Subject: HRC and Bernie
From: Brent Budowsky <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 09:52:29 -0500

John and Roy, the way HRC is addressing Bernie is a big, big mistake.  Bernie has no chance of being nominated.  She will need goodwill from him and most
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 believe---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 issue
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 supporters
who has spent a lot of time building goodwill with the Bernie supporters, and
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 increasingly
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 towards
him which is not necessary for her to be nominated, and will backfire against
her prospects to be elected.....Brent

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