Subject: John, Re: Peter Schweizer
From: Brent Budowsky <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:28:38 -0400

I sent the following note about the real Peter Schweizer agenda to a prominent Republican who
is very close to Jeb Bush who knows I strongly support Hillary but with whom I have a good
personal relationship......here is what is really happening:

My thought for the day:  I've been looking into this Peter Schweizer book and his institute. Here is my take.  Set aside the merits of the issues in Clinton Cash and his upcoming Jeb Bush book.  I think he is the equivalent of an operative running a private nonprofit oppo research operation funded by conservative sources who oppose both Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush. 

For this reason, media is wrong when they say that Schweizer  doing a Bush book demonstrates nonpartisanship, they miss the point.  What I believe he is doing is running a private oppo research operation supporting a candidate or candidates other than either Bush or Clinton.....financed by sources who oppose both Bush and Clinton.

Quite an ingenious operation, especially since he is building what are essentially a form of
ex parte relationships with the New York Times and Washington Post which become, 
regardless of the merits of the issues he raises, public relations departments of his private
oppo research operation.....

best, Brent

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