He’s totally going to use me as a character witness.

One can hope.

”5. Grasmick is Facebook friends with Shauna Daly, Research Director at the Democratic National Committee and a known bare knuckles political operative known for digging up dirt on political opponents ( Exhibit AB).”

Ooh, guilt by facebook association! so busted!

”Wikipedia defines profiteering as “ a pejorative term for the act of making a profit by methods considered unethical.”

nice research, is he representing himself?

Suing is one way to make a buck* and avoid paying taxes.

Why isn’t he suing Olbermann?

Without bothering to contact me to check on the facts, Mr Olbemann stated that “over 16 years , [Mr. Leahy] has had a few judgements filed against him for unpaid taxes, small claim court judgements, and civil suits…. nearly $150,000″ Olbermann concluded “So what’s the point in protesting taxes if you’re not going to bother to pay them anyways,” and proceeded to name me the Worst Person in the World.

Instead, he offers to debate Olbermann on the O’Reilly Factor or Glen Blech’s show.

(Apologies to all those who launch justifiable law suits)

P.S. If anything comes of this, Stephanie should print every cached page of the gasbag’s site since all MPL does is attack and slander other people.

There is much telling evidence in the complaint. Just this sentence alone that begins with “Grasmick is Facebook friends with…” is a giveaway. Thick as thieves, that.

Thanks for giving me this lovely reading over my coffee. It’s a great way to start the day. But it reminds me how much that nationalized health care system really needs to spend on mental health.

I think it’s kind of fun that he needs her facebook records, along with those of five hundred or so other people who might have been involved in something Bad, because she’s too unsophisticated to have figured out how to use a search engine without Joe Trippi’s help.

I do think, though, that if a lawyer had been involved in this they most likely would have insisted on it being spellchecked.

I work at a state prison, and I’ve seen more coherent lawsuits from Wiccan inmates demanding a reflecting pool on the rec yard. No, I’ve seen better legal reasoning filed by a drug dealer who insisted he should be let off from his latest charges because his parole officer was supposed to immediately arrest him rather than allow the police to arrest him after he sold certain items to an undercover operative. On second thought, I’ve seen better legal minds claim that their right to “Inches” and “Freshmen” was as important as… well, I forgot the details of that one and the plaintiff probably decided to end things at the administrative level. Which goes to show you all that people in prison have more sense than this guy.

To argue semantics about tax issues is stupid. To argue that he was libeled for not being human is insane and stupid. To bother a court with this nonsense? He has to be the stupidest lizard accountant creature alive, though he’ll probably get away with it since the Sleestak race will get newfound popularity after Will Ferrell’s next movie comes out. That, and the fact that it’s hard to count (or shoot tiny crossbows accurately) when you have only three claws on each hand.

So, when can I expect to hear the right decry this frivolous lawsuit?

Oh, yeah, it’s only frivolous if you lose body parts.

And with the help of PUMA. he’ll rule the World!!!

Or what have you…

At the top corner of his blog Leahy labels himself a “…Republican strategist”.
That explains much.

That’s as obvious a SLAPP suit as they come.

Senator Patrick Leahy ought to sue the fucker for defaming him with two thirds of his name.

SLAPP – Strategic Lawsuit Assuring Personal Persecution?

I do think, though, that if a lawyer had been involved in this they most likely would have insisted on it being spellchecked.

I would suggest Ben Shapiro drafted this complaint, but that would be risking a libel suit from Ben.

Frivoulos lawsuit, tax cheat, and a thinly disguised episode of Facebook stalking. Congratulations, Less Creepy, you’ve hit the wingnut trifecta of hypocrisy! Now, if you will just lay down and let me crouch over you, I will slowly lower myself down to fulfill your final fantasy….

Ew, I think I just caused myself to burp up my blueberry yogurt. Tastes like…victory.

Among other things in the complaint, Leahy is apparently touchy about being referred to as an “insane clown”…

That description just proves itself, doesn’t it?

Actually I really do hope that this doesn’t get dismissed out of hand, because the only thing sweeter than wingnuts trying to destroy each other, is a declaration from a sitting judge:

Yes, you really ARE an “insane clown”

Is that a little Shatner in the gorn’s teeth?

On the first day of law school they teach you that proper venue for suit against an individual living in California or Washington D.C. is state court in Williamson County, Tennessee.

The funniest line:

“Liberal Democratic political activists across the country fear the political power that has been evidenced by the success of the Tea Party Movement.”

The helpless laughter directed at the TP movement is presumably the only thing keeping said LD activists from cowering in fear. I don’t know about insane, but the above sentence confirms that the man is delusional.

Wow, Miss Patty takes quite a bit of credit for the teabagging movement. Methinks Eric Odum might be a tad upset about that.

