LATEST on NAFTAGate from Canada-**No briefing from Clinton campaign!

[rodeodance]

Here's the official story, folks!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PMO: Canadian officials only got briefing from Obama campaign - not Clinton

6 hours ago

OTTAWA — Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton never gave Canada any secret assurances about the future of NAFTA such as those allegedly offered by Barack Obama's campaign, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office said Friday.

With the NAFTA affair swirling over the U.S. election and Canadian officials skittish about saying anything else that might influence the race, it took the PMO two days to deliver the information.

After being asked whether Canadian officials asked for - or received - any briefings from a Clinton campaign representative outlining her plans on NAFTA, a spokeswoman for the prime minister offered a response Friday.

"The answer is no, they did not," said Harper spokeswoman Sandra Buckler. ...

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MORE at http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gNMJKvj5eQRQBNSeQj3bTyETSagQ



So what took them so long to issue this confirmation of what the Clintons have been saying?

[Cant trust em]

1. This whole thing is goofy beyond belief

Hey Canadian gov't. Stay out of our politics. You're making everyone look dumb.

[rodeodance]

4. just heard a clip--BO in WY --still dissing Hillary on this. Shame on him!

[LisaM]

27. Let's hope the smart people of Wyoming see through this

After all, they were the first state to give women the vote! I have faith in them.

[rodeodance]

32. ah yes. i recall that now. Yet. it was BO up there doing it again!!

[Justice Is Comin]

84. He who spits into the wind

gets a face full of spit.

[hueyshort]

104. Obama is Desperate enough to try anything

[bigtree]

103. Olberman too seems intent on letting his perpetuation of the lie stand

although I admit I haven't watched his programs all the way through like I used to. He could have corrected it, but he sure laid this on thick, as did other news organizations. I haven't heard a retraction as clear as the first lie.

[hueyshort]

105. Olbermann has Scorch Earthed his own Sorry Ass

I've kept the TV on through his crappy Oddball segments just to
up his ratings. I've made excuses for his narcissistic diatribes.

It will be a pleasure never to watch his self righteous puss again as
long as I live.

[JoFerret]

111. He does seem to have totally wigged out

Rather like some DU partisans.
We have two great candidates I will be proud to vote for either of them.
I hope Hillary wins.
Obama will be a great president.
The differences between them are minor and marginal - a fact that seems to make Obama folk go ballistic. Whatever.

[jlpohio69]

11. I don't find this goofy at all...

I find it distubing that Obama was not forth-coming about this issue, and then was caught in a lie about it.

[Cant trust em]

16. it's the back and forth that I find goofy

It's Obama's fault, now it's Clinton's fault, now it's back on Obama. just wake me when it's over.

[rodeodance]

108. yes, it was Obama who kept this story going.

[Name removed]

85. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[LisaM]

2. Self delete

Accidental dupe.

[LisaM]

3. Every night at 10:00, I turn on The National!

Of course, it's a glaring example of how Canadians get treated to an entire hour of real, thoughtful news while we get a steady diet of true crime and the latest celebrity sweepstakes, but aside from that, I've enjoyed their lively coverage of this issue. I don't think I could ever live where I couldn't get Canadian news.

[rodeodance]

10. I think foreign presses in general over the news better than here in the US

[Auntie Bush]

129. How do you tune into The National?

[theHandpuppet]

5. Thanks, Rodeo

Not that the truth means much around the Hotel Hysteria.

[rodeodance]

6. ha ha---pass this wide and far.

[SKKY]

7. WTF are they talking aboot now?

Neither did Obama. Where's the story?

[DURHAM D]

9. Reading is fundamental. eom

[rodeodance]

12. Obama is the one in poo-poo. NOT Hillary.

[JuniperLea]

Read it again... slowly...

Obama lied. Yes, Saint Obama LIED HIS ASS OFF!!! And continues to do so after the full story is out.

[rodeodance]

44. get a grip!!

[joeybee12]

98. Yes, he did! And he admitted that Goolsbee, his advisor did...

...nice of you to forget that.

[DURHAM D]

8. I would bet my car that KO won't take back his lies.

The lies that have totally juiced up Obama supporters.

I bet not a single Obama supporter will acknowledge the lie and stop using it. Or acknowledge the fact Obama is a hypocrite. It is such an inconvenient fact.

Thanks for posting.

[rodeodance]

14. lets see if he covers it all.

[OzarkDem]

101. Makes KO look really bad

He just couldn't resist the opportunity to bash a woman candidate.

