Re: Call with HRC

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think Podesta has some concerns about referencing emails, even like this On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Margolis, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > That works too Joel. > I think her using it shows strength > Not worried about credit for Bernie > > Jim Margolis > Sent from my iPhone. > Please excuse typos. > > On Oct 24, 2015, at 10:59 AM, Joel Benenson <[email protected]> wrote: > > It’s a joke that would work and room would love it. However one caveat: > > > > I think it gives Bernie the credit for putting the email crap behind us > instead of her --- she crushed the debate and she crushed at the > committee.. And while crowd may love it question for comms team is whether > reporters would take it as proof that Bernie “saved” her campaign from the > email tempest. > > > > Maybe I’m being too literal here but that was my thought process. > > > > If others think I’m overthinking this, we can use it. > > > > > > Line could be ---- I don’t if you all saw it but the hearing went on > for 11 hours. Eleven hours. I was kind of expecting around hour # 8 > Bernie Sanders would burst in and shout --- “enough about your damn emails > Hillary!!” > > > > *From:* Margolis, Jim [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Saturday, October 24, 2015 11:52 AM > *To:* Robby Mook > *Cc:* Jennifer Palmieri; Joel Benenson; Matt Paul; Jake Sullivan; John > Podesta; Mandy Grunwald; Bonnie Rubin; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Call with HRC > > > > You all think wjc's joke is too much about her kinda wishing after hour 8 > that Bernie would come through the door with his damn email line ..,? > > I think it's funny and confident and the room would love it. > > Jim Margolis > > Sent from my iPhone. > > Please excuse typos. > > > On Oct 24, 2015, at 10:45 AM, Robby Mook <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is there some Apprentice joke to make? I never saw the show. I'm also > the worst person to generate jokes.... > > > On Oct 24, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Margolis, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > > All that said… we really could use a little humor in here… > > Thinking. > > > > *From: *Jennifer Palmieri <[email protected]> > *Date: *Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 11:40 AM > *To: *Joel Benenson <[email protected]> > *Cc: *Matt Paul <[email protected]>, Jake Sullivan < > [email protected]>, John Podesta <[email protected]>, > Mandy Grunwald <[email protected]>, Bonnie Rubin <[email protected]>, > Robby Mook <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]>, Huma Abedin <[email protected]>, > GMMB GMMB <[email protected]>, Milia Fisher < > [email protected]>, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]>, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]>, Marlon Marshall < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: Call with HRC > > > > I was kidding! > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 24, 2015, at 11:38 AM, Joel Benenson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not ninnies. > > > > We own the high ground right now. We should stay there. > > > > > > > > *From:* Jennifer Palmieri [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Saturday, October 24, 2015 11:38 AM > *To:* Matt Paul > *Cc:* Jake Sullivan; John Podesta; Mandy Grunwald; Bonnie Rubin; Robby > Mook; [email protected]; Joel Benenson; [email protected]; > Jim Margolis; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Call with HRC > > > > Wow. You people are a bunch of ninnies. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 24, 2015, at 11:37 AM, Matt Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > Agree-tempting. but she shouldn't go there tonight > > > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Jake Sullivan < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I love the joke too but I think HRC should stay above the committee - and > especially above personal insults about it. She's got every inch of the > high ground right now. > > > On Oct 24, 2015, at 11:30 AM, Jennifer Palmieri < > [email protected]> wrote: > > That's because you love your own joke. > > > > But I think it is okay. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 24, 2015, at 11:04 AM, John Podesta <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't think so. > > On Oct 24, 2015 10:54 AM, "Mandy Grunwald" <[email protected]> wrote: > > LOVE the Trey Gowdy line. > > > > Just wonder if that undercuts our statesmanship point too much. > > *Mandy Grunwald* > > *Grunwald Communications* > > *202 973-9400 <202%20973-9400>* > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Podesta <[email protected]> > To: Dan Schwerin <[email protected]> > Cc: Jim Margolis <[email protected]>; Mandy Grunwald <[email protected]>; > Robby Mook <[email protected]>; Jake Sullivan < > [email protected]>; Sawsan Bay <[email protected]>; > Jennifer Palmieri <[email protected]>; Bonnie Rubin < > [email protected]>; Marlon Marshall <[email protected]>; > Joel Benenson <[email protected]>; Milia Fisher < > [email protected]>; Matt Paul <[email protected]>; Kate > Offerdahl <[email protected]>; Huma Abedin < > [email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Oct 24, 2015 10:49 am > Subject: Re: Call with HRC > > I couldn't talk on the call, but I agree with Joel, let's not go back to > emails. > Re Jen's point on this being a partisan crowd salesmanship not > partisanship is a hard shot at the Republicans, so I think it's fine. > On freshening things up, what about: I used to be obsessed with Donald > Trump's hair, that was until I got to spend 11 hours staring at the top of > Trey Gowdy's head > > On Oct 