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Ted Rall Has the Pledge Money to File Suit Against Ann Coulter (... but not the *cajones*, betcha!)
The Daily Cartoonist ^ | 03/13/2006 | Staff

Posted on 03/14/2006 6:23:30 PM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

While no official lawsuit has been filed, Ted has stopped his pledge drive to raise money for this libel/slander suit against Ann Coulter saying that he now has enough. The proposed libel/slander suit is the result of comments she made that Ted had entered the Iranian Holocaust Cartoon contest - a claim he denies.

He’s now meeting with lawyers on the details of such a suit.

"Thanks to hundreds of generous pledgers we now have enough money committed to launching a slander and libel suit against Coulter for her remarks falsely claiming that I had entered Iran’s Holocaust cartoon contest."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antisemite; billofrights; bornloser; bringiton; coulter; coward; firstamendment; freespeech; lawsuit; nuisancesuit; pimpslappedbyann; rallfillshisdiapers; talentlesshack; tedrall; tortreform
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To: Paloma_55
I suspect that Ann was *Joking* and thus protected under the 1st.

I must have missed the joke exception to libel.

41 posted on 03/14/2006 7:26:39 PM PST by jude24 ("The Church is a harlot, but she is my mother." - St. Augustine)
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To: Stepan12

"a 'whinging' pussy? Wow, is that the new term these days,,'whinging'/// What the...?


42 posted on 03/14/2006 7:28:37 PM PST by austinaero
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To: austinaero

Sorry moderate in case you are watching, I was merely quoting the cartoon..


43 posted on 03/14/2006 7:29:13 PM PST by austinaero
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Why don't liberals send their extra dollars to Washington to fund their pet fiasco?


44 posted on 03/14/2006 7:32:58 PM PST by Doohickey (If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Ted Rall is only $10 away from suing Ann Coulter.


45 posted on 03/14/2006 7:34:00 PM PST by Mogengator
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

fine - then we can countersue him for his slander against the President, the soldiers, etc etc. Plus he needs to be sued for fraud - his editorial cartoons are certainly not "art".


46 posted on 03/14/2006 7:36:21 PM PST by Chickenhawk Warmonger (Join the chickenhawk express at www.chickenhawkexpress.blogspot.com)
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To: jude24; Paloma_55
"I must have missed the joke exception to libel."

You're kidding, right? - The supremes have ruled a long time ago that poking fun at public figures is not libel. When you are a public figure there is a much higher bar to jump; you have to prove malice, which in this case would be downright impossible. (And if that runt thinks that $2700 will do the job, he has a bunch to learn ;o)

47 posted on 03/14/2006 7:36:45 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: Yorlik803
"And did the guy who draws "Doonsebury" want to sue?"

Gary something or other??? - No, he was glad to have the publicity ;o)

48 posted on 03/14/2006 7:43:13 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; cardinal4

At the risk of sounding pedantic, "cajones" means "chests" or "drawers." I think you wanted to say "cojones." That means "balls" or "testicles."


49 posted on 03/14/2006 7:46:22 PM PST by Ax (balut! balut!)
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To: jude24

Guess you did.

"We must decide whether a public figure may recover damages for emotional harm caused by the publication of an ad parody offensive to him, and doubtless gross and repugnant in the eyes of most. Respondent would have us find that a State's interest in protecting public figures from emotional distress is sufficient to deny First Amendment protection to speech that is patently offensive and is intended to inflict emotional injury, even when that speech could not reasonably have been interpreted as stating actual facts about the public figure involved. This we decline to do." Hustler Magazine, Inc. et al. v. Jerry Falwell

Public figures have to prove ACTUAL MALICE. Ted Rall has interjected himself into the public sphere. He will lose. Worse for him, he will make himself into the parody figure that Ann desires most, the whiny, litigious liberal. And Ted will pay by the hour, while Ann may represent herself if it comes to that--though it is far more likely the ACLU will beg her to let them work for her, another dream come true for Ms. Coulter, I would reckon.


50 posted on 03/14/2006 7:53:00 PM PST by LibertarianInExile (Freedom isn't free--no, there's a hefty f'in fee--and if you don't throw in your buck-o-5, who will?)
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To: LibertarianInExile

I would argue Ted Rall is not a "public figure." Certainly not on the par that Jerry Falwell was in the 1980's.


51 posted on 03/14/2006 7:59:52 PM PST by jude24 ("The Church is a harlot, but she is my mother." - St. Augustine)
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To: jude24

Not at the same level, but he is at least a limited purpose public figure re: Iraq and Islamic nations with his Stan Watch posts. He has no shot at getting out of the public figure part of the libel law, I would reckon, especially since he is regularly interviewed and published. Sorry, but that huge steaming editorial site he posts to will work against him mightily. And I'm sure Coulter will peruse his work and if she cannot do it herself, bring in counterclaimants to make his lawyer's life hell.

He is proving to be quite the dumbass. She gets notoriety. He looks like no friend to the First Amendment rock he hides himself under, and exposes himself to vitriol from his own side of the aisle. Meanwhile Ann also becomes an instant defender of the right to free speech.


52 posted on 03/14/2006 8:08:00 PM PST by LibertarianInExile (Freedom isn't free--no, there's a hefty f'in fee--and if you don't throw in your buck-o-5, who will?)
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To: jude24
I would argue Ted Rall is not a "public figure."

You would loose !!!!!!!!!

53 posted on 03/14/2006 8:14:05 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: editor-surveyor
You would loose !!!!!!!!!

As a rule, I don't listen to people for legal counsel if they can't write correctly. The word is lose.

54 posted on 03/14/2006 8:16:16 PM PST by jude24 ("The Church is a harlot, but she is my mother." - St. Augustine)
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To: jude24

Ya finally won one! (on a technicality ;o)


55 posted on 03/14/2006 8:18:27 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: OKSooner

There ya go !
Wonder why he dosen't have money for a lawyer ? Wonder if he'll return the money if he winds up not filing ? Bet he bought pot with the cash .


56 posted on 03/14/2006 8:20:27 PM PST by binkdeville
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
He'll sue... when the Democrats gin up the courage to vote to censure Bush.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

57 posted on 03/14/2006 8:20:33 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Who does his hair, I wonder?

The little bangs in front are soooo cute.


58 posted on 03/14/2006 8:23:59 PM PST by altura
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To: editor-surveyor

It wasn't a joke, it was sarcasm. Check my tagline..


59 posted on 03/14/2006 8:39:00 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Sarcasm is something a liberal cannot understand. Along with everything else.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
The satirist is suing for being satirized.
60 posted on 03/14/2006 8:44:27 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny
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