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Me#1You#10
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 Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:09 pm Post subject: Carlton Sherwood & the VVLF S U E John Kerry!!! |
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Hold on to your camo hats carried not-so-secretly in your briefcase...Carlton Sherwood AND the VVLF have counter-sued John Kerry!
| Quote: | Update: POWs and Carlton Sherwood File Suit Against John Kerry and Anthony Podesta for Defamation, Conspiracy
Carlton Sherwood, Red, White and Blue Productions, Inc. and Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation v. John F. Kerry and Anthony T. Podesta
On October 3, 2005, Carlton Sherwood, Red, White and Blue, and the VVLF filed suit in Federal court against Sen. John Kerry and Anthony Podesta for events relating to the suppression of the documentary film Stolen Honor.
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BuffaloJack
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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EUREKA &
God Bless Carlton Sherwood !!
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JN173
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:17 pm Post subject: $$$$$$$$$$$ |
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Hot Damn!  
TRIAL BY JURY DEMANDED   
The discovery process is going to be unbelieveable.
I think it's time to start a campaign to raise money to support these guys' legal fees just like we did the Swift Boat Vets.
I've donated $200 to date and plan on at least $50 every 2 weeks until this is settled.
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Beatrice1000
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:48 pm Post subject: Re: $$$$$$$$$$$ |
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| JN173 wrote: | | ..The discovery process is going to be unbelieveable. |
Yes!
My goodness -- I just read thru the Complaint -- WOW! to see all the facts laid out is like sweet music. This is going to be a rough ride, and yet I'm so looking forward to it. THANK YOU Carlton and all at VVLF -- my support will be unwavering. |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:43 am Post subject: Re: $$$$$$$$$$$ |
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| JN173 wrote: | Hot Damn!
TRIAL BY JURY DEMANDED
The discovery process is going to be unbelieveable.
I think it's time to start a campaign to raise money to support these guys' legal fees just like we did the Swift Boat Vets.
I've donated $200 to date and plan on at least $50 every 2 weeks until this is settled. |
EXACTLY my sentiments!!! Will make my donations and enjoy the heck out of this. Wish I could testify at the hearings as to the actual American and allied deaths that these communist VVAW traitors personnel caused to those of us still fighting in Vietnam in 1971-'72. Supposedly revenge is a dish best served cold, however in this case I hope it's hot as hell.  
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Rdtf
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:31 am Post subject: |
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| Godspeed ahead!!! |
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carpro
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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This should be interesting.
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dusty
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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At last, at last, at last. Now we can get some traction on exposing Kerry for the traitor he is for all Americans to see.
Also this'll teach me to watch more than the Geedunk forum. I missed this completely.
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JN173
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| dusty wrote: |
Also this'll teach me to watch more than the Geedunk forum. I missed this completely.
dusty |
Actually Me#1 had it posted here before it was even up on the VVLF, one of the plaintiffs, site.
Good find Me#1. 
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Me#1You#10
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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| JN173 wrote: |
Actually Me#1 had it posted here before it was even up on the VVLF, one of the plaintiffs, site.
Good find Me#1. |
Well, actually, I just happened to go to VVLF to reproduce YOUR inadvertently overwritten post on the lawsuit filed against them on August 25 which I hadn't noted...and there it was. Pure happenstance
So, as I said earlier, thanks to YOU for keeping an eye on VVLF |
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Deuce
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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Me#1,
Wow, Finally a Philadelphia Lawyer I can look up to
Yep, this makes my day...actually makes the year, since it's been that long while we've been watching all those DNC lawyers seemingly having all 'the fun'. It has been too long in coming, but I agree with (was it you?) who said that "the best defense is a great offense". I am fairly...make that absolutely....certain that the truth will prevail (even in court!). Bein' from Phila tho, I guess if I could make a wish, I'd a wished that the venue cudda been a friendlier State. (Sure beats MA, tho')
a Happier, now that I've read the Complaint,
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Me#1You#10
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Deuce wrote: | | I am fairly...make that absolutely....certain that the truth will prevail (even in court!). |
While I share your enthusiasm, thus far this has received zero coverage, even in what would be considered friendly media. Given the content of the complaint which would surely be referenced, I can understand MSM's desire to keep this quiet. Less so the friendly media (to include the blogosphere), which is disappointing (perhaps it's early yet).
I'm trying to imagine the media circus that would surround a defamation/conspiracy suit against ANY high ranking GOP official. The Sherwood/VVLF lawsuit hasn't, as yet, been noted in even the latter pages of section B. |
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Me#1You#10
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The VVLF is spreading the word...via a Google alert...
| Quote: | Former Vietnam POWs Sue John Kerry
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Sen. John Kerry and a top DNC campaign official have been sued for conspiracy and defamation in Federal District Court in Philadelphia by the Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation (VVLF), which is led by a group of former Vietnam combat veterans, including several POWs, and the wife of a POW. The legal action comes just weeks after the group of highly decorated veterans, which includes a Medal of Honor recipient, was itself sued twice by Kerry campaign supporters who were once his fellow antiwar activists.
