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Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Received: by 10.25.24.94 with SMTP id o91csp950199lfi; Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:04:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.202.186.214 with SMTP id k205mr7067756oif.10.1430082253361; Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:04:13 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <brentbbi@webtv.net> Received: from SNT004-OMC2S39.hotmail.com (snt004-omc2s39.hotmail.com. [65.54.61.90]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id dh3si12599727oeb.1.2015.04.26.14.04.12 for <john.podesta@gmail.com> (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:04:13 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of brentbbi@webtv.net designates 65.54.61.90 as permitted sender) client-ip=65.54.61.90; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of brentbbi@webtv.net designates 65.54.61.90 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=brentbbi@webtv.net Received: from SNT404-EAS143 ([65.55.90.71]) by SNT004-OMC2S39.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.22751); Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:04:12 -0700 X-TMN: [ugiz6GwgbmkPeyn7lMomQqIdNuDVNi/d] X-Originating-Email: [brentbbi@webtv.net] Message-ID: <SNT404-EAS14316D2B9D7C2408849797BDFEA0@phx.gbl> Return-Path: brentbbi@webtv.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Brent Budowsky <brentbbi@webtv.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: HRC Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 17:04:11 -0400 To: John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Apr 2015 21:04:12.0439 (UTC) FILETIME=[8BCE6A70:01D08064] John, I would (strongly) suggest HRC be far more forceful offering a reform a= genda ASAP, including saying that before any fast track trade legislation is passed majo= r information should be declassified and the public should be informed, as lobbyists are n= ow. Not take a position on the agreement itself but definitely take a position on disclos= ure before fast track. I have been vigorously criticizing the Shweizer book, but I absolutely belie= ve the Clintons have a money problem, and they are not fully aware of the danger of this. T= he problem is not that she is "caught" doing anything unethical or illegal, but that a) Re= publican Congressional hearings will widen and a long term perjury trap and endless cycles of news s= tories, and b) at some point the public may not want to spend the next 18 months and the= n 4 years talking about Clinton issues and may simply want to move on. The net net of everything HRC has done since leaving the State Department is= that her trust numbers have fallen dramatically. Frankly it is inexcusable that all foreig= n donations were stopped months ago and that some continue today. Except for her Citizens Un= ited position that I publicly and loudly applauded, she has said virtually nothing of cons= equence and inspiration for two years which has created a gigantic news void that has be= en filled by stories about her tactics, her money, her consultants and her m= aneuvers and on current course I see =20 nothing that will change that. She needs to be bold, pro-active and reformist and make hard decisions on ma= tters such as ending ALL foreign donations to the foundation NOW, forcefully and clearly o= ffering reformist ideas, and not play a four corner offense stalling and avoiding bold positio= ns thinking her position is safe----which I believe it is not. My worst concern is that I do not believe the Clintons are in sync with the p= ublic mood on why her trust numbers have fallen so dramatically. The views I express here represent the overwhelming majority of private view= s of Democrats I know but I am not convinced they have expressed this to her, as directly a= s I am expressing this here...... Sent from my iPad=