24, 2015 9:38 AM, "Dan Schwerin" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Here's Obama in 2007: > > > Barack Obama, 2007 > > > > Thank you so much. To the great Governor of Iowa and Lieutenant. Governor > of Iowa. To my dear friend Tom Harkin > <http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/h000206/> for the > outstanding work that he does. To the congressional delegation of Iowa that > is doing outstanding work and to Nancy Pelosi > <http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/p000197/>, Madam > Speaker, thank you all for the wonderful welcome and the wonderful > hospitality. > > > > [Responding to audience] I love you back. > > > > A little less than one year from today, you will go into the voting booth > and you will select the President of the United States of America. Now, > here's the good news -- the name George W. Bush will not be on the ballot. > The name of my cousin Dick Cheney will not be on the ballot. We've been > trying to hide that for a long time. Everybody has a black sheep in the > family. The era of Scooter Libby justice, and Brownie incompetence, and > Karl Rove politics will finally be over. > > > > But the question you're going to have to ask yourself when you caucus in > January and you vote in November is, "What's next for America?" We are in a > defining moment in our history. Our nation is at war. The planet is in > peril. The dream that so many generations fought for feels as if it's > slowly slipping away. We are working harder for less. We've never paid more > for health care or for college. It's harder to save and it's harder to > retire. And most of all we've lost faith that our leaders can or will do > anything about it. > > > > We were promised compassionate conservatism and all we got was Katrina and > wiretaps. We were promised a uniter, and we got a President who could not > even lead the half of the country that voted for him. We were promised a > more ethical and more efficient government, and instead we have a town > called Washington that is more corrupt and more wasteful than it was > before. And the only mission that was ever accomplished is to use fear and > falsehood to take this country to a war that should have never been > authorized and should have never been waged. > > > > It is because of these failures that America is listening, intently, to > what we say here today -- not just Democrats, but Republicans and > Independents who've lost trust in their government, but want to believe > again. > > > > And it is because of these failures that we not only have a moment of > great challenge, but also a moment of great opportunity. We have a chance > to bring the country together in a new majority -- to finally tackle > problems that George Bush made far worse, but that had festered long before > George Bush ever took office -- problems that we've talked about year after > year after year after year. > > > > And that is why the same old Washington textbook campaigns just won't do > in this election. That's why not answering questions, because we are afraid > our answers won't be popular just won't do. That's why telling the American > people what we think they want to hear instead of telling the American > people what they need to hear just won't do. Triangulating and poll-driven > positions because we're worried about what Mitt or Rudy might say about us > just won't do. If we are really serious about wining this election > Democrats, we can't live in fear of losing it. > > This party -- the party of Jefferson and Jackson; of Roosevelt and Kennedy > -- has always made the biggest difference in the lives of the American > people when we led, not by polls, but by principle; not by calculation, but > by conviction; when we summoned the entire nation to a common purpose -- a > higher purpose. And I run for the Presidency of the United States of > America because that's the party America needs us to be right now. > > > > A party that offers not just a difference in policies, but a difference in > leadership. > > > > A party that doesn't just focus on how to win but why we should. A party > that doesn't just offer change as a slogan, but real, meaningful change -- > change that America can believe in. That's why I'm in this race. That's why > I am running for the Presidency of the United States of America -- to offer > change that we can believe in. > > > > I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of > setting the agenda in Washington are over. I have done more than any other > candidate in this race to take on lobbyists -- and won. They have not > funded my campaign, they will not get a job in my White House, and they > will not drown out the voices of the American people when I am President. > I'm in this race to take those tax breaks away from companies that are > moving jobs overseas and put them in the pockets of hard working Americans > who deserve it. And I won't raise the minimum wage every ten years -- I > will raise it to keep pace so that workers don't' fall behind. > > > > That is why I am in it. To protect the American worker. To fight for the > American worker. > > I'm in this race because I want to stop talking about the outrage of 47 > million Americans without health care and start actually doing something > about it. I expanded health care in Illinois by bringing Democrats and > Republicans together. By taking on the insurance industry. And that is how > I will make certain that every single American in this country has health > care they can count on and I won't do it twenty years from now, I won't do > it ten years from now, I will do it by the end of my first term as > President of the United States of America. > > > > I run for president to make sure that every American child has the best > education that we