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Checketts 'went to Rush' for deal; chickens out after lib smear of conservative
MarkLevinFan.com ^ | October 15, 2009 | Mark Levin

Posted on 10/15/2009 6:08:55 AM PDT by Sergeant Tim

After showcasing the histories of the lib smear merchants last night, Mark Levin turned to Dave Checketts. The latter "went to Rush" with the deal and now has backed out after the liberals maliciously repeated lies. (After the jump: audio of Mark Levin plus a brief video about a small circle of jerks and evidence of what perhaps a civil court jury will find to be their slander.)

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: checketts; conservatism; davechecketts; levin; liberals; libs; marklevin; nfl; racebaiting; rush; rushlimbaugh; talkradio
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To: LS
Am thinking you don't know what you are talking about with “once you get in court, relevant or not, EVERYTHING can come out. Does Rush want to revive his whole drug thing? Divorces? No, it’s not relevant, but that’s what happens.”

Having been on civil jury, “everything or anything” is not necessarily admitted as it still has to have some thread of relevance. Only Denny Crane gets to play a case your way.

41 posted on 10/15/2009 8:29:15 AM PDT by dusttoyou (libs are all wee wee'd up and no place to go)
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To: Russ
Rush should hire Marc Levin as his attorney to sue these people for libel and slander.


42 posted on 10/15/2009 8:33:51 AM PDT by jslade (People that are easily offended OFFEND ME!)
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To: MozarkDawg

Checketts was President and CEO of the Knicks from 1991 to 1999 (I think). During his tenure he was also made CEO of Madison Square Garden which covered the Knicks, the Rangers, The New York Liberty, Radio City among others. He was generally criticized for not winning much regardless of the very high payrolls of his teams. He has also been attacked for his somewhat callous firing of GM Ernie Grunfeld, a NY favorite.


43 posted on 10/15/2009 8:47:38 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
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To: greyfoxx39

Bookmark and Save.


44 posted on 10/15/2009 8:52:00 AM PDT by LucyJo
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To: Sergeant Tim

Much of our society has been brain washed and lack self reasoning skills!

Elementary School Indoctrination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzfiTSZaAZA

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Sand Hill Venable Elementary Indoctrination Camp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcNfajMA4zQ

I Pledge Allegiance to Obama?? - January 29, 2009, 07:36 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMVXFbOZYEk


45 posted on 10/15/2009 8:58:53 AM PDT by restornu (A humble people of the Lord is stronger than the all wicked warriors of the World)
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To: LS

Outright egregious slander “published” against a public figure doesn’t hold. Truth is the best (and only) defense. And “they” don’t have the truth on their side. Media Research Center put out a release, showing they’d written MSNBC and CNN, offering the opportunity to ‘put up or shut up’ and they didn’t put up.

Remember the CNN story that ended up with several producers fired? (I’m thinking Peter Arkett, among others) .. the parties named in the story got significant out of court settlements, and CNN had to run a retraction every hour for a couple of days.


46 posted on 10/15/2009 9:02:52 AM PDT by EDINVA (Obama CAN'T see the Olympics from his back porch !)
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To: dusttoyou

Ask Alger Hiss or OJ. And I’ve served on juries too.


47 posted on 10/15/2009 9:03:22 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: EDINVA

Yeah, but Rush has to prove a negative-—impossible. Even if he proves it, he then has to prove malice, and Jackson et al will say it was nothing against Rush, just politics. Then you have to prove that they didn’t know it was false, and they just say, “I thought the source was credible.” It’s 180 degrees different than a tabloid that says “Wayne Newton has mob contacts.” There you can make the defendant prove what he DID say, not try to make a defendant prove what the PLAINTIFF says. I think it’s a can of worms, but let’s have some lawyers weigh in on this.


48 posted on 10/15/2009 9:06:59 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: Dr. Thorne
Okay, so it looks like it was before Thomas was the executive and head coach. Thanks for that.

Rush now discussing the situation, not only did Checketts approach him, but told Rush he was well aware of the kind of flak a Limbaugh-inclusion would bring.