All the lawsuits stem from last year's Presidential elections and Stolen Honor, a documentary released last September that examined the impact of Kerry's 1971 anti-war activities on hundreds of American POWs still being held in the notorious Hanoi Hilton prison camp.
The Kerry campaign mounted a major effort to prevent Stolen Honor from being aired last October after the Sinclair Broadcasting Company announced plans to show the film on its 62 stations nationally. Sinclair was sued, boycotted and harshly condemned by Kerry campaign officials who publicly threatened to have the TV cable company's FCC license revoked if Kerry was elected. That was followed by protests from 18 U.S. Democrat Senators who called for FCC and FEC investigations of Sinclair. Amid the furor, the documentary's producer, Carlton Sherwood, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and thrice wounded Vietnam veteran, was sued for libel by a Kerry advisor and member of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, an organization Kerry represented as national spokesman in the 1970's. That case is scheduled for a jury trial next year in Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas.
Sinclair eventually withdrew its planned broadcast of the film and, under pressure from Kerry campaign supporters, theater showings were canceled.
The federal lawsuit, filed this week by Sherwood and the POWs, charge Kerry and DNC campaign coordinator Anthony Podesta of conspiring to discredit the documentary and defaming the film's producer for the purpose of preventing Stolen Honor from being broadcast or seen in theaters.
Stolen Honor focused on Kerry's 1971 testimony before the U.S. Senate's Foreign Relations Committee when he accused U.S. combat troops of committing atrocities and war crimes on a "day to day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command." The film examined, through interviews with 17 POWs and three POWs wives, the consequences of those allegations on some 350 American POWs still held in North Vietnamese Communist prison camps.
Some of the POWs interviewed for the documentary charged Kerry with "treason" and "perjury," while others said his 1971 Senate testimony placed their lives in jeopardy, protracted the Vietnam War and extended their confinement for years. All the POWs accused Kerry and his followers of fabricating "war crimes" and providing aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war.
In recent weeks, the libel suit against Sherwood has been extended to name the VVLF and Newsmax as defendants. Another Kerry supporter and VVAW member has sued documentary producer Sherwood a second time for libel, also naming the VVLF and the Internet news company Newsmax as defendants.
Those libel suits were filed by Kenneth Campbell and Jon Bjornson, both long-time antiwar activists and members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), who allege that Sherwood, the VVLF and Newsmax defamed them in the documentary when it questioned the credibility of those, including Sen. Kerry, who claimed to have participated in, or, been witnesses to "war crimes" they allege were committed routinely throughout the Vietnam War. Although neither man is identified in Stolen Honor, both claim they appear in 35 year-old pictures and film clips used in the film and allege their reputations were harmed as a result. Campbell was a volunteer and an advisor to the Kerry campaign last year. Bjornson also supported Kerry.
Documentation for these suits is available at VVLF.org.
All the POWs and the wife of a POW who hold leadership positions in the VVLF also appeared in Stolen Honor. The VVLF's chairman is Col. Bud Day, a POW Medal of Honor recipient and the Air Force's most highly decorated veteran.
"It's time the American people learned the truth about Vietnam and Vietnam veterans," Col. Day said, "not just the sorry portrait they've seen in the movies or read about from politically motivated propagandists. We served with honor."
The Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation (VVLF.org) is a 501(c)(3) public service corporation whose mission is to educate and inform the public about the Vietnam War, its events, its history, and the courageous men and women who sacrificed to serve their country in Vietnam.
SOURCE Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation
Web Site: http://www.VVLF.org
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Me#1You#10
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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Things are HAPPENING!!!
D R U D G E AND AP ! !
| Quote: | Filmmaker Sues Kerry, Campaign Aide
Oct 05 3:48 PM US/Eastern
By MARYCLAIRE DALE
Associated Press Writer
PHILADELPHIA
A filmmaker has sued Sen. John Kerry and a one-time campaign aide, saying they defamed him as they sought to block the broadcast of an anti-Kerry documentary during the 2004 presidential election.
The lawsuit, filed this week on behalf of producer Carlton Sherwood and a Vietnam veterans group, is the latest salvo in the battle over the documentary "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal."
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The suit charges that Anthony Podesta, who ran Kerry's campaign in Pennsylvania, called Sherwood "a disgraced journalist" and "Bush hack" in a widely circulated e-mail.
Kerry's Senate office was preparing a response Wednesday, spokesman David Wade said. Podesta did not immediately return a message.
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JN173
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Me#1You#10 wrote: | Things are HAPPENING!!!
| Quote: | Filmmaker Sues Kerry, Campaign Aide
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Kerry's Senate office was preparing a response Wednesday, spokesman David Wade said. |
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I can hardly wait for Kerry's response.
In the words of the "Great One" "How sweeeeeeeet it is"
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