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Murtha Fights Marine’s Defamation Lawsuit
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| Nov 19 2007
| Kathleen Hunter
Posted on 11/19/2007 4:28:44 PM PST by camerakid400
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To: camerakid400
Justice Department lawyers representing Murtha our tax dollars at work
To: smoothsailing; jazusamo; RedRover; Girlene
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:30:59 PM PST
by
Just A Nobody
(PISSANT for President '08 - NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
To: camerakid400
Justice Department lawyers representing Murtha .. WTF????
How about he pays for his own lawyers?????
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:31:16 PM PST
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: camerakid400
I hope Wuterich really cleans Murtha’s clock. Looks like it’s gonna be an uphill battle.
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:32:31 PM PST
by
upchuck
(Hildabeaste as Prez... unimaginable, devastating misery! She will redefine "How bad can it get?")
To: Just A Nobody
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:33:26 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Tracking The "Flyin' Imams Since 11/20/06)
To: Freee-dame
murtha......the other white bitch
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:33:57 PM PST
by
advertising guy
(If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
To: camerakid400
I do not believe that Murtha was acting on behalf of the US when he made that lying rant.
Extemporaneous speech outside of DC chambers should not be protected from civil action.
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:34:48 PM PST
by
bill1952
("all that we do is done with an eye towards something else." - Aristotle)
To: Robe
How about he pays for his own lawyers?????The "little people" are the ones who pay for their own lawyers, not important people like Murtha
I hope the SOB is made to testify
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:34:56 PM PST
by
Popman
(My doohickey is discombobulated)
To: camerakid400
If the court determines Murtha indeed was acting in his official capacity, the U.S. government could be substituted as the defendant a move that would effectively neuter the case because the federal government cannot be sued for libel. First, Murtha wasn't on the floor of Congress, which he claimed initially as his defense. He's been ducking his words since he uttered them. He needs to be sued and censured.
Second, the federal government cannot be sued for libel something wrong there. The government can trash a citizen's reputation causing undeterminable harm to that individual and simply answer "whoops, my bad"?
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:35:04 PM PST
by
infidel29
(Voting for Paul? Might as well make it Ru Paul, he's got better legs.)
To: Robe
“Justice Department lawyers representing Murtha .. WTF????
How about he pays for his own lawyers?????”
I am NOT, repeat, NOT defending Murtha, but if anybody can sue any congressman any time he or she says something critical, it would be a bad situation. We despise what Murtha said, but next time it could be an abortion doctor suing for being called a baby killer or something similar.
To: camerakid400
Murtha meanwhile had been ordered to sit for a deposition Nov. 27 to help determine whether he was acting in his official capacity as a U.S. government employee when he made the Haditha comments, as his lawyers have argued. What does accusing the Marines of "killing innocent civilians in cold blood" BEFORE an investigation have to do with his "official capacity" as a US gov employee?
We are supposed to have the "innocent until proven guilty" provision for our citizens...and now terrorists and illegal alien invaders.
He acted as the prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner, which is not in his job description as a US CONgre$$critter.
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:38:44 PM PST
by
Just A Nobody
(PISSANT for President '08 - NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
To: gracesdad
-as long as Murtha is censured and voted out of office....let’s proceed.
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:39:27 PM PST
by
tioga
(Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go...)
To: camerakid400
If the court determines Murtha indeed was acting in his official capacity, the U.S. government could be substituted as the defendant I hope that weasel does not get off that easy. He should be made responsible for his comments.
To: camerakid400
Isn’t Murtha on the House Armed Services Committee?
How is that not then “unlawful command influence” under the UCMJ?
Seems like it should be.
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:40:40 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: infidel29
The government can trash a citizen's reputation causing undeterminable harm to that individual and simply answer "whoops, my bad"? There is precedent:
Scooter Libby
Tom DeLay
Joe McCarthy
The Haditha Marines
Illario Pantano
...for starters
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:42:07 PM PST
by
Just A Nobody
(PISSANT for President '08 - NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
To: tioga
-as long as Murtha is censured and voted out of office....lets proceed. Not a chance. Murtha had a worthy opponent last election and she did not even come close. Johnstown is completely and totally dependent on Murtha's pork. More so than any district in the country.
To: camerakid400
Who am I... and WHY AM I HERE???
ohh, yeah... THE SLANDER!!!
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:43:09 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist)
To: gracesdad
When this country first started, politicians defaming people often lost their lives when they were forced to duel over it.
To: camerakid400; Just A Nobody; abigailsmybaby; Badeye; bmwcyle; brityank; desherwood7; FairOpinion; ..
The despicable Murtha is pulling out all the stops to keep from being deposed under oath, hopefully he's really squirming.
Thanks for the ping, Justa.
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:44:40 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(DefendOurMarines.com)
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