49 posted on 10/15/2009 9:14:54 AM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: Sergeant Tim

Sounds like a set-up from the gitgo.


50 posted on 10/15/2009 9:16:18 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: LS
Jackson et al will say it was nothing against Rush, just politics.

That is patently false, first off, this has nothing whatever to do with politics, secondly, they made vehement statements about how they knew Rush said this and Rush said that, the purpose to deny Rush the ability to buy in to an NFL franchise. Malice aforethought on this one.

51 posted on 10/15/2009 9:20:59 AM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: LS
I’m no lawyer, but you can’t claim they are falsehoods if you are trying to say “I didn’t ever say that.

Neither am I, but either they say they actually heard what they claim from Rush himself, which they cannot because he did not say them, or they say they heard it or read it somewhere -- this is hearsay, I do not believe that can stand as defense.

These NFL players, they are simply proving they are racists. Goodell and Checketts, cowards. But Sharpton and Jackson, they did their usual in order to deny Rush the ability to buy in to an NFL team, the same way they pushed for Imus to lose his job, they made vehement public statements, where they had no vested interest, in order to secure a particular outcome.

The law may not think so, I understand how things work, but that on its face, common sense says MALICIOUS.

52 posted on 10/15/2009 9:27:25 AM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: MozarkDawg

It’s pretty clear from his commentary today that no legal action is pending against anyone.


53 posted on 10/15/2009 9:31:20 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: MozarkDawg

Dave “Chicken” Checketts.


54 posted on 10/15/2009 9:32:16 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
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To: Dr. Thorne

To have him tell Rush that he was fully aware of what kind of blowback would happen when it was discovered Rush was included, that was all taken care of, and then fail to back him up, that is just so bad. And really, Soros is in his group? So these people, they won’t let a man whom is being lied about fund a franchise, but they’re more than happy to let a guy who confessed to sending Jews to their death, oh, that’s okay?


55 posted on 10/15/2009 9:36:47 AM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: MozarkDawg
Didn't like Checketts when he was in NY, don't like him now. I wonder what the LDS bigs think of him consorting with Soros?

BTW, it looks like the Rams are boycotting winning. They're 0-5.

56 posted on 10/15/2009 9:46:20 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
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To: LS

I wouldn’t have chosen Hiss not OJ as examples, but then again I don’t write books.


57 posted on 10/15/2009 9:51:47 AM PDT by dusttoyou (libs are all wee wee'd up and no place to go)
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To: wilco200
Without other evidence it just seems like a business partnership that didn’t want the hassle of being associated with Rush (fair or not)

If he didn't want to be associated with Rush, why did he ask Rush to join him in the deal? Rush didn't approach him, he approached Rush and even after Rush told him what would probably happen he told Rush that he had it wired, the deal would go through and that he would stand by Rush no matter what. Well, the no matter what happened and he didn't even make a stand for Rush, just dropped him like a hot rock. Want a link? Go to Rush's Radio program right now, he is, or was, talking about it.

58 posted on 10/15/2009 9:56:33 AM PDT by calex59
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To: Dr. Thorne
BTW, it looks like the Rams are boycotting winning. They're 0-5.


59 posted on 10/15/2009 9:57:50 AM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: LS

Levin just played clips of Sharpton’s radio show (who knew he had one?) Sharpton opened by speaking of the campaign he started against Rush on Monday. Yeah, he IS that dumb.

Last night O’Reilly had on 2 lawyers, from different backgrounds, yet both acknowledged that Rush had a cause of action, and now damages (tho he talked that down today on his own show). One of the lawyers said he should go for it or it would never end; the other said lawsuits would keep the issue in the foreground. But in both cases they were very clear that the slanders against him are actionable.

Rush himself seemed to be disinterested in law suits but he may rethink. Or, Rush being Rush, come up with something far more devastating to his opponents.


60 posted on 10/15/2009 4:36:21 PM PDT by EDINVA (Obama CAN'T see the Olympics from his back porch !)
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