Gee, maybe Eric oughta’ sue.

no SLAPP = Stupid Leahy Asshatedness Proving Pusillanimity

Well, that complaint should put to rest any rumor that Leahy is an insane clown or a Reptilian. It conclusively proves that he is an ignorant crybaby.

If he’s an insane clown, doesn’t that mean he comes with a posse?

Actually, venue in interstate cases that are under the federal limit could be in either the plaintiff or the defendent’s local court, and it’s typical that it be done in the plaintiff’s local court unless there are reasons to do it elsewhere (such as the defendant’s court having a better record of ruling the plaintiff’s way). So venue probably isn’t an issue here. Sanity of the plaintiff, on the other hand, may be. Alleging that the defendant literally intended for people to believe that the plaintiff is a reptilian alien probably will get laughed out of court the way it should be :).

“In the fall it was Joe the Plumber. Earlier this week it was Carrie Prejean. Today it’s me.”

I think he left out “a couple thousand years ago, it was Christ.”

Leahy apparently doesn’t know that broad discovery is available to the defendant as well as to the plaintiff in civil actions. This should be fun.

Uh oh. I’ve spotted more problems. I think the Gorn may be wearing a keffiyeh. Better alert Malkin.

I hope Ms. Teablogger can let this go forward, i.e., don’t file a motion to dismiss. The testimony should be a scream. Furthermore, it should earn me substantial fees for expert testimony in my specialty, Lizard People, and what attributes include or exclude an alleged Lizard Person.

It’s a Jeopardy! clue. The correct question was “Who are the biggest boobs in the conservative movement?”

Less Creepy might have a good case here. I’m not sure it’s possible to be both a Lizard Person and an Insane Clown. Lizard People are notoriously humorless. Something about the climate back in the Alpha Draconis system. So he has to be either an Insane Clown or a Liz.

Wasn’t there a Lizard People on the ballot for Senator from Minnesota? How’d that work out?

KO just pumped Marcy!

Yet another teabagger in search of an activist judge…

What? I missed that. Watching Elizabeth Edwards. She looks/sounds discombubulated.

The Teabaggers are turning on each other by investigating their pasts? Too funny!

Lot’s o meds.

It got thrown out. So does that mean that if this insane clown is determined by the court to be one of the lizard people, he’ll lose his right to vote?

Is that an actual picture of Leahy?

I just ask because, ya know, as Lizard People go – he’s a pretty good looking guy….

You just like the necklaces

It’s hard to find tasteful Lizard Bling.

Priceless Jane upstairs!
Keith Olbermann: “Journalist Marcy Wheeler”

What are they teaching in the schools these days?

Obviously no one ever made Leahy read the Bickerstaff Papers in school. Even without that instructive example from English Lit, you’ld think he would be able to think this through sufficiently to see that suing somebody for libel for comparing him to a lizard person could not come to any good end except for onlookers interested in mocking him.

What entertainment….

Rush, Newt, Bohner, Sara, the chairman of the Republican party (not to mention the entire cast of FOX News) – and now the Blogging Lizard Person filing lawsuits…

Laughter is a real help in bad economic times.

Thanks guys.

Uh, yeah, it would appear from the complaint that he is representing himself (and wrote up the complaint himself as well).

Favorite part:

“Given the well know track record of Grasmick’s Facebook friend Shauna Daly, the Research Director of the Democratic National Committee, as a bare knuckles political operative who specializes in digging up dirt on political opponents, Leahy has the right to discovery of all communications of any kind between Grasmick on Daly to
determine what, if any,…”

Oh man. HOT GRASMICK ON DALY ACTION!

WOO WOO!

The comment will never be approved, but I did try to tell him that as a retired appellate printer who worked on cases up to and including the granting of certiorari by the Supreme Court I found his complaint one of the funniest documents I had read in years. Thanks SO much for the linky, TBogg. I’m still snickering!

To the best of my knowledge Michael Patrick Leahy is neither a clown nor is he insane, additionally he is not a member of some alien race of Lizard People, nor does he enjoy letting other men dip their scrotums into his mouth in order to achieve sexual satisfaction.

Can we assume then that he’s tried it?

The guy’s a fucking arseclown. He’s welcome to sue me. I’ll plead justification and the costs will probably bankrupt him.

Well latte da.

Kafkaesque with big shoes, a big red nose and a lizard tongue. Sounds fun.

Margaret writes: Can we assume then that he’s tried it?

It’d be irresponsible not to.

As a member of an alien race, the entity calling itself “robspierre” resents this lizard-people stereotyping thing and ANY association of alienness with Republicans.

His natural form does not resemble any of the life-forms on your world, and the form he manifests in your presence is indistinguishable from your own.

Moreover, of all the galactic races with which he is familiar, only YOUR species has allowed anything as revolting as a Republican to flourish.

Expect to hear from his attorneys.