Re: John, here's my advice

From:john.podesta@gmail.com To: brentbbi@webtv.net Date: 2015-08-26 11:04 Subject: Re: John, here's my advice

Thanks. You might want to share this with Roy who can be influential on her thinking on this. On Wednesday, August 26, 2015, Brent Budowsky <brentbbi@webtv.net> wrote: > While I have been warning for some time about the dangers facing the > Clinton > campaign, aggressively in privately, tactfully in columns, during this > latest stage > I have been publicly defending her with no-holds barred, and here is my > advice > based on the reaction I have been receiving and the dangers I see coming to > fruition. > > I would recommend you assemble a short reading list of everything > surrounding > President Kennedy's full acceptance of responsibility after the Bay of > Pigs, > beginning with the substance and tone of his unequivocal taking of > responsibility > and ending with his huge rise in the polls, to nearly 90% favorable > ratings, after > he did this. > > And then I would suggest she plan the equivalent and take full, absolute > and > unequivocal responsibility for making a mistake with the private emails > and give an > honest, direct, explanation of the reasons I believe she used those > private emails. > > And this should not be done in a news conference with shouting reporters > in a > perp walk atmosphere, but in an indoor speech to her most loyal supporters > in a dignified setting or in a thoughtful taped interview with a respected > women's > advocate that would be shown as an introduction to a speech she would make > to a women-heavy group such as a meeting of Planned Parenthood or a less > controversial women's organization. > > There is nothing wrong, and much right, with her saying that in her life > experience > she has seen the most hostile attacks and partisan investigations of her > husband, > the most successful and fondly remembered living former president, which > included > partisan attacks against her up to the level of her being accused of > murder. All at > an era when American politics has reached a new low that justifiably > creates outrage > from large segments of the public. > > She could say that she correctly anticipated that these attacks against > her would > continue and escalate if she ever ran for the presidency, witness the > shameful > abuse of congressional power with multiple GOP congressional committees > conducting four years of witch hunts to try to exploit the death of brave > Americans at Benghazi. > > She could say she was right anticipating this, but wrong in overreacting > by trying > to shield her private emails, and she takes full responsibility for this, > and apologizes > to her supporters and everyone else, and now she has turned over all > information, > it will ultimately be seen that there no egregious wrongs committed. Now > she vows to fight on for the people she cares about and the causes the > believes > in and for an America that deserves better than a Republican party whose > frontrunner > repeatedly insults women, defames Hispanics, intimidates other > Republicans, and > America deserves better than a politics that brings perpetual campaigns of > personal destruction funded by the most wealthy special interests taking > advantage > of some of the worst Supreme Court decisions since slavery that would give > the wealthiest the power to buy elections while undermining the right of > citizens to vote in them. > > She needs to stop talking like a lawyer parsing legalistic words and a > potential > defendant expecting a future indictment, which is how she often looks and > sounds > to many voters today. Instead, she should take full responsibility for a > mistake > with no equivocation, and segue into the role of a populist prosecutor > against a > corrupted politics that Americans already detest.....and make a direct > attack against > the Donald Trump politics of daily insults and defamations and intolerance > against > whichever individuals and groups he tries to bully on a given day, and > while defending > some Republican candidates against his attacks, she should deplore their > being > intimidated by his insults and offering pastel versions of the intolerance > he peddles. > > In other words, she should stop acting like a front-runner who cautiously > tries to exploit the rules of a rigged game to her advantage, and start > acting like a fighting > underdog who will fight on behalf of Americans who want a higher standard > of living > for themselves, a higher standard of politics for the nation, and a higher > level of > economic opportunity and social justice for everyone. > > Like JFK after the Bay of Pigs, the more responsibility she takes now the > more she > will succeed going forward. > > > > Sent from my iPad