[rodeodance]

118. I really did not expect him to be so biased. really I did not. sad.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

13. TPM: Canadian PM's Office: Hillary Camp Made No Backchannel Assurances on NAFTA

Canadian PM's Office: Hillary Camp Made No Backchannel Assurances on NAFTA

I'm starting to think that covering American politics is far easier than covering Canadian politics. But trying to cover the interplay between them both? A challenge of an entirely different magnitude.

This NAFTA story offers no easy answers, no obvious heroes, and a passel of possible villains pointing their fingers at each other.

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton never gave Canada any secret assurances about the future of NAFTA such as those allegedly offered by Barack Obama's campaign, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office said Friday.

With the NAFTA affair swirling over the U.S. election and Canadian officials skittish about saying anything else that might influence the race, it took the PMO two days to deliver the information.

After being asked whether Canadian officials asked for — or received — any briefings from a Clinton campaign representative outlining her plans on NAFTA, a spokeswoman for the prime minister offered a response Friday.

"The answer is no, they did not," said Harper spokeswoman Sandra Buckler.

That response will come as a relief to the Clinton campaign, which has angrily denied that it has engaged in the kind of double-talking hypocrisy of which it accuses Mr. Obama.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/182292.php

[rodeodance]

15. Good. glad to see it on the TPM blog

[MattP]

19. Trust in Harper?

That is what they said at first about the Obama campaign, and if damage was needed a memo would most likely leak.

[DURHAM D]

23. Wonder how Josh feels now?

His guy is an obvious hypocrite.

And then there is that little troop withdrawal deadline issue that points to further hypocrisy.

[OzarkDem]

102. The guys are looking foolish

So called liberal men are privately hysterical at the thought that a woman Dem could end up president.

Get over it fellas. She's the best qualified candidate we have and will do a good job. Yes, you will belong to a party whose leader is a woman. It won't make you any less of a man.

[MoonRiver]

17. Wow, thanks rodeodance!

:kick: & :thumbsup:

[tandot]

18. Thanks for posting, rodeodance.

:hi:

[rodeodance]

21. libbygurl --found it--so thanks to that poster:-)

[libbygurl]

57. Hey, Rodeo - thank you again for putting this up here. Wonder where all the...

...O people went?

[saracat]

20. I don't suppose we can expect an apology from BO OR his supporters?

[rodeodance]

24. Keith O??

[SammyWinstonJack]

53. Hell will freeze before that happens. Obama a liar and a slimy politician? Imagine that?

:evilgrin:

[rodeodance]

74. Imagine that!!--

[zabet]

22. Good catch Rodeo!!!

Where are all the
Obama drama llamas?

Anyone?


Bueller?

:rofl:

[MoonRiver]

28. Yeah, I don't see my usual parade of 90% ignores on this thread!

Musta struck a nerve! :rofl:

[rodeodance]

37. ha ha

[rodeodance]

41. oh--most obamafolk will have a phobia problem with this post! btw--it

was from libbygurl:-)

[zabet]

48. libbygurl rocks too!!

:headbang:

[rodeodance]

49. :-)

[libbygurl]

56. Aww, that's so kind of you, c_j! Right back atcha! And thanx to Rodeo for bravely posting this here!

:headbang:

:kick: :hi:

[tpsbmam]

25. I remind you that they made the same denials about Obama.....

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/canadian_embassy_report_on_oba.php


Canadian Embassy: Report On Obama And NAFTA Is False

Roy Norton, the minister of public affairs for the Canadian embassy, is flatly denying that any Obama campaign official spoke to the Canadian ambassador in recent days or told him that Obama's anti-NAFTA stump speech is merely "campaign rhetoric."

"No, none," Norton told me when I asked him if Michael Wilson, Canada's ambassador to the U.S., had spoken to any Obama advisers recently. He added: "Neither before the Ohio debate nor since has any presidential campaign called Ambassador Wilson about NAFTA."

Norton did allow, however, that the embassy on the staff level had discussed multiple issues, including NAFTA, with the Obama and Hillary campaigns at various times, and had urged them to look at NAFTA in a positive light.

[madmom]

30. So then who's pushing this story..? repugs?

[tpsbmam]

40. Well......

none of us know and as certain as people are, it's all speculation. But Harper is a Canadian neocon. Like Shrub, his political philosophy is based in Leo Strauss' work -- not good. (Yes, I know that Shrub doesn't read or understand Strauss, but he can be the puppet for followers of Strauss....the neocons). I certainly wouldn't put it beyond him to throw monkey wrenches into the American elections, one that favor McCain.

