"My client will not be bullied out of exercising his First Amendment Rights"

weslinder · Oct 5, 2011

The conservative blogs RedState and Pajamas Media have had a spoof blogger named "Totally Meghan McCain" for a few posts. Here's a sample:

Firstly in the first place, some people had a question about my very obvious statement, “I don’t necessarily agree that Rick Perry is George Bush on crack, but he could definitely be described as George Bush 2.0.” The question, I have most often, been asked, is why I did not include literally anything in the piece to back up this claim or point out, the places where Perry and Bush are similar, the reason for that being simple. Hello? They are both from Texas. I guess I should apologize for, assuming that most people knew that already, but I guess they don’t. Well I am here to tell you in case you didn’t know: both George W. Bush and Rick Perry are from Texas. Now, in the entire time I have been paying attention to politics, there has only been one President of the United States elected from Texas. And if electing someone, from Texas was a winning strategy, then obviously, there would have been more.

Some ignorant jerk, clearly who doesn’t know about the young people, pointed out that George W. Bush 1.0 won, two elections, which is two more than my dad did. Let me just respond to that jerk by saying that George W. Bush only won those elections because he didn’t have to go against my dad either time. FACE!
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Apparently one post went too far for Miss McCain, and she sued. All of the original posts have been taken down, but there are a couple of new ones. But the lawyer for RedState sent back this epic letter in response:

http://docs.google.com/gview?url=ht...11/10/McCain-Letter.pdf&pli=1&safe=on&safe=on

Samples:

My client forwarded me your September 23, 2011 letter to Eric(sic) Ericson(sic) concerning the “Totally Meghan McCain” parodies at RedState.com. I confess that I first took the letter itself as a metatextual parody. To my surprise, on a re-reading, I discovered that you were apparently serious.
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Of course, the subject matter of your letter is a fairly obvious parody to any person of even barely functional literacy. Thus – and your client probably didn’t tell you this – even she recognized that the posts were parodies (or “parody’s,” as she put it). At approximately 8:25 p.m. EDT on September 17th, your client posted to her Twitter feed, “I don’t care about parody’s(sic) or fake names – but falsely putting my name on someone else’s writing is illegal.” She then subsequently deleted this Tweet, presumably when someone told her that “parody’s” were constitutionally protected and it might look bad in a subsequent lawsuit if she were caught admitting in public that these posts were obvious parodies. Not to worry: My client has screenshots.
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My client will not be bullied out of exercising his First Amendment right to make clear his belief that your client is a spoiled, brainless twit who is cheapening the political discourse in this country. Therefore, henceforth, the “Totally Meghan McCain” series may be found at http://pajamasmedia.com for your client’s reading pleasure.
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On a personal and professional note, I am of the firm conviction that the world is a worse place because of unscrupulous lawyers who force people and companies to forego their legal rights simply because they don’t want to pay the fees lawyers to defend themselves – even from suits that are meritless on their face. It is particularly obnoxious when it is used as an effort to chill free speech – political speech, no less – as has become all too common in response to unflattering internet postings.

This sort of activity is condemned by the every State Bar association of which I am aware, and is contrary to both the letter and spirit of the ABA’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
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Johndoe804 · Oct 5, 2011

Sounds like a bunch of dumb asses bull****ting each other.

tallanvor · Oct 5, 2011

Johndoe804 said: ↑

Sounds like a bunch of dumb asses bull****ting each other.
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Making a website that mocks Megan McCain is dumb? why?

Dairy Ashford · Oct 5, 2011

tallanvor said: ↑

Making a website that mocks Megan McCain is dumb? why?
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Because she's frigging hot, and doesn't have that recessive gene inbred look like the Bushes or Kennedys.

tallanvor · Oct 5, 2011

pouhe said: ↑

Because she's frigging hot
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She is a fat ass and hideous

pouhe said: ↑

and doesn't have that recessive gene inbred look like the Bushes or Kennedys.
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que?

MoonDogg · Oct 5, 2011

tallanvor said: ↑

She is a fat ass and hideous
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weslinder · Oct 6, 2011

pouhe said: ↑

Because she's frigging hot, and doesn't have that recessive gene inbred look like the Bushes or Kennedys.
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Really? She's not ugly, but I think the Bush twins are much better looking. Meghan McCain is an attention w****, and she's not that bright. That's why they make fun of her.

BigBenito · Oct 6, 2011

I like the RedState lawyer's responses. I would read his newsletter. (But not RedState's)

random: I always thought Erick Erickson's name was awesome.

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