Would Sandra Fluke Have to Testify in a Libel Case against Limbaugh

[degsme]

Some of the conservatives on this board have suggested that Fluke dare not sue Limbaugh because on the Witness stand she would be eviscerated (please stop demonstrating your vocabulary weakness by misusing "decimated" - decimated means reduced by 10%) by Limbaugh's attorneys on her testimony and her sex life.

Well sorry to disappoint you but a plaintiff DOES NOT HAVE TO TAKE THE STAND. In fact in this case, there is ZERO reason for Fluke to take the stand. All she has to do is to show

1. Some substantial harm at the time of publication of Limbaugh's words (and the courts have massive precedent that accusations of unchaste behaviour is harm)
2. That Limbaugh INTENDED to discredit her
3. That Limbaugh's claims about her testimony were false
4. That Limbaugh had no "reasonable basis" for believing them to not be false

Notice how this list is 75% purely ABOUT LIMBAUGH and his actions.

she can show all of these things by subpoenaing LIMBAUGH'S RECORDS, by presenting the Congressional Testimony records, and by cross-examining LIMBAUGH'S STAFF

She doesn't have to go anywhere near the Witness stand.

And as Plaintiff, Limbaugh cannot Subpoena her

 

[NCmusicman]

She is linked to Obama through Anita Dunn... Obies communist Mao loving publicist... Obama could be the one going to jail when this chicanery act is fully exposed.

 

[Sgt Staples]

Much ado about nothing, creating a problem where none exsists.

How many people were concerned about Contraception before Obama brought it up as a distraction from the fact that he's a man made disaster?

Answer: ZERO

 

[degsme]

She is linked to Obama through Anita Dunn... Obies communist Mao loving publicist... Obama could be the one going to jail when this chicanery act is fully exposed.

HUH?? Lets pretend for a moment there is this linkage.

What is illegal about it?


And what bearing does it have on whether or not Limbaugh broke the Libel laws?

 

[worldlymrb]

The definition of SLVT is exactly what Fluke described her sexual activities were in her testimony to congress.

 

[degsme]

How many people were concerned about Contraception before Obama brought it up as a distraction from the fact that he's a man made disaster?

Answer: ZERO

You do realize that the FACTS are that

GWB's EEOC brought up the insurance issue right???

FACTS MATTER
got any?

 

[degsme]

The definition of SLVT is exactly what Fluke described her sexual activities were in her testimony to congress.

Here's a link to a full transcript of Fluke's testimony http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/statement-Congress-letterhead-2nd hearing.pdf

Can you point to the sentence in which she talks about her own sexual activities?

Because if you cannot, you have no basis for making that claim.

 

[worldlymrb]

I know, she was testifying on behalf of slVts everywhere.

BTW: Rush never called her a

. He just said that activity would make her a

.

 

[degsme]

I know, she was testifying on behalf of slVts everywhere.

BTW: Rush never called her a :censored::censored::censored::censored:. He just said that activity would make her a :censored::censored::censored::censored:.

That's not the Libel part. Limbaugh lied about what she said... THAT's what gets him again

Here's a link to a full transcript of Fluke's testimony http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politic... hearing.pdf

Can you point to the sentence in which she talks about her own sexual activities?Because if you cannot, you And Rush have no basis for making that claim. And that means Limbaugh is guilty of libel.


And again

What does this have to do with whether or not Fluke would have to testify under oath if she sued Limbaugh?