have to offer -- from the day they are born to the day > they graduate from college. And I won't just talk about how great teachers > are -- as President I will reward them for their greatness -- by raising > salaries and giving them more support. That's why I'm in this race. > > > > I am running for President because I am sick and tired of democrats > thinking that the only way to look tough on national security is by > talking, and acting, and voting like George Bush Republicans. > > > > When I am this party's nominee, my opponent will not be able to say that I > voted for the war in Iraq; or that I gave George Bush the benefit of the > doubt on Iran; or that I supported Bush-Cheney policies of not talking to > leaders that we don't like. And he will not be able to say that I wavered > on something as fundamental as whether or not it is ok for America to > torture -- because it is never ok. That's why I am in it. > > > > As President, I will end the war in Iraq. We will have our troops home in > sixteen months. I will close Guantanamo. I will restore habeas corpus. I > will finish the fight against Al Qaeda. And I will lead the world to combat > the common threats of the 21st century -- nuclear weapons and terrorism; > climate change and poverty; genocide and disease. And I will send once more > a message to those yearning faces beyond our shores that says, "You matter > to us. Your future is our future. And our moment is now." > > > > America, our moment is now. > > > > Our moment is now. > > > > I don't want to spend the next year or the next four years re-fighting the > same fights that we had in the 1990s. > > > > I don't want to pit Red America against Blue America, I want to be the > President of the United States of America. > > > > And if those Republicans come at me with the same fear-mongering and > swift-boating that they usually do, then I will take them head on. Because > I believe the American people are tired of fear and tired of distractions > and tired of diversions. We can make this election not about fear, but > about the future. And that won't just be a Democratic victory; that will be > an American victory. > > > > And that is a victory America needs right now. > > > > I am not in this race to fulfill some long-held ambitions or because I > believe it's somehow owed to me. I never expected to be here, I always knew > this journey was improbable. I've never been on a journey that wasn't. > > > > I am running in this race because of what Dr. King called "the fierce > urgency of now." Because I believe that there's such a thing as being too > late. And that hour is almost upon us. > > > > I don't want to wake up four years from now and find out that millions of > Americans still lack health care because we couldn't take on the insurance > industry. > > > > I don't want to see that the oceans have risen a few more inches. The > planet has reached a point of no return because we couldn't find a way to > stop buying oil from dictators. > > > > I don't want to see more American lives put at risk because no one had the > judgment or the courage to stand up against a misguided war before we sent > our troops into fight. > > > > I don't want to see homeless veterans on the streets. I don't want to send > another generation of American children to failing schools. I don't want > that future for my daughters. I don't want that future for your sons. I do > not want that future for America. > > > > I'm in this race for the same reason that I fought for jobs for the > jobless and hope for the hopeless on the streets of Chicago; for the same > reason I fought for justice and equality as a civil rights lawyer; for the > same reason that I fought for Illinois families for over a decade. > > > > Because I will never forget that the only reason that I'm standing here > today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky. > Stood up when it was hard. Stood up when it wasn't popular. And because > that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood > up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and > clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world. > > > > That's why I'm running, Iowa -- to give our children and grandchildren the > same chances somebody gave me. > > > > That's why I'm running, Democrats -- to keep the American Dream alive for > those who still hunger for opportunity, who still thirst for equality. > > > > That's why I'm asking you to stand with me, that's why I'm asking you to > caucus for me, that's why I am asking you to stop settling for what the > cynics say we have to accept. In this election -- in this moment -- let us > reach for what we know is possible. A nation healed. A world repaired. An > America that believes again. Thank you very much everybody. > > > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Dan Schwerin < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Here is latest draft > > > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Huma Abedin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > She just called about the JJ speech. Isn't entirely convinced it is > the right speech to deliver. I suggest we get on phone with her to > discuss. Our only window is 930 for 30 minutes. Hope that works. > > > > > > > > > > This email is intended only for the named addressee. It may contain > information that is confidential/private, legally privileged, or > copyright-protected, and you should handle it accordingly. If you are not > the intended recipient, you do not have legal rights to retain, copy, or > distribute this email or its contents, and should promptly delete the email > and all electronic copies in your system; do not retain copies in any > media. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender > promptly. Thank you. > >