Re: The best is yet to come....Our country's best days are ahead not behind - if we work together

From:john.podesta@gmail.com To: mariannesmith104@gmail.com Date: 2016-01-25 19:28 Subject: Re: The best is yet to come....Our country's best days are ahead not behind - if we work together

Thanks Marianne. Back to the announcement! Which is where we really do need to get back to. Will pass around. On Monday, January 25, 2016, Marianne <mariannesmith104@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi John! So happy to see the endorsements from Iowa, NH, Boston Globe. > > > > Rodney Slater used to always say, “The best is yet to come” when he > encouraged people to get involved and engaged in an initiative. > > > > I think it is a positive message and a simple one that could work for > Hillary and it’s a message from which many other messages can flow. > > > > Our best days are ahead, if we work together. > > > > Our best days are ahead if we harness the power of recent technology > developments to be put to the greater good. > > > > The world has been transformed by the explosion in technology development > and information set free over the internet in the last 20 – 25 years. > > > > This transformation has brought about great advances for deploying clean > energy, communicating with friends and relatives around the world, leap > frogging economic development and access to education to rural and > underdeveloped places around the world, improving our understanding of > health issues (who doesn’t go to a doctor having done their own research on > the internet about what might be ailing them), etc. > > > > But this information revolution has also had some very scary with some > unforeseen negative consequences and as a result - those who care about > the country, world, general public safety and quality of life are always > trying to stay one step ahead of the bad guys, the hackers, those that use > the new tools and platforms to spread messages of hate and fear, those who > want to sometimes destroy that which we value as Americans and peaceful > global citizens. > > > > The potential for a better tomorrow is real. We just have to work > together. We need the brilliant millennials who’ve grown up with an > instinct about the internet that the babyboomers never had to help make > this country what they want it to be and this world. > > > > We can’t turn back the clock. We need to make Obamacare better, it’s not > perfect. We need more clean energy and ways to deliver it. We can save > this planet if we work together. > > > > The best days are ahead – can be ahead – if everyone will join in and work > together. Hillary has a record of working together with those that don’t > agree with all her positions and philosophy – in the senate and around the > world. > > > > I think she needs to tell people – especially the young people who are > fearing doom and gloom and don’t want to take it or accept it anymore > (Bernie’s appeal)– that there is a better future on the horizon – they just > need to join in and help us get there. That college might not be free for > everyone but it will be affordable. That the climate issue is real but > together we can mitigate it and hopefully reverse it. That wealth and > opportunity to advance --is not only for just those in the club already. > > > > And the people in their 40s and 50s and even early 60s who feel they’ve > lost ground – can feel secure that Hillary has their, back, concerns and > needs in mind as much as she does the children and grandchildren. > > > > We can build better bridges, use cleaner energy sources, apply medical > help fasters, feed larger populations, provide access to education more > fairly, take care of the elderly and the children, better defend our > country and explore the oceans and universe – we can do it all if we work > together. I think that should be Hillary’s message. The best is yet to > come for America – join me in setting the country onto that course. > America is already greater than most places in the world, but our young > country’s best days are still ahead of us – not behind us. We are building > on the success of past generations – not tearing it down. > > > > Positive and encouraging. We can do this! We know how. Hillary knows > how but needs everyone to join in and work together. Hillary Will. Our > best days are ahead of us, not behind us. I know it’s not new – but it > taps into the American can-do spirit and well, it’s simple… I love when > President Clinton says to his New Hampshire crowds, “We can do this!” > Hillary can do this! Hillary will. Our best days are yet to come, if we > work together. >