DNC to Free Republic: CEASE AND DESIST!

[johnfunk]

I know, I know -- many of us have been saying it's about f$#@ing time to play hardball with the stooges:

A post by "coffee260" on "Freerepublic.com" today states that this morning, on the "Quinn & Rose" show on XM, co-host Jim Quinn stated that DNC CHJairman Governor Howard Dean had called Gov. Kathleen Sebelius &lquot;around 5:00 a.m. one morning after a tornado had destroyed the town of Greenburg, Kansas and discussed with her what to say["]... The statements quoted above are false and defamatory, are libelous and slanderous... [C]ease and desist from further dissemination of the above-quoted statements or any statements similar in substance and (ii) immediately post a retraction...

Read it all here.

MORE: Looks like these posts are still live on Free Republic, here and here.
MORE MORE! Ha! another -- from Quinn! XM also got hit with a C&D.

[malaise]

1. This is Hugh!!!!

Series!!!

[NoPasaran]

2. They are so screwn!

[soothsayer]

3. Keep me posted! I'll be in the shower!!!

[izzie]

4. Silly who would believe that?

--

[MUAD_DIB]

6. Dumb GOPigs would believe it.

[izzie]

17. Your right and they can vote.

:crazy:

[NewJeffCT]

20. You'd be surprised

a caller to a progressive talk show in Hartford (CT) yesterday started spouting off about Sebelius and how she was getting talking points from Washington DC... so, if it's made it all the way to a small city in New England, it's been pretty widely circulated.

[johnfunk]

22. Call/email that show's producer with an update...

... I'll bet they rerun yeaterday's turgid call followed by the letter.

[NewJeffCT]

27. Can I debunk some of the caller's other points, though?

The caller also said that kansas had enough national guard and equipment to do the job.

I'm sure the caller had his facts wrong, but I do like to verify facts before submitting a letter, or following up with a phone call.

[Chemical Bill]

36. Did you see this?

http://mediamatters.org/items/200705110002?f=h_top

[NewJeffCT]

37. Yes, and I read the whole thing

But, it does not debunk the Freeper talking point that, while short of equipment overall, the Kansas National Guard had enough equipment to do the job in that town.

[youthere]

40. No one with an ounce of intelligence or common sense..therefore ALL members of FreeRepublic.

[wtmusic]

5. Eh

Free Republic is best ignored. Whoever reads that crap is beyond help anyway.

[SoCalDem]

7. Looks like somebody tattled to the spocksman

:rofl:

[trotsky]

11. Now, now... don't go casting asparagus.

We just don't know at this point!

[Ghost in the Machine]

31. casting asparagus??

[trotsky]

33. Hadn't heard that one yet?

Another in a long, long line of Freep malapropisms.

[Ghost in the Machine]

41. I know... did you look at the picture on the post?

or just read the post title?

[trotsky]

43. LOL I did just read the title.

That is hilarious.

[rateyes]

35. Your (sic) right, that would not be a good

jester! :rofl:

[Dr.Phool]

8. Good! Now go after Faux News, and their lies!

It's about time somebody put this bullshit to rest.

[RebelOne]

18. Go after Sean Hannity on Fox.

He was repeating the same lies yesterday on his radio show.

[youthere]

44. He's more than happy to spew lies, but $1000 says he won't "spew"a correction.

[brook]

9. A few lumps

in Jimbo's too much salt/no truth gravy train, eh? Good for Howard.

[KharmaTrain]

10. Who Is Jim Quinn???

Spewing all that venom on the "Satellite of Love" to all the 4 people (including mom & the producer) who were tuned in?

So the sin here is that the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee talked with the Democratic Governor of Kansas and discussed the situation that just happened in her state? How dare he! Whose he think he is? Karl Rove?

Hopefully the fine work of Gov. Sebelius and the arrogance and mismanagement of the boooosh regime is being noted by Kansas voters.

[rkc3]

13. Jim Quinn used to be part of the famous - Banana Don and Jim Quinn

morning radio show here in Pittsburgh. Before becoming an esteemed right-wing commentator, he was best known for fart jokes during the rush hour commute. Although the show was cancelled in the late 80's over a sexual harassment suit - who would have guessed.

