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
“I now tremble in fear as I await my fate.”
How many keyboards have been replaced so far from your ‘trembling’?
Try not to inhale your drink as you laugh it out through the nose, it hurts like the furies I am told.
The only words that come to mind quickly are “You can forget it”, but I doubt they’d recall what it was they were supposed to forget :)
Oh, it’s real all right. A google of the lawyer guy’s email address that I replied to last night and received a reply back today with a plain text copy of the letter goes straight to his page on the DNC lawfirm’s web site.
You've got THAT right !
Gee .. The DNC seems a tad paranoid if they have to include a threat in all their emails
I don’t know how far they’ll push it, but I think my attorney would agree they’d be nuts to pursue it any further. They need to suck it up before they get any more egg on their collective faces.
Well, that answers that. I was only picking up on some doubts others had on this thread.
I post I just read, two or three above this, makes some interesting points about cease & desist orders; how they must be delivered, information they must contain, that sort of thing. Is it possible this was just an attempt at strong-arm tactics?
Yeah I saw that after I posted and wrote a second post to show that I was in error.
I am sure there is plenty of glee in moveon land, but these tactics should backfire with well-reasoned people. Stifling free speech is never a good idea because it can cut both ways. I am sure some of it may be testing of the waters for the fairness doctrine. HR3303 is in the background as well. This story would have been dead and in bed today most likely so resurrecting it plays no role other than to intimidate (which didn’t work) and fire up the minions which from DU’s standpoint didn’t do too much.
Kansas missile silos are no longer a target so she doesn't care what might happen to the rest of us.
Just let her have her Ruby Slippers, she will stay in Topeka and demand tribute from anyone else left alive.
sorry but everyone here is attacking me for questioning the authenticity of this posted email.
I personally have been questioning it because there has been no personal statement from the individual it was allegedly directed to - Jim Robinson. What is wrong with questioning the legitimacy of this post?
As soon as someone directs me to Jim Robinson's response to this email (if its legitimate) then I will say thank you for the information. Instead of answering my simple question, I still get attacked.......go figure.
Who was it that said "Trust but verify"?
Ah, crossed wires, thanks.
"I just came back from vacation, and I feel resplendent, rested, refreshed, and I'm ready to go!!"
“Isn’t it though? It’s kept my attention all day. Sheesh! I’m glad I’m retired, or I’d be fired.”
Me too! Can’t wait to see what happens when Freepers keep talking about Dean and his call to the governor of Kansas. The DNC should know we wouldn’t say or repeat such things without knowing it is true. Gee, with phone records, witness and all!:)
"NUTS!"
See Jim’s response in post #777.
It's at post #777.
No need to thank me.
I wonder if the *ssclown will apologize for this -— “I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for,”
What about it, counselor?
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