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 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
Is the letter real? or not? I like what was told about Senator Dole (I believe) who would return outraged constituents’ letters and write, “Some damn fool wrote this and signed your name to it.”
The DNC orders you to cease and desist exercising your constitutional right of freedom of free speech and telling of the truth.
Heck, I think I might just go quote this over on the CNN boards and see if I can get a C&D for CNN today!
Then they'd better watch out. The RNC could sue DU on the same basis for repeating CBS' allegations in Memogate. And about 100,000 other instances of media BS.
FR ROCKS!!!
They can, as the saying goes, MegaByte me!
Game On!!
ping
So will FR get a cease order for posting this cease order. Lawyers you gotta love em
Someone needs to get this to Fox News, so it can make Brit’s Grapevine.
Oh, and the lies, misrepresentations, disinformation, distortions, slanders and character assassinations that the DNC engages in against conservatives is not designed to do the same?
Pot.....meet.....kettle.
The whole letter is filled with errors. Maybe the DNC is subcontracting to DUmmies, but I repeat myself.
Just too damned funny for words.
Stupid Morons!
(Sue me, DNC!)
Tell ‘em to just kiss my grits (and other parts of my anatomy!)
No, the original poster admitted to hand typing it from the original source. In a previous post above, he took responsibility for the typos and spelling errors.
Googling did turn up some information on contributions from the firm's lawyers to assorted Democrat candidates, no surprise there. It also turned up the information that name partner Jeffrey Sandler is the lawyer for MoveOn.org From that alone, it is a fair conclusion that this firm's interest in objective truth is nil, zip, nada, zilch.
Congressman Billybob
Latest article: "Paula McClain, Professional Black Person: An Open Letter to Dr. McClain of Duke"
Hmmm... you know, if they do sue... I wonder what kind of discovery they open themselves up to...
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