Subject: Re: HRC @ Toner Prize
From: Cheryl Mills <[email-masked]>
To: Joel Benenson <[email-masked]>
Cc: Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>, Mandy Grunwald <[email-masked]>, John Anzalone <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Jim Margolis <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>, Huma Abedin <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 14:42:31 -0400

The best person in the world on onliners like this is jim kennedy dan - you
might want to reach out to him

On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Joel Benenson <[email-masked]> wrote:

>  I don't think the jokes are working - a little too close to the bone
> without a punchline that really works at taking the seriousness out of it.
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> Wonder if we could have think of a few funny "private" emails to reporters
> that she could read.... Obviously they would have to be both self-deprecating
> but could poke a little fun at them...
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> *From:* Dan Schwerin [mailto:[email-masked]]
> *Sent:* Friday, March 20, 2015 11:26 PM
> *To:* Mandy Grunwald; John Anzalone; Joel Benenson;
> [email-masked]; [email-masked];
> [email-masked]; Jim Margolis; [email-masked]; Nick
> Merrill; [email-masked]; Huma Abedin; [email-masked]
> *Subject:* HRC @ Toner Prize
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> All, here are draft remarks for the Toner Prize event on Monday evening.
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> We had talked about a few possible goals for this speech: 1) clear the air
> a bit with the press, possibly with self-deprecating humor; 2) explain the
> important role that serious, fact-based journalism plays in our democracy,
> as opposed to gotcha-style politics of personal destruction; 3) and play a
> little offense on health care given that Monday is the 5-year anniversary
> of the ACA.
>
> Of these sections, the first one is where I could really use your input.
> Do the jokes in here work?  Do you have suggestions for punching any of
> them up?  Robin's husband Peter likes the idea of HRC being funny up there,
> and she says she is open to it as well, but we'll have to see if she really
> goes for it.
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> Thanks
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> Dan
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