[madmom]

51. THANK YOU for saying this, this is about the 4th or 5th time I've mentioned

this in regard to this "story" and you are the one and only reply. Everyone else is to busy bashing each other, or playing right into the repug play book!

[rodeodance]

87. I do not doubt what you say at all. Yet. it was BO camp who got duped!! as

they kept changing the story.

[rodeodance]

36. its BO himself who has been wishy washy about this--and OHIO knew it!

[tpsbmam]

46. If you find BO "wishy-washy" on this, that's your

prerogative. You're avoiding directly addressing my post -- the Canadians said pretty much the same thing about both candidates, including the denials.

[libbygurl]

59. What about the damning diplomatic memo? No one's denied the existence of that yet.

nt

[rodeodance]

73. Clinton said false from the start--while BO beat around the bush.

[Yossariant]

26. Olbermann, the assclown, has some apologizin' to do, but I'd be shocked if he has the stones.

Whatta weasel.

[MoonRiver]

31. Probably won't. But let us know if he chokes it out.

:D

[rodeodance]

34. This came out this am---he has plenty of time to fit it into his show tonight!!

[MoonRiver]

38. Will be very interesting to see just how big of a BO shill he is.

Personally, I think he's on the payroll.

[JBoy]

29. The "Official story". From the lying neocon weasel Harper.

After fucking up, then screwing up, it took them a few more days to figure out the story they would go with.

[rodeodance]

33. its BO who can not his story straight.

[libbygurl]

60. Exactly. First, there was no meeting. Then there was-thanx to the memo. But memo was...

...'misinterpreted'.

But I thought there wasn't supposed to have been a meeting in the first place?!

[rodeodance]

81. what a hoot---you are spot on!---and thanks for doing the work to find this:-)

[Justice Is Comin]

89. Keep your periscope on the Rezko trial too.

I got a feeling there will be some immunity in the near future to expose the true obamamoff.

His staffer wasn't sent there because they were too crowded on the campaign bus.

[rodeodance]

95. yup.

[Little Star]

35. TYVM.

[emilyg]

39. TY

[ContinentalOp]

42. Then why did his Chief of Staff say there was?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080305.wharpleak0305/BNStory/National/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

And how did Harper's Chief of Staff's comments about the Clinton campaign get miraculously morphed into comments about the Obama campaign when it was first "reported" by CTV?

[JuniperLea]

43. Excellent catch, rodeodance!

It was stupid of BHO to keep this pot stirred, and even more stupid that someone in his camp hasn't clued him in that the jig is up!

[rodeodance]

83. BO sure did stir the pot--but OHIO voters were onto his decient

[Spazito]

45. This is merely the Prime Minister trying to protect his ...

Chief of Staff and nothing more. His office is under investigation for his Chief of Staff's actions and comments. The article in the link has this as well:

"Brodie does not deny downplaying the Democrats' anti-NAFTA rhetoric in a conversation with the television news station, but he says he cannot recall mentioning any specific presidential candidate."

"doesn't recall", we all know what those words mean if we remember Alberto Gonzales et al when asked for specifics on what they did and said.

I would not trust the word of Sandra Buckler as far as I could throw it, she is a political partisan. I have no doubt the opposition parties will not accept it either.

Sandra Buckler is the equivalent of Ari Flescher, etc, and should be found as credible as Bush's spokespersons have been.

Edited to add: This is Ms. Buckler at her best:

"In an e-mail to The Globe and Mail on Thursday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's communications director, Sandra Buckler, said the military did not tell the government about the suspension.

Ms. Buckler called Friday to say she “misspoke” but would not say whether the military had or had not informed the government.

snip

Ms. Buckler, when asked Friday whether the military had informed the government that the transfer of prisoners to Afghan jails had been suspended in November, would not comment.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080125.wharperafghan0125/BNStory/Afghanistan/home

[redqueen]

Yup.

Oh, the irony.

[Yossariant]

47. Thanks, rodeodancer. I'm spreading the word.

:yourock: :woohoo:

[rodeodance]

50. :-)

[backscatter712]

52. Who's the source here?

Oh, yeah, it's neocon wannabe Stephen Harper's staff.

Not to say I don't believe him, but I don't believe him.

[Nine]

54. kick!

not that I expect any apologies either...

