Posted on 11/18/2004 9:02:57 AM PST by NavySEAL F-16
Failed presidential candidate John Kerry is considering filing a libel suit against the leader of the group Swiftboat Veterans for Truth, John O'Neill, whose book "Unfit for Command" is credited with capsizing Kerry's Vietnam-based campaign.
"I don't know if they will actually go forward," a member of Kerry's inner circle told New York Post's PAGE SIX, edited by Richard Johnson. "But consideration is serious. If Kerry plans on running again in 2008 — and I'm hearing he will — it would make sense that he'd file the suit."
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suit?..trail?...truth be told?
no chance
Doogle
GREAT! Put Kerry under oath and ask him all sorts of questions. Get Kerry's diary and make it public, make his entire Navy file public. Please do it!
"Bring It On!"
Actually, this would be fantastic. Kerry would actually have to get on the stand and testify and then be cross-examined. That would MAKE the pig have to speak, and to O'Neil's lawyers. I'll send Mr. O'Neil some $$$ to help pay his costs. You bet your lifesavers!!!
Preparing Popcorn....
There will be no lawsuit. The swiftvets could get all the blocked documents in the discovery process. Kerry would be exposed then.
A lawsuit that would force Kerry to reveal his complete military record -- including the likely dishonorable discharge? Nice to dream about, but NOT A CHANCE.
If he were to actually do it, all his underwear will be hanging on the line. The discovery process will uncover all his dirty little secrets.
Good Luck, Kerry.
I'm sure the countersuit from O'Neil will be a doozy!
If sKerry thought he any chance of winning this type of suit he would have filed it already; the Swiftvets have been around for awhile. What a pathetic loser. I'm sure he was afraid that if he did sue, it would prove everything they said, and that would have tanked his campaign even worse.
The effort would only be to secure their silence, if possible, with a friendly bench or, failing that, to bleed the Swifties dry with legal costs. Timing will be what decides the day, because they won't file too far in advance and risk a contrary decision or chance for fund raising to meet legal costs.
BTW, this has been posted a few times already.
Oscar Wilde made the same mistake. He actually beat the rap in criminal court, then decided he could win a civil case. Wrong. The civil case brought out testimony that was used against him in a subsequent criminal trial.
Kerry will threaten but won't follow through. But we already knew that about him.
DUH, have sKerry laywers heard of DISCOVERY?.....could get ugly quick
If it's filed and they do go through with the lawsuit; it'll be interesting to see how they choose to attack TRUTH!
They (Kerry & cronies) won't... Typical F'n Dem Losers, beat the dog when the master farts!
We hauled his lies out into the open once....
Now we will do the detailed autopsy on every one of his bogus claims & medals.... its called "discovery"....
Regards
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO!
Yeah, right...
John Communist Kerry is fortunate he was given an honorable discharge by Clinton. He's fortunate he wasn't prosecuted for fighting with the Communists against America during the Vietnam War.
Bring it on Kerry, you loooooossssssseerrrrrrrr.
The loser is gonna run again? How stupid is he? Hitlary will stomp him like a bug!
That would be great! Lets see why Kerry refuses to make his military record public. Bush let his be public.
This is just typical demoncRAT stuff. Just like the demoncRAT hack who sued Drudge then had to pay Drudge a settlement. DemoncRATs use the courts to try and sway public opinion. After all, "why would Kerry sue for defamation if defamation didn't occur?!?" We will hear this over and over from the MSM.
No way, as they say "Discovery is a b***h".
No chance. He would be forced to sign during discovery the Form 180. He will never do that.
#1 - Kerry has been lying all along about his military record, and John O'Neill would slaughter him on the witness stand like a sacraficial worm.
#2 - We'd all pay good money to the Swiftees to watch the show.
Never happen! But I'd pay good money (again) to see it!
Kerry thinking of running in 2008?
The Dems spent over 600,000,000 to see Kerry lose. They are not going to spend another half-billion to see him lose again. If they do they are bigger dopes than I thought.
Suing the Swifties? That would really get the Veterans' vote for the Dems.
Ooh. This would mean "discovery", right? If so, bring it on, Kerry! Bwaaaaaaahahahahahaha
SoreKerryman.
It just gets better and better.
"The loser is gonna run again? "
In the fine tradition of Adlai Stevenson, Lyndon LaRouche, Ralph Nader, and Ross Perot.
Nothing like opening a can of whupass and finding it just exploded all over yourself....
Is John Kerry sure he wants to pursue this?
Not a single mistake in the whole book, let alone falsehood, and this clown seriously believes he can challenge with a defamation action??
What an obstinate fool. He obviously STILL hasn't even read it. Or if he has, then Kerry has started believing his own shit. How incredibly typical of liberals...and sad. Constantly re-imagining life as he wished it to be with his cocky lies, he is now firmly detached from any semblance of reality. Must think he can use his $15 million stash to coerce a legal settlement by egregious levels of discovery.
Won't work, because as pointed out, that's a two-way street...and he has a lot more to hide.
I hope and pray...
nothing like a wake for the dead!
and I'll furnish the booze! LMAO
Great, bring it on. Now we get to subpoena the missing records. Yeeha.
John O'Neill has been asking Moi Kerri to sue him since the Swift Vets started the crumble of the Kerri Kookie.
My Cabinet is stocked with popcorn but it may not be enough, I'd better run to the store....
Gosh, maybe then he'll have to sign PS Form 180.
Go ahead, make our day!!!
He doesn't have the guts.
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This probably came from one of the folks still waiting for the "final vote count". Love those brilliant intelectuals in the democrat party that develop stategy on fantasy.They are so easy.
I sincerely hope Kerry files a lawsuit. IF he does, then he will HAVE to release ALL of his military records as part of the discovery process. THEN it will be shown that O'neil was right about his accusations. Kerry will never file this suit, because then the truth will come out.
They could have a loser's reunion tour in 2008. Kerry / Gore or Gore / Kerry if you prefer. Double your pleasure, or pain, depending... . That one'd probably burn a half billion bucks, with 50 million left over for a really big beer bash.
After sKerry's speech in the Senate yesterday, I think we should file a suit against him for not having the sense god gave an ant to keep his eff'n mouth shut
You know the Swift boat vets are thinking
Go Ahead you Trader make our day!
I knew that Kerry wasn't very wise. But I flat out don't believe that he'd be this stupid.
I cannot think of a case that would be more delightful to defend. Let me prep that part of the case about magic boonie hats and secret Christmas trips into Cambodia. I'm not greedy. Just give me that small part.
Sigh. Unfortunately, a lawsuit will never be filed. Kerry may be tall-tale teller on the order of Baron von Munchausen, but he isn't stupid. He's not about to put his military career under the scrutiny of a formal court proceeding.
Kerry threatens to smash his face into the SwiftVets fists.
He can't do it. His fully signed Form 180 would be subpoenaed, along with a full, adversarial investigation into the mysterious circumstances of his other than honorable discharge. And the Swiftees were proven right every time a document came out. This is publicity and nothing else.
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