!”
I have no doubt the most tinfoil-hatted of posters -— you know, the ones that sound like a parody of what a liberal thinks a knuckle-dragging conservative to be -— are DNC plants.
It’s done in an attempt to drive serious people from the conservative movement.
You mean to tell me that
How can this be?
They needed to feed the monster in the corner office and here we are.
Fascinating.
maybe....but they have created too big a stink for this to be a non-occurance..... there is too much protesting
“I did not hear any rumors about Joseph E Sandler and Howard Dean having sexual relations with dead animals. Not to say that Democrats think there is anything wrong with that. Just bringing this to your attention.”
I did not hear anything like that, either.
I seriously doubt that to be true, but you never know about people.
I can’t believe an attorney actually signed his name to this letter.
Too funny.
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Maybe he didn’t. Perhaps it was signed by whoever forged the President’s military records for CBS.
Are we still allowed to give our opinion that Dean is mentally unstable, or aren't we allowed to say that anymore? I don't think that demonstrably prove that he isn't.
“Why don’t they threaten our Islamic enemies?”
Because “If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?”
Pretty nasty looking picture, traditionall.
I’m no beauty, but if I looked like Nostrilitus, I would work diligently to educate myself on issues, be honest about those issues and develop a personality.
Henry has done none of the above.
EODGUY
“Thread after thread posted by different posters on the same, slanderous story.”
Again, only if it was sladerous. It sounds like some the DNC would do, really.
“Blame Bush” is the Dimrat mantra.
Are we still allowed to tell people that Bill Clinton raped Juanita Broaddrick? How about that Hillary has had filed on her behalf four false FEC reports?
“Joseph E Sandler is a faggot and I have incriminating photos. Sue me.”
He’s a small piece of wood? Or maybe he has a small piece of wood?
Perhaps that explains the non-rumor rumor above?
You just committed a hate crime.
Hey Howie...YYYYYEEEEAGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!
Isn’t tomorrow Fitzmas?
This is a VERY good point. If even one LETTER or one WORD was not identical to the spoken conversation, Dean's lawyers could claim the "Gov Dean had no such conversation with Gov Sebelius, ever." Joe Stalin used to use this technique, too.
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