{"id":53028,"date":"2016-10-21T11:20:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T15:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=53028"},"modified":"2016-10-21T11:20:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T15:20:56","slug":"his-proposal-sucks-sanders-savaged-by-podesta-in-wikileaks-latest-clinton-mails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=53028","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;His proposal sucks&#8217;: Sanders savaged by Podesta in WikiLeaks&#8217; latest Clinton mails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53030\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/5809c958c3618867638b45a6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53030\" class=\"wp-image-53030\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/5809c958c3618867638b45a6.jpg\" alt=\"The latest batch is the 14th release by WikiLeaks of Podesta's mails. \u00a9 Alex Wong \/ AFP\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/5809c958c3618867638b45a6.jpg 900w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/5809c958c3618867638b45a6-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/5809c958c3618867638b45a6-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The latest batch is the 14th release by WikiLeaks of Podesta&#8217;s mails. \u00a9 Alex Wong \/ AFP<\/p><\/div>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<p>WikiLeaks has released a new batch of emails from Hillary Clinton\u2019s campaign chair John Podesta. The latest tranche comprises of around 1,577 mails, bringing the total released so far to 25,000.<\/p>\n<p>WikiLeaks has said it will release around 50,000 mails in total in the lead up to the presidential election on November 8.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-error\" data-lang=\"en\" data-twitter-extracted-i147706297957067247=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RELEASE: The Podesta Emails Part 14<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/5SMuhJtDo9\">http:\/\/t.co\/5SMuhJtDo9<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/imWithHer?src=hash\">#imWithHer<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PodestaEmails?src=hash\">#PodestaEmails<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PodestaEmails14?src=hash\">#PodestaEmails14<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/hCUGbnpKBn\">pic.twitter.com\/hCUGbnpKBn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\/status\/789478969158557697\">October 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The leak comes just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/363564-obama-emails-podesta-revealed\/\">a day after<\/a>\u00a0WikiLeaks revealed the first batch of emails involving an account Barack Obama was possibly using before winning the election in November 2008.<\/p>\n<h4>F**k these a**holes<\/h4>\n<p>When the New York Times ran an article about Clinton\u2019s email server in July 2015, the campaign were not happy.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign sent a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryclinton.com\/briefing\/updates\/2015\/07\/30\/letter-to-nyt\/\">letter<\/a> to the Times executive editor voicing their <em>\u201cconcerns\u201d<\/em> about the <em>\u201cinaccurate\u201d<\/em> article, which detailed federal inspectors\u2019 request for a criminal inquiry into Clinton\u2019s use of a private email server. The use of the word<em>\u201ccriminal\u201d<\/em> was their biggest issue. The Times later removed the word, after making other corrections to the piece.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s great,\u201d<\/em> Tanden <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/podesta-emails\/emailid\/24057\">said<\/a> on July 30, <em>\u201cF**k these a**holes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLove it!\u201d<\/em> Palmieri responded.<em> \u201cThanks, Neera.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tanden then adds that although<em>\u00a0it <\/em><em>&#8220;is probably very unhealthy,&#8221;<\/em><em> she&#8217;s <\/em><em>&#8220;going to war on this on twitter.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In another <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/podesta-emails\/emailid\/22829\">email<\/a> chain, which discusses the letter, between the Clinton campaign\u2019s Director of Communications Jennifer Palmieri and press secretary Brian Fallon, the latter cites his primary worry.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMy only concern is stating the article inflicted damage on our campaign. Certainly true but I worry that if we leak the letter, it could be misinterpreted as us admitting the email controversy in general is hurting us,\u201d<\/em> he says.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Best of the worst: Here are the most shocking WikiLeaks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Podesta?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Podesta<\/a> emails so far <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8k0EtJ3TVv\">https:\/\/t.co\/8k0EtJ3TVv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RT America (@RT_America) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_America\/status\/789396963200339969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><\/div>\n<h4>Bernie&#8217;s proposal &#8220;sucks&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>A January 2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/podesta-emails\/emailid\/23991\">email <\/a>from Podesta discusses Bernie Sanders\u2019 healthcare plan. <em>\u201cHis actual proposal sucks, but we live in a leftie alternative universe,\u201d<\/em> Podesta writes in an email to Judd Legum, editor at ThinkProgress.