The Washington Post (via
Moonbattery) reports that the awful Jimmy Carter is being sued by 5 people over the screeds he published in his latest garbage book:
More than four years after its publication, five disgruntled readers have filed a class-action lawsuit against President Jimmy Carter and his publisher, Simon & Schuster, alleging that his 2006 book "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid" contained "numerous false and knowingly misleading statements intended to promote the author's agenda of anti-Israel propaganda and to deceive the reading public instead of presenting accurate information as advertised."
The five plaintiffs named in the lawsuit are seeking at least $5 million in compensation. The hard cover edition cost $27.
The suit accuses Carter and his publisher of violating New York consumer protection laws because they engaged in "deceptive acts in the course of conducting business" and alleges that they sought enrichment by promoting the book "as a work of non-fiction."
Simon & Shuster were once a very decent publisher. But if I'm correct, they were later bought by a German business, and have plummeted badly.
In a press release, one of the attorneys, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner stated: "The lawsuit will expose all the falsehoods and misrepresentations in Carter's book and prove that his hatred of Israel has led him to commit this fraud on the public. He is entitled to his opinions but deceptions and lies have no place in works of history."
And Carter fully deserves to get slapped with this lawsuit. I hope it's successful. In fact, many conservatives should be suing liberals who write slanderous lies like what Carter's written against them.
2 comments:
While I agree with them, if they win it will be a very bad precedent.
Let the guy lie under the protection of Free Speech.
Apart from the above, the publicity might encourage people to buy the wretched tome!
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