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Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Received: by 10.25.125.197 with SMTP id y188csp413402lfc; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 06:52:35 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.60.173.42 with SMTP id bh10mr4603765oec.58.1446735155440; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 06:52:35 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <brentbbi@webtv.net> Received: from SNT004-OMC2S15.hotmail.com (snt004-omc2s15.hotmail.com. [65.55.90.90]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id jk2si3557266oeb.45.2015.11.05.06.52.35 for <john.podesta@gmail.com> (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 05 Nov 2015 06:52:35 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of brentbbi@webtv.net designates 65.55.90.90 as permitted sender) client-ip=65.55.90.90; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of brentbbi@webtv.net designates 65.55.90.90 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=brentbbi@webtv.net Received: from SNT404-EAS331 ([65.55.90.72]) by SNT004-OMC2S15.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Thu, 5 Nov 2015 06:52:35 -0800 X-TMN: [94d/cE2+MJpBep1UcZTo+5aZ4HQ3gXkc] X-Originating-Email: [brentbbi@webtv.net] Message-ID: <SNT404-EAS33157BF902A79310A543282DF290@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 and Bernie Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 09:52:29 -0500 To: john.podesta@gmail.com, roy.spence@gsdm.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Nov 2015 14:52:35.0152 (UTC) FILETIME=[9B502D00:01D117D9] John and Roy, the way HRC is addressing Bernie is a big, big mistake. Berni= e has no chance of being nominated. She will need goodwill from him and mos= t important his supporters, without any turnout drop off in the general. She should not be calling him sexist. EMILY's list should not be calling him a sexist on her behalf. It is simply not true, and not necessary. The gun issue is fine but some of her recent rhetoric leads some Bernie people to be= lieve---fairly or not but understandably after the sexism charge---that she= is employing language that is being interpreted by some as playing the race= issue to win black votes. The question is not whether she intends to; the i= ssue that some perceive it this way The issue is not who is right in the eyes of God on the gun issue, though the sexist charge I think is absurdly untrue. I am one of the HRC supporter= s who has spent a lot of time building goodwill with the Bernie supporters, an= d when the time is right I will do my best to get them fully on board with HRC= . I hear from them often and in the last 2 weeks they are becoming increasingl= y offended by HRC's tactics whether intended or not..... Bernie poses zero threat to her nomination. He has no chance of being nominated. His instinct would be to be very helpful after the convention. I do not even believe he wants to be nominated, if he did would not keep calling himself, absurdly, a socialist. She can disagree with him on issues in effective ways without doing so in ways that are offensive to his supporters, and on the matter of charging him with sexism, offensive to me because it simply is not true. Especially with her high trust challenges, and with the probability of a close election= , we can't lose many of Bernie's supporters on election day turnout, and my strong advice would be to avoid antagonistic or inflammatory rhetoric toward= s him which is not necessary for her to be nominated, and will backfire agains= t her prospects to be elected.....Brent Sent from my iPad=