<\/p>\n<h4>Ruthless Podesta<\/h4>\n<p>Podesta is shown to take leaks seriously, threatening to fire a member of Clinton\u2019s staff as an example to others, even if their hands are clean.<\/p>\n<p>Following the discovery that a CNN source had insider knowledge of Clinton lining up an interview with NBC journalist Andrea Mitchell, Podesta says in a <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/podesta-emails\/emailid\/24675\">mail<\/a> from March 2015, <em>\u201cI am happy to fire someone for leaking whether they did or they didn&#8217;t just to make the point.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>George Soros<\/h4>\n<p>Phone numbers for contacting controversial tycoon\u00a0George Soros are apparently revealed. In an email from Sara Latham to Podesta three numbers are listed, described as <em>\u201ccell\u201d<\/em>,<em> \u201chome M-Friday\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201chome weekends\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4>Jeb the jerk<\/h4>\n<p>Jeb Bush is described as a <em>\u201cjerk\u201d<\/em> by Robby Mook, campaign manager for Clinton, in a <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/podesta-emails\/emailid\/23709\">mail<\/a> to Podesta which discusses Clinton\u2019s speech at a fundraiser in Colorado. The mail, dated August 4, 2015, is titled \u2018Hitting Jeb tonight\u2019.<\/p>\n<h4>VP criteria<\/h4>\n<p>Clinton\u2019s camp reveal their criteria for becoming a VP candidate in a <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/podesta-emails\/emailid\/24235\">mail<\/a> where Paul Harstad from Democracy Alliance suggests to Podesta that Lt Governor of California Gary Newsom be selected for the role.<\/p>\n<p>Harstad\u2019s reasoning is that Newsom is <em>\u201ctall, very good looking, looks clean cut, and has a young attractive family.\u201d<\/em> His family&#8217;s financial struggles and working class background make him an ideal candidate, according to the mail.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cImportantly, I think he is young enough, attractive enough and progressive enough to attract Millennials and Bernie Sanders supporters,\u201d<\/em> he adds.<\/p>\n<h4>$<\/h4>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/podesta-emails\/emailid\/24121\">email<\/a>\u00a0from Podesta titled \u2018$\u2019 in the late stages of Obama\u2019s bid for the presidency in 2008 reveals that Louis Sussman donated $50,000 to his campaign. Sussman would go on to be confirmed in the Senate in July of the following year, days after he was announced as the new US ambassador to Britain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PayforPlay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PayforPlay<\/a>? Clintons\u2019 financially fueled favors revealed in latest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PodestaEmails?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PodestaEmails<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r6Kq5kLqek\">https:\/\/t.co\/r6Kq5kLqek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RT (@RT_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/789169299143340032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Bill&#8217;s AIDS comments<\/h4>\n<p>Bill Clinton is criticized for a speech he made in December 2011 in which he said that the price of AIDS drugs should be lowered in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Sent by Ira Magaziner, then-CEO of consultancy firm SJS advisors and CEO and vice chairman of the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), the <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/podesta-emails\/emailid\/24440\">mail<\/a> says the comments could <em>\u201cseriously jeopardize our negotiations to continually lower prices in poor countries.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Magaziner claims that CHAI are in the process of sending Clinton recommendations on how to proceed with the fight against AIDS, but that his comments preempted their counsel on a complicated matter.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe have always told the drug companies that we would not pressure them and create a slippery slope where prices they negotiate with us for poor countries would inevitably lead to similar prices in rich countries\u201d<\/em> Magaziner says.<\/p>\n<p>Amitabh Desai, director of foreign policy at the Clinton Foundation, says he will pass the concern onto Clinton.<\/p>\n<h4>Hugs for McCain<\/h4>\n<p>Obama\u2019s 2008 campaign is revealed to be planning a prank on his Republican opponent John McCain. In a <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/podesta-emails\/emailid\/25016\">mail<\/a> from March 2008 from consultant Paul Begala he suggests to Podesta\u2019s team that they deploy a <em>\u201cguy in a Bush mask\u201d<\/em> to every John McCain event carrying a sign reading <em>\u201cJohn, Give Me a Hug!&#8221;,<\/em> or he could shout <em>&#8220;Hey, John, give me a hug!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe cost is minimal \u2013 how much does a rubber Bush mask cost? \u00a0All we&#8217;d need is a volunteer who would be willing to wear a blue suit, blue shirt, red tie \u2013 and a Bush mask,\u201d<\/em> Begala says, with ambition to eventually increase the prank to<em> \u201ca chorus of Bushes begging for hugs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Susan McCue, then-CEO of ONE, an advocacy campaign to reduce extreme global poverty, suggests that college Democrats would be willing to do the job.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/363638-podestaemails-wikileaks-release-clinton\/\">http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/363638-podestaemails-wikileaks-release-clinton\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}