[TwilightGardener]

19. I knew it! I knew his name was familiar--weren't they on B-94?

[Freddie Stubbs]

12. The DNC doesn't have much of a case against the website or the poster if

the radio host actually said this. The only fact that the poster is stating is the radio host said something. If the host did, they the poster is within his rights. OTOH, if the host did say this, the host himself would be liable.

[johnfunk]

21. Actually, they do...

... once they produce phone records. In fact, I'd wager Joe Sandler already has the phone records in hand.

It's not so much FR as Jim Quinn who is in a heap of trouble.

If you are an XM subscriber, call XM and complain.

[alcibiades_mystery]

24. It seems to me that they're going after the radio show, not FR

:shrug:

[johnfunk]

26. They are going after both!

Golly , I wonder what crack Free Republic legal team member Bry... er, Dean Hinnen would say about that after the Wikipedia debacle?

Oh -- that's right -- he's not a member of Free Republic's legal team!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

55. the threads had titles like "DEAN TOLD SEBELIUS TOLIE" and so on

you actually had to read deep into them to see it was quoting the show, but the headlines were allowed to stand by FR as fact

[TwilightGardener]

14. The story sounds bogus, but FR has a right to talk about it, if it's out

in the public sphere, which it is. I would certainly hate for us not to be able to speculate that Cheeeeeney is on the DC Madam's List--true or not. (Please let it be true!)

[On the Road]

15. The Color Commentary Sounds Like Wayne Madsen

You have to question the source -- who would be privy to the details of several private conversations between top political figures?

[Bitwit1234]

16. I think that every single time that a statement

such as this is written or spoken thru the media, that is false and slandereous the same should be done.

I know it is annoying to go thru this, time consuming and expensive but it has to be done. They have to know that their slander won't be tolerated. I just wish someone has the balls to do the same to rush limpaugh and glenn beck, adding CNN to the suit. With the lack of investigation and the stuff they give out as news they should be at the top of the list.

[Cobalt Violet]

23. K & R

:kick:

[mainegreen]

25. Um, if coffee260 is quoting that Quinn & Rose alleged this, then how the hell is FR responsible?

Seems highly irresponsible on the DNC part here. And pointless.
Am I missing something?
Go after the show only.

[johnfunk]

28. They are propagating a provable falsehood

Now that they are aware that the DNC is prepared to demonstrate that Quinn's lying lie is a lying lie by a liar, they have every right to have their lawyers tell FR to yank the lying-lie-based lies in the form of posts.

It's not an uncommon practice in potential libel/slander cases.

[mainegreen]

29. But they clearly state that this allegation was made by Quinn & Rose.

How is reporting what someone else said, in the context that person Y (and not me) alleged something, libel? I could understand if the poster simply made the allegation himself as opposed to reporting that someone else made the allegation.
It seems like an attempt to suppress news via lawyer, something I never like no matter who is doing it to whom.
:shrug:

[progressoid]

30. Jeez, I've read a lot of things on DU that were potentially libelous and slanderous...

Kind of a slippery slope huh?

[johnfunk]

32. The difference: in this particular case, bank on Dean/DNC having a cut-and-dried case

I bet they have their ducks lined up.

[madrchsod]

39. we have intelligent moderator's ,posters,and guys who run this site

i pointed out to the administrators that a person they put in the top ten idiots killed himself and they pulled the story within a few minutes..that`s why we have an alert.
it`s up to those guys to decide but that does`t happen at free republic

[NaturalHigh]

53. That's kind of what I was thinking.

Are they planning to sue everyone who mentions what was said on the radio program? This seems like a pretty tricky legal task to me.

[Red Zelda]

34. Quinn?

What a flaming asshat. The guy is the biggest "nobody" in radio.
Hey, Jim, how did you get out of going to Nam?

[madrchsod]

38. ever read the list of organizations

that have placed cease and desist? it`s a long one, plus there are sites that they are forbidden to link to.

no one moderates free republic but rimmy`s and his fluffers

[mudesi]

42. lol!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[johnfunk]

45. Slightly off topic -- Photoshop fun with JimRob

[LSK]

46. so are the freepers trying to say that FEMA was there right after the Tornado

And doing a spot on job????

