Time: Wed Jun 11 06:24:46 1997
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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: L&J: Mo Dees v. USTP (fwd)
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>
>Read to the bottom of this--if a libel lawsuit could be won against Dees and
>his SPLC .... hmmmmmm.
>
>Forwarded message:
>From: lmuller@iquest.com (Linda Muller)
>Reply-to: ricardo@USTaxpayers.org
>To: 1776@americantaxpayer.com, ustp@lists.ustaxpayers.org
>CC: 1776MISC@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU, brigade@lists.buchanan.org
>Date: 97-06-10 04:09:33 EDT
>
>Part 2 - please forward with part 1 to all on your lists!
>Thanks - Linda
>
> Battle Form - Help Us Fight!
>
> Before printing and filling out our Battle Form, please
> take a moment and read the letter from Howard Phillips
> concerning the Southern Poverty Law Center and the
> accompanying news clips.
>
> Personal Note from the Web Master:
>
> Dearest Friends,
> A month or so ago, I opened up my newspaper and read an
> article titled "Analyst Says Intensity of Extremist
> Groups Remains High in State". It was clearly an article
> intended to frighten and alarm the citizens of Alabama -
> cautioning them against the many militias and patriot
> groups who reside here. The article stated that many of
> these groups have engineered an underground
> communication network; have spread information
> concerning biochemical terrorism; are willing to use
> violence; and have ties to anti-Semitic and white
> supremacist organizations.
>
> It appears that the Birmingham News article based its
> information from a report distributed by Morris Dees'
> Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), located in
> Montgomery, Alabama. The organization "Klanwatch" (a
> branch of the SPLC), entitled the report, "Two Years
> After: The Patriot Movement Since Oklahoma City" and
> included is a listing of militias across America.
>
> You cannot imagine my shock when I read the list of
> "Militias in Alabama" and listed, third from the top,
> was the "U.S. Taxpayers Party! I immediately called the
> paper and wrote a letter to the editor (which they did
> print, but would not include our phone number or
> address). But, as I feared, the damage had been done.
> Newspapers across America printed the Morris Dees
> information and never called our organization for a
> comment. TV news shows promoted the SPLC and their
> "wonderful work" on behalf of the public. By the time my
> little letter was printed it was too late - Mo Dees and
> the establishment media had convinced the citizens that
> the U.S. Taxpayers Party was something to be feared - an
> organization that is somehow connected with the Oklahoma
> City bombing!
>
> Most of you know me from my work for Pat Buchanan whose
> web site I still maintain. As an ex-Republican, I came
> on board with the USTP in March of 1996 after the GOP
> did everything in its power to destroy Pat, and believe
> me, I have never looked back. Let me tell you, it feels
> great to be in a political party where you don't have to
> spend everyday of your life fighting! Well, my point in
> mentioning that I was in the Buchanan campaign is
> because this SPLC problem reminds me of Pats campaign
> back in February and March 1996.
>
> Pat was on his way to victory. Miraculously, despite
> extremely low funds, Pat won Louisiana, Alaska, lost
> Iowa by a few votes, and then won the big prize - New
> Hampshire. Then it was on to Arizona and South Carolina
> where possibly the largest political attack in American
> history was executed on him and his supporters by the
> Left, the Media and especially his own beloved GOP. They
> finally brought him to his knees and there was just not
> enough strength left for him to carry the torch any
> longer.
>
> Here are a few quotes from Pat's "Victory" speech in
> Manchester, New Hampshire on February 20, 1996
>
> "...All the forces of the old order are going to rally
> against us. The establishment is coming together, you
> can hear them right now. The fax machines and phones are
> buzzing in Washington D.C....They're going to come after
> this campaign with everything they've got....
>
> "...I'm serious, we've got to buckle down and we've got
> to move forward. We have to move forward with strength
> and courage and conviction and take what they're going
> to deliver to us. We know what they're going to do to
> us. They're coming at us every way, but you stay with me
> and say your prayers about this cause and this campaign.
> I promise you, I will lead as long as can and as hard as
> I can and as far as I can, until we drop the torch and
> someone else picks it up..."
>
> Dearest Friends, the U.S. Taxpayers Party has picked up
> that torch. Now, we are leading the Cause and fighting
> the Battle. So now, they are coming after us, hoping
> that we will fall to our knees. Attacking us in the same
> way they did to Pat Buchanan, by lying to the American
> people, spreading false rumors and linking us with other
> groups. We must not lose this legal war with Morris
> Dees! We must fight and fight hard because we can win
> this one - all it will take is money. We have everything
> else on our side - the Law and Truth - but Mo Dees and
> the SPLC have money - and lots of it.
>
> If ever you have thought about helping a worthy Cause -
> this is the time. Yes, this will help the USTP regain
> its good name but it has so many other great benefits as
> well. The USTP could receive tens of millions of dollars
> in restitution and punitive damages - money we will put
> to good use in future battles - and Mo Dees would
> finally have to set the record straight and put a clamp
> on his libelous rhetoric. All that is preventing this
> from happening is money. The USTP needs some fast cash
> to put this lawsuit into motion and they need it now!
>
> For what ever reason you choose; to help the USTP; to
> fight Morris Dees; or as a personal favor to me, please
> send in the form below with as much of a donation as
> possible. Just think, if everyone reading this sent in
> $20, $30 or $40 we would have it won! Please, skip the
> pizza on Friday night and help us win this Battle!
