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

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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

[Fudd Fan]

This is hilarious. Thanks for the *PING*!

[OB1kNOb]

Here's a direct quote from HotAir.com

Update: The DNC just emailed me two documents, one a letter to XM and the other a letter to Free Republic. In both letters, the DNC denies without equivocation that the conversation between Dean and Sebelius ever took place. Both are C&D notices from the DNC’s lawyers.

Doesn't sound fake.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

“You know, I find it hard to believe this was actually written by an attorney. It’s amateurish.”

Yes, I thought the same thing.

[roaddog727]

Excellent work keep it up.

If the DNC is screaming about this, you’ve found a weak spot.

This needs to be pushed harder. Make them scream in agony.

[elizabetty]

Dear Joseph Sandler, Thank you for this letter. It serves as reminder as to why the United States cannot be turned over to the Dems. Your efforts in trying to curb our free speech rights show us how thoroughly Un-American you are.

Please be aware we will be using your letter for Fund raising.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

That’s about as flat a denial as one can get, though it’s interesting that they would resort to C&D notices to combat this story and characterize it as “libelous” and “slanderous” and “interfering with the DNC’s operations and ability to solicit support and raise funds.” The Democrats as a party have been libeling and slandering President Bush with impunity for years. Perhaps the RNC should start slapping them with C&Ds.

Maybe now the RNC can slap the DU with a C%D for stating VP Cheney’s name was on the DC madam list..and for the same reasons.

[doodad]

Your Majesty, I did not recognize you in that red and black attire, my leige.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

heh..awfully amateurish document though..looks like something a couple of 17 year old english majors would come up with..

[PeteePie]

“Governor Dean I knew Dan Rather. You sir are no Dan Rather!” Nice try.

[batter]

Nuts!

[FreedomPoster]

Well put. Concur wholeheartedly.

[elizabetty]

I don’t buy the Sebelius conspiracy. She’s said this in the past.

You can be sure EVERY single Democrat Governor has been told to do this as well as other Dem legislators.

[Zack Nguyen]

How can they sue FR for reporting something that was said on a radio show?

An excellent question. How can they hope to stop the dissemination of a charge made on a radio show? Ridiculous!

[ChildOfThe60s]

Can’t be too difficult to find the phone number for these shysters. All we have to do is call them and ask them.

[Fudd Fan]

“You know, I find it hard to believe this was actually written by an attorney. It’s amateurish.”
Yes, I thought the same thing.

But we're talking about the DNC here.

[The Electrician]

democratic1.download.akamai.com is most likely a high-capacity server farm used by the Communists, um, I mean, by the DNC, to host propaganda that will get many download requests. Do a google search on democratic1.download.akamai.com and you will see that lots of apparently official Democrat stuff is hosted there...

[American Quilter]

Is it real? Is it fake? I’d be interested to hear the opinions of any lawyers here.

[theDentist]

*I* am coffee260!!!

[Enchante]

"...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."

It is also a fair conclusion that Mr. Jeffrey Sandler is only fit to engage in the excremental uses of the law....

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

... and now, an important personal message to Howard Dean, his fellow DNC thugs, and all sundry and various DU trolls lurking hereabouts, from beloved children's television character "Gumby":