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MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.25.13.216 with HTTP; Sun, 13 Sep 2015 19:07:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <SNT404-EAS3867C37D9586BCC03EBC606DF5E0@phx.gbl> References: <SNT404-EAS3867C37D9586BCC03EBC606DF5E0@phx.gbl> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 22:07:21 -0400 Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Message-ID: <CAE6FiQ-E65oZk=DAvHBXEQeUd9huSPA0BNn4HvNTt=89mLhfSw@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Clintons go to church From: John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> To: Brent Budowsky <brentbbi@webtv.net> CC: Roy Spence <roy.spence@gsdm.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11401922926408051fab860a --001a11401922926408051fab860a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Give me a break. This is a church that they spent 8 years going to, which Chelsea grew up in, which rallied around them when they needed it, celebrating its bicentennial, and which they were asked to come to. What would be totally cynical and inauthentic would be avoiding it because people and pundits might think it's political. On Sunday, September 13, 2015, Brent Budowsky <brentbbi@webtv.net> wrote: > Gentlemen, when the Clintons suddenly emerge with a televised photo op at > church > when her poll numbers are down, and this is broadcast on television news > alongside > the latest that the Clinton emails may not have been wiped, it does not > make television > viewers regard HRC as a woman of faith at church, it makes her look like > an insincere > politician going to church when her poll numbers are down. And a new > television ad > about grandma will fare no better than the last television ad about mom. > > There is a complete misunderstanding by the campaign of the nature and > gravity > of her problems, and these things make her problem worse, at a time when > she is in > a very dangerous and precarious position of high and growing distrust. > > This is a very hard, and possibly impossible, campaign to help. The > solutions are > clear but the campaign has eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, > to use > a phrase the Clintons hopefully heard in church today, Brent > > > Sent from my iPad --001a11401922926408051fab860a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Give me a break. This is a church that they spent 8 years going to,=C2=A0wh= ich Chelsea grew up in, which rallied around them when they needed it,=C2= =A0celebrating its bicentennial, and=C2=A0which they were asked to come to.= =C2=A0What would be totally cynical and=C2=A0inauthentic would be avoiding = it because people and pundits=C2=A0might think it's political.<div><br>= On Sunday, September 13, 2015, Brent Budowsky <<a href=3D"mailto:brentbb= i@webtv.net">brentbbi@webtv.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmai= l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left= :1ex">Gentlemen, when the Clintons suddenly emerge with a televised photo o= p at church<br> when her poll numbers are down, and this is broadcast on television news al= ongside<br> the latest that the Clinton emails may not have been wiped, it does not mak= e television<br> viewers regard HRC as a woman of faith at church, it makes her look like an= insincere<br> politician going to church when her poll numbers are down.=C2=A0 And a new = television ad<br> about grandma will fare no better than the last television ad about mom.<br= > <br> There is a complete misunderstanding by the campaign of the nature and grav= ity<br> of her problems, and these things make her problem worse, at a time when sh= e is in<br> a very dangerous and precarious position of high and growing distrust.<br> <br> This is a very hard, and possibly impossible, campaign to help.=C2=A0 The s= olutions are<br> clear but the campaign has eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, = to use<br> a phrase the Clintons hopefully heard in church today,=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Brent<b= r> <br> <br> Sent from my iPad</blockquote></div> --001a11401922926408051fab860a--