>
> For the Cause,
> Linda Muller
> Web Master for:
> U.S. Taxpayers Party, Buchanan Brigade, and Network USA
>
>===================================
>
> Please print out and mail to:
> Howard Phillips
> The U.S. Taxpayers Party
> 450 Maple Avenue East
> Vienna, Virginia 22180
>
> From:
> Name ________________________________________
> Address ______________________________________
> City______________________State____Zip__________
> Telephone______________________________________
>
> ___ Yes, I want to help build a legal war chest so that the
> USTP can restore and defend its reputation . ___ I am
> sending my contribution of:
>
> ___$25 ___$50 ___$75 ___$125 ___$250 ___$500 ___$2,000
> ___Other $________ ___ My check is made payable to the U.S.
> Taxpayers Party.
>
> ___ Please charge my ___Visa ___Mastercard
> Number _____________________________________
> Expiration Date _______________________________
> Signature ____________________________________
>
> The Federal Election Commission requires us to report the
> following: Your occupation:
> __________________________________ Name of Employer:
> ________________________________
>
> Contributions are not tax deductible. Federal law prohibits
> corporate gifts. Maximum contributions of $20,000 per
> person, per year are allowed.
>
> Paid for by the U.S. Taxpayers Party National
> Committee
> Janine Hansen, Treasurer
> 450 Maple Avenue East, Vienna, Virginia 22180
>
>=====================================
>
> Letter Concerning the SPLC Attack on the USTP
>
> from Howard Phillips
>
> Dear Friend,
>
> How many times were you stung, as a child by the cruel
> words of another?
>
> Every living person has, at some point, felt that sting,
> and been shaped by its lingering consequences
>
> The childhood rhyme to the contrary notwithstanding, words
> can wound, sometimes even fatally.
>
> It is in recognition of that fact that I urgently seek your
> help to build a legal war chest so that your national
> leadership can restore and defend the reputation and good
> name of the U.S. Taxpayers Party
>
> Here are the facts.
>
> Earlier this year, a left-wing fundraising organization
> called the "Southern Poverty Law Center" issued a press
> release warning of a threat which, in its view, was being
> posed by so-called "terrorist", "extremist", "militia", and
> "patriot" organizations.
>
> In their widely disseminated pronouncement, the Southern
> Poverty Law Center and the person who directs its
> activities, one Morris Dees, falsely linked the U.S.
> Taxpayers Party - you and me - with organizations which, in
> some cases, have been guilty of bigotry and even
> criminality, thus, willfully. recklessly, and in complete
> disregard of the facts, smearing our good name and placing
> in jeopardy our ability to win new recruits.
>
> An accusation which stands unrebutted, even when totally
> false, is often accepted by the unknowing as if it were
> true.
>
> For that reason, I have spent many hours researching the
> facts about Morris Dees and his so-called Southern Poverty
> Law Center - in preparation for a major legal initiative
> designed to restore our good name and to require damages,
> not only from Mr. Dees and his cohorts, but from each of
> the dozens of media outlets which published his libels as
> if they were true, without in any way attempting to get our
> side of the story.
>
> How much is a good name worth? "Its price is far above
> rubies."
>
> Unfortunately, right now we don't have enough money to buy
> even single ruby, even if we could pay for it in rubles
> rather than dollars.
>
> That is where you come in. I need your help to pay legal
> bills which have already been incurred, plus new ones which
> will be added to them as we pursue our action for damages.
>
> The good news is that our counsel, the Washington law firm
> of Webster, Chamberlain and Bean, indicates to us that we
> have a solid chance for success - which could mean that we
> would not only recover actual damages - and legal costs -
> but perhaps secure significant punitive damages, as well
> as, to prevent Mr. Dees from behaving so recklessly and
> malignantly in the future and, incidently, to strengthen
> the U.S. Taxpayers Party for future battles.
>
> Conceivably, tens of millions of dollars in restitution
> could be involved - especially given the fact that so many
> newspapers and broadcast outlets manifested across
> negligence and possible malice in recklessly disregarding
> the truth, as they unquestioningly circulated the libelous
> assertions which had originated with Mr. Dees and his
> fundraising organization.
>
> Win, lose or draw, our National Chairman, Bill Shearer,
> agrees with me that we have an obligation to you and to all
> of the other members and supporters of the U.S. Taxpayers
> Party to defend our reputation.
>
> For that reason, we intend to move forward the very best
> way that we can. But, very frankly, our ability to proceed
> prudently depends on our ability to promptly secure
> adequate funding, not only for legal costs, but for
> research and staffing expenses incident to this suit and
> other activities of the USTP.
>
> That's the whole story. I have enclosed some of the
> libelous articles, so that you'll have some idea what we
> are up against.
>
> For a number of reasons, including legal requirements, it
> is essential that we move quickly. May I have your response
> no later than June 18?
>
> Your gift, in any amount, $50, $100, $5000, $20,000 , more
> or less, will count for much.
>
> Even if you are only able to send $25 at this time, your
> show of support for the USTP and your expression of
> unhappiness with the reckless charges made against us will
> count for much.
>
> I am very grateful for your consideration. With personal
> best wishes, I am
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Howard Phillips
>
> P.S. Remember I need to get your response by June 18 to
> help make sure that we comply with all legal deadlines and
> to help guarantee that we will have enough money to pay for
> our day in court. Your gift of $35, $75, $500, $2000, more
> or less will mean a great deal to us.
>
>====================================
>
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