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

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probably this has been posted....sorry if this is a dupe.....

Freep. link to one issue.....Kansas Governor knowingly lied at behest of Howard Dean.

PDF file of another legal letter...

DUmmies are expecting to see our ASSES KICKED......DNC to Free Republic: CEASE AND DESIST!

[TommyDale]

WTF?

[RightWhale]

DNC is apparently stupider than we thought.

[kromike]

God, how I hate lawyers...especially soulless ones who are puppets of the DNC...

[Izzy Dunne]

Your fifteen minutes have started...

[Lets Be Frank]

Alrighty then! Lets start issuing subpoenas!

[RightWhale]

BTW, what language is this? : predjuding

[caver]

The Dems doing what they do best, threaten people.

[PeterPrinciple]

“around 5:00am

Ok, maybe we got the time wrong?

[doodad]

The statement was made by Mr Quinn, repeated on FreeRepublic, is demonstrably, unequivocally and absolutely false

Demonstrated how?

[3AngelaD]

I wonder if they are calling on XM and Quin and Rose to cease and desist. This is an attempt to intimidate, and by intimidation limit information and debate on Democrats’ activities. Typical of the DNC. Why don’t they have Dean and Sebelius denying the phone call?

[Crazieman]

I don’t buy the Sebelius conspiracy. She’s said this in the past. (If we have a disaster, blah blah blah). I knew it was going to come out as soon as the scope of the disaster was revealed.

[cweese]

“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”

That’s probably because the DNC are a bunch of thieving, lying sumbitches.

[Disambiguator]

Ping! Your ears should be burning right now.

[theFIRMbss]

>Mr. James C Robinson FreeRepublic.com PO Box 9771 Fresno, CA 93794

Hey, look, Jim's middle
initial is "C!" Cuthbert?
Chartier? Coxswain?

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also....LIMBAUGH yesterday stated that he expected that the DNC had contacted Gov Sebelius about “talking points”. Limbaugh must have also been ordered to stop lying about the Democratics too.....I am sure he will comply.....I am sure FreeRepublic will comply.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

So....Did Quinn and Rose get a similar C&D letter, hmmmmmm?

[OB1kNOb]

Methinks they protest too much. Hmmmm. That means we’re on to something.

[Red Badger]

Thw walls have ears and eyes...........I’m quite surprised they can read.......

[doodad]

Maybe because we are not publishers?

[gondramB]

This is a parody, right?
Nobody is stupid enough to think they have the right to demand we don’t discuss news stories, are they?

[Izzy Dunne]

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.

Not our job, putz.

[dirtboy]

Seems to me their case would be with Quinn. Except they don't have one. The libel threshhold for public figures such as Dean and Sebelius is extremely high.

FR is accurately reporting what was said on the Quinn show.

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I hand typed this letter from a PDF.....mistakes in spellling and gramor are mine.

[SmithL]

They couldn’t possibly be.

[beandog]

What a joke. Just let them try anything.

[NeoCaveman]

Hey Howierd Dean,

I fart in your general direction you stalinistic thug.

[NativeNewYorker]

A post by “coffee260” on FreeRepublic.com today states that this morning, on the Quinn & Rose show on XM, co-host Quin stated ...

So, if Quinn said it, reporting what he said is fine.

Do the Dems REALLY want to start a pi$$ing contest over repeating partial truths?

[Quilla]

I don’t get it. If someone tells a lie (i.e. I did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky.”) and we discuss it, we get correspondence from an attorney. I’m not implying Quinn lied, but even if he did, we can’t talk about it. Yep, I’m thoroughly confused.

[Incorrigible]

Bump

[mkjessup]

To: Howie Dean's Mouthpiece
Fr: MkJessup
Re: Your Premature Exasperation

You're barking up the wrong tree. You need to be talking to Quinn & Rose, not Jim Robinson and not Free Republic.

And in case you need a reminder:

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Speaking for myself, I say to you Joseph E. Sandler:

UP YOURS!

Have a nice day.

Mark Jessup (mkjessup)

[HEY4QDEMS]

>>>>I am sure he will comply<<<<

I’m not from Kansas but I’m pretty sure that Gov Sebelius is a woman.

[dirtboy]

The statement was made by Mr Quinn, repeated on FreeRepublic, is demonstrably, unequivocally and absolutely false

The DNC would believe that the negative can be proven here.

[cweese]

Yeah, that too :-)

[OXENinFLA]

I believe this is the post they’re talking about.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831454/posts

[VeniVidiVici]

No effort was made by FreeRepublic to contact anyone at the DNC for comment

LOL! Truth? From the DNC?

[D-Chivas]

Who knows if the Howard Dean-Kathleen Sebelius thing is true, but the truth is that Kathleen Sebelius lied about the state of Kansas National Guard and whether or not they had enough people and equipment to help the town of Greensburg.

[Mike Bates]

No effort was made by FreeRepublic to contact anyone at the DNC for comment or to check the accuracy of these statements. . .

Oh, yeah. That's where one always goes to check for accuracy: the DNC.

[P-40]

The statement was made by Mr Quinn, repeated on FreeRepublic, is demonstrably, unequivocally and absolutely false.

No law against discussing what Mr. Quinn said. Provide the proof that such a statement was not made is 'demonstrably, unequivocally and absolutely false' and we will discuss that also.

[Crazieman]

Sebelius says lack of guard and equipment could hurt response to disasters at home - April 14 2007

I don't care for the Wicked Witch of Topeka, but I don't buy the conspiracy.

[DesScorp]

Tell these bastards to piss off.

[tiredoflaundry]

[theDentist]

I’m wondering what Quinn and Rose have to say, and if they have tape of the call...

[theDentist]

I’m wondering what Quinn and Rose have to say, and if they have tape of the call...

[traditional1]

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.”

If the quote is accurate, there's no issue.....

All the Freeper did was source and quote the statement....there's no issue with the Freeper, if any, but rather let them take issue with the original statement.

When such response is written with poor grammar, one wonders at the competence or authenticity of the writer of "the letter"....... (i.e., "predjudging" and "with here"....

[driftdiver]

So once again the DNC and its liberal puppets are seeking to infringe on the Constitutional rights of American citizens.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Their “demonstrably” could mean that, if they so chose (or in court) it could be demonstrated as false.

Demonstrate away, mssrs.

[technomage]

Let's see: Dean can repeat lies about 9-11 being an inside job, but no one else on the planet can repeat 'so called' lies about Dean giving underhanded, slime ball political advice.

Have I got it right?

[RightWhale]

Oh, nevermind then.

[cripplecreek]

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I'm shrugging my shoulders here.