:wtf:

[proud2BlibKansan]

47. LOL what morans!!

“Sure, a liberal Democratic Governor is going to call up a conservative Republican Senator and ‘confess’ to an opportunistic attack against the leader of the senator’s party. Riiight.”

When I saw this, I immediately out the whole story in the trash bin."

[JackBeck]

48. Interesting.

So internet defamation can be pursued?

[Missy Vixen]

49. I'm sure the law firm would like to know that FR still

hasn't complied with the requests. It's now after 11 on the East Coast, and their deadline was noon, wasn't it?

LOL,
Julie

[johnfunk]

50. Anyone registered to post at Free Republic should try this...

To threads
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831816/posts
and
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831454/posts

post

<img alt="Cease and Desist Letter to Freerepublic.com" src="" > (remove semicolon first)

To thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831291/posts

post

<img alt="Cease and Desist Letter to XM" src="" > (remove semicolon first)

If that does not raise a lot of blood pressure on the right, nothing will...

[johnfunk]

51. Delusional FReepers refuse to believe they've been fooled again

To: jsh3180

I like this poster at Hot Air’s response

Interesting.

I’m willing to believe this until/unless disproven.

Jones Zemkophill on May 10, 2007 at 6:57 PM

47 posted on 05/11/2007 8:17:40 AM PDT by Mo1 ( http://www.gohunter08.com)
< Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies >

Interestingly, the moderators at FR deleted the HotAir excerpt by proven FReeper "legal team" liar and fraud Bryan Hinnen:

Update: Brownback says no, making it 3 for 3.

Update: The DNC just emailed me two documents, one a letter to XM and the other a letter to Free Republic. In both letters, the DNC denies without equivocation that the conversation between Dean and Sebelius ever took place. Both are C&D notices from the DNC’s lawyers.

The statement made by Mr. Quinn is demonstrable, unequivocally, and absolutely false. Governor Dean had no such conversation with Governor Sebelius, ever.

That’s about as flat a denial as one can get, though it’s interesting that they would resort to C&D notices to combat this story and characterize it as “libelous” and “slanderous” and “interfering with the DNC’s operations and ability to solicit support and raise funds.”

Of course, Bryan is being a complete hypocrite because he is a huge fan of "cease and desist" letters, at least when quite clearly hiding behind a sockpuppet identity while trying to intimidate people he disagrees with:

Wikipedia Sockpuppet Theatre -- Page 2
This is an enquiry e-mail via http://www.apj.us from:
Dean Hinnen

At the following URL address on your website, the following metadata can be found:

http://www.americanpolitics.com/070699deaththreat.html

American Politics Journal

==================================

I am a member of the legal team for Free Republic LLC and FreeRepublic.com. An article by that you have previously reproduced on this page is libelous. You are responsible for reproducing this libel and disseminating it to a much larger audience for many years, and it was removed very recently.

does not display this article on his website. The only place on the Internet where the article might be found is your website.

Let me clarify that while a few parts of the article are true, others are false and defamatory and we will not tolerate further defamation.

If you restore this article or any libelous part of it for public viewing, I will immediately recommend to our clients, Jim Robinson and John Robinson, that we should consider legal remedies against your site for this libel, dating back to the first day it appeared on your website.

Regards -- Dean Hinnen

Dear Dean... or is it Bryan? ...

For a real laugh, read the entire takedown od Bry... er, "Dean" Hinnen http://www.apj.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=206&Itemid=99999999">here.

[blondeatlast]

52. "I am a member of the legal team for Free Republic LLC and FreeRepublic.com. "

Possibly the funniest one-liner ever to appear on that sorry excuse for communication!

Deluded self-importance, anyone? :rofl:

[dogday]

54. They will spin this around to make it a political move instead

of a move based on the facts, and inaccurate statements made on this site. This is slander in written form, and the owner is liable... Look for them to scream Partisan Politics though.....

[johnfunk]

56. They already are...

I'd be interested to hear if Quinn & Rose made any mention of the C&D on their show today. If they got ratf$#@ed by one of their unimpeachable sources, they'd be wise to start counter-ratf$#@peachment.