Posted on 05/11/2007 7:32:14 AM PDT by rface
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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.
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I think the seriousness of the allegations call for a full congressional investigation. Somebody call Conyers or Waxman.
So if Kayne West can say that George Bush hates black people, it’s ok because he is a private citizen talking about a public figure.
But if a Freeper says that he heard a radio report stating that Howard Dean spoke with Gov Sebelius about the Kansas tornado, then he (and Freerepublic itself) gets a C&D from the DNC?
What a hoot! These are the same people who claim that Bush is presiding over the worst economy since Herbert Hoover and that 10,000 people were killed in the same tornado!
Too funny.
OK, I, for one, am not going to say any more about how Howeird Dean called Gov. Sebelius and told her how to blame it on Bush and Iraq and Halliburton and Global warming and hanging chads.
I mean, why would I want to talk about how Howeird Dean called Gov. Sebelius and told her how to blame it on Bush and Iraq and Halliburton and Global warming and hanging chads?
Come to think of it, why would ANYBODY want to talk about how Howeird Dean called Gov. Sebelius and told her how to blame it on Bush and Iraq and Halliburton and Global warming and hanging chads?
Dems turn events such as the Kansas tornado into a political event. So what’s new? Why should anyone believe Dean or his lawyer?
can you imagine the outrage if the RNC sent a letter to DU demanding that they cease and desist with all their crazy conspiracy theories.....
Hey guys, looky here what JimRob got in the mail...a nasty-gram from the DNC!
"Cosmo"
I don't think those apply in the political arena............Any FR Lawyers out there?.......
Pass it on!
To: The DNC
From: kevkrom
Re: Your idiocy
Bite me.
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Well, so far we haven’t seen JimRob’s STFU!
I for one would love to see the demonstration complete with phone records.
Might as well dust off those old Star Wars pictures......
If it did apply, then "W" would be the richest man in the world.
“I am coffee260!”
The question to be asked now for the record is have HoDo and Gov S had ANY conversations since the tornado and if so what did they discuss?
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