Re: Today's Post story on HRC

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Thanks Catherine. Easy to fall into old habits. We'll reflect on this. On Sunday, August 16, 2015, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Jake and John: > > I'm sending this to you at the suggestion of my friend Lorraine Hariton. > By way of introduction, back in 1980 I helped Norman Lear create People For > the American Way -- even before Tony Podesta came into the picture. I > spent months traveling across the country with Norman meeting with so many > people to talk about the rise of something Norman was seeing -- the rise of > the Religious Right and its impact on our politics. You know the rest. > > Currently, I am one of the producers of a film adaptation of the award > wining children's classic, A Wrinkle in Time, that Jennifer Lee (FROZEN) is > scripting for Disney. I mention this, because this book has meant a great > deal to millions of young people over the past 50 years. Even Sheryl > Sandberg was quoted in the New York Times during an interview for her book, *Lean > In*, that A Wrinkle in Time was her favorite childhood book. > > Wrinkle was written in 1962 and received the Newberry Award for children's > literature in 1963, the year I first read it. As you will read in this > note, 1963 was quite a tumultuous year. The year before, in 1962, the > Cuban missile crisis threatened the world with the possibility of nuclear > war. Against a backdrop of uncertainty, death, and fear, *A Wrinkle in > Time,* came along at a time when young people needed a way to understand > the changing world around them. It wasn’t necessarily a conscious need, > more a longing or yearning for a way to comprehend the evil that existed, > and to feel comforted by a story that helped us see that it could be > overcome. I think the need for a vision of a loving and empathetic > universe is as needed today as it was 50 years ago. > > I'm writing a book about my 50 year journey to make Wrinkle into a movie > and have been doing research on the past 5 decades which moved me to write > this note to Lorraine this morning. > > > Lorraine- > > Just wanted to send along a few thoughts re today's Post story > on HRC. First, hope you are enjoying your time in NY. The emails and phone > calls about the campaign are very helpful. > > Something struck me in reading the Post piece that you may > want to consider. When Hillary speaks of the email issue or other issues, > her counter is "politics as usual." Those very words are what contribute to > the general feeling of her tone deafness. I have no idea what is said in > your discussions, but I assume lots of very smart, savvy people are > thinking about this problem everyday. Most people do not know what she > really means when she says "politics as usual' and it might help her if she > were more precise in her reply. What I mean by that is not to use words > that mean something to people who follow politics, but use words that mean > something to people who don't. And, “politics as usual’ is immediately > heard as “politics as usual in Clinton-world.” > > Take every single opportunity she has to explain in the > simplest way over and over again that she represents change to a more > conservative way of thinking and rather than talk about the need for > inclusivity in all things for all Americans, her opponents only want to > instill fear about her as a person and the change she represents. > > I've been doing a little research on the big historical events > over the past 50 years and it is a real awakening to take in how much > change this country has been dealing with ever since 1963. > > Hillary's candidacy is an accumulation of a 50-year shift in > attitudes and ever since the early 1970s a backlash to this change has > taken shape and strengthened. It's not a vast right wing conspiracy - it is > real fear of change. When she uses the words ‘politics as usual’ it only > helps to strengthen that backlash. > > She needs to be seen and heard as someone who can lead us to a > more empathetic world where we can learn to actually get along with those > who are different than us. > > Take a look at what happened in 1963: > > George Wallace became Governor of Alabama and proclaimed “segregation now, > segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. “ > > Betty Friedan’s *The Feminine Mystique* launched the reawakening of the > women’s movement in the United States as women’s organizations and > consciousness raising groups spread. > > 70,000 marchers arrived in London to demonstrate against nuclear weapons. > > Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his *Letter from Birmingham Jail*. > > The US Supreme Court ruled that state-mandated Bible reading in public > schools was unconstitutional. > > Pope Paul VI succeeded Pope John XXIII and continued the Vatican Council > II. Priests were now asked to celebrate Mass in the language of the > countries in which they lived, face the congregation, and not only to be > heard and seen but also to signal to worshippers that they were being > included because they were a vital component of the service. No longer was > prayer to be seen as a performance, but active participation. > > The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union signed a nuclear test > ban treaty. > > Martin Luther King, Jr delivered his *I Have A Dream* speech on the steps > of the Lincoln Memorial to an audience of 250,000 people participating in > the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedoms. > > South Vietnamese President Diem was assassinated following a military > coup. > > “ *I Want to Hold Your Hand*” and “ *I Saw Her Standing There”* were > released in the U.S., marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an > international level. > > President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. > > And the 1970s became fertile ground for even more divisiveness: > > As the protests against the Viet Nam war intensified, the backlash began > to take shape. When Richard Nixon won the presidency in 1968 he dismantled > programs put in place by President Johnson’s War on Poverty. The anti-war > protests increased in frequency and no longer only w ere students > protesting, but professors, scientists, and stay at home mothers. > > In response to protesters, hippies and the new drug culture, President > Nixon’s ‘silent majority,’ -- mostly white working and middle class voters, > were angry at what they saw as the destruction of a country they had known > and loved. > > The nation seemed to tear apart at the seams as America watched the live > coverage of the Watergate hearings. When President Nixon finally resigned > from office in 1974 the seeds of government mistrust were firmly rooted. > > The women’s rights movement took hold when Congress approved the Equal > Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Constitution in 1972. Twenty-two of the > necessary 38 states ratified with no difficulty, but the conservative > faction in the country saw it as a threat to the traditional role of wife > and mother and successfully fought back and defeated it. > > The 1980s were a difficult period for Democrats. I remember > helping to mount the Democratic convention in 1984 and standing on the > podium that last night looking at a sea of waving American flags, excited > that the first woman had been nominated for Vice President, inspired by > Mario Cuomo's speech about the "two cities on a hill" and all I could think > about was my dog. I didn't believe in any of it anymore. Reagan had done a > great job of making the word liberal sound like a dirty word. Few Democrats > had passion back then- we were so splintered and couldn't get along which > lead to the creation of Democratic Leadership Forum and the eventual rise > of Bill Clinton in 1992. > > Hillary is the embodiment of the changes that have been > bubbling up since 1963. She is a woman embracing the need to include > everyone at the table. But, she is falling into a trap that started in the > 80s -- demonizing her opponent. That happened back in the 80s to raise > funds. Direct mail campaigns for Dems, Republicans, and special interests > groups had to demonize their opponents to fan the flames of fear to > survive. > > What Bernie Sanders represents is someone who doesn't seem to > be caught in that demonizing cycle. There has to be a way for Hillary to > rise above it, too, with humor, compassion and empathy. She needs new > tactics, a new strategy and to breakaway fro m how she handled her > adversaries in the past. She most likely first developed her deep distrust > of conservative operatives in her formative years working as a lawyer > during the Watergate hearings. That mistrust of Nixon and his associates > left a lasting scar on so many of us. But, we need to move passed it. > > Stephen Hawking said something recently that might help ground > a new strategy: > > “The human failing I would most like to correct is > aggression. It may have had survival advantage in caveman days, to get > more food, territory or a partner with whom to reproduce, but now it > threatens to destroy us all. We need to replace aggression with empathy, > which “brings us together in a peaceful loving state.” > > Hillary needs to be President of the United States to act upon > Hawking’s insight and her ability to lead must start with a new kind of > campaign. > > Catherine >