[libbygurl]

55. Thank you so much for posting this, Rodeo! About time the TRUTH was told about this,

...after all the scurrilous insinuations in the media since yesterday!

So thos concerned - you can stop spreading the lies about this story now.

[Lucinda]

58. That would explain why no one could give me a name last night.

:D

[Catherine Vincent]

61. Put that on the homepage!

[rodeodance]

126. :-)

[Lucinda]

62. Little kick for you...

this was falling off the page for some reason. :P

[shaniqua6392]

63. Someone needs to tell this to Randi Rhodes also...

She rambled on and on about how she had absolute proof showing Clinton was guilty. She also praised Keith Olbermann on how he did this story last night telling the world that Clinton did give these secret assurances to Canada on NAFTA. I can not believe our only trusted progressive advocates such as Randi, KO, Stephanie Miller, Ed Schultz, etc. are so blinded by the glow of Obama. We should never love any politician that much. They act as if they trust this man with their lives and I think that is a horrible mistake. We should be a team of Democrats who will hold these politicians responsible for advancing progressive values. Instead I see people who are putting another human being on a very tall pedestal. They will be sorely disappointed when he falls off that pedestal that he does not deserve. Thanks for posting this rodeodance. I will be sure to pass along this information. Peace.

[libbygurl]

65. It's a very dangerous phenomenon, truly.

'We should never love any politician that much. They act as if they trust this man with their lives and I think that is a horrible mistake.'

So well put.

The disturbing cult of personality at work here. I am truly puzzled and aghast at how many of these so-called liberal media people have seemed to have lost all their critical faculties. Arrogance follows closely behind. The supporters are in for a major let-down when reality strikes them in one form or another.

What the hell is happening to a large segment of supposedly rational people in this country?

And now, there are reports of threats of violence voiced by supporters if O doesn't get the nomination (did that not happen in '68, too?). VIOLENCE? From the so-called 'candidate of HOPE and CHANGE'?

Meet the 'new politics' - same as the 'old politics'.

[CyberPieHole]

76. Randi Rhodes is usually too drunk to pay attention to anything other than the bottom of a glass...

She has been spewing nothing but lies about Hillary, no wonder she got her ass sued a couple of years ago.

[JoFerret]

110. If that's true

...then it's a great shame.

I have not appreciated her knee-jerk Hillary bashing but I have enjoyed her rants about the criminality and hypocrisy of the Bush/Cheney regime.

[jillan]

64. I think I will email KO this link.

[Lucinda]

68. LOL

[jillan]

66. 26 recs??? C'mon people - you can do better than that!

[Lucinda]

67. Let's keep this little gem kicked, shall we?

[rodeodance]

80. kicky

[Lucinda]

134. ...

[libbygurl]

69. Kickety-kick!

:kick:

[kerstin]

70. k & r. n/t

[robbedvoter]

71. "They both do it" - the bushie defense for Enron, Abramoff et al - applied here

I remember an AP article: Enron CEOs contacted Gore's campaign" - somewhere in the 5th paragraph came the info "they were sent away". Same with Abramoff ("same people who were ripped off by Abramoff supported dems - hende Dems are linked to Abramoff" - Wa Po. BO officially gets the bush treatment from HIS media.

[canadian_is_cold]

72. Ya that is what the PM's office says but....

After investigating the story, a television news station reported the next day that the Clinton and Obama campaigns had both offered Canada assurances that they would leave NAFTA untouched. Both camps issued denials.

But Obama's campaign was further torpedoed by the leak of the diplomatic memo. Goolsbee insists the Canadian memo mischaracterized his position.

Harper has called in an investigation unit to find out who leaked the document to the American media - a probe that will see government employees interviewed and their electronic records searched.

But the opposition says that's not good enough.

They want Brodie fired or suspended for his alleged indiscretions.

And they want the Mounties called in to determine whether any security-of-information laws were broken - just like they were called in when a junior staffer at Environment Canada allegedly leaked climate-change documents to the media last year.


They are still investigating it. We will see what the truth is when the investigation is complete. Until then... who knows.

[CyberPieHole]

75. K&R for exposing that lying POS known as Obama...that cretin will do ANYTHING to win...

:kick:

[akbacchus_BC]

78. Wow, you still in the gutter brigade! Your mean ness is unbelievable!

[akbacchus_BC]

88. Your girl is a class act and am sure you are proud of yourself and her, Keep beating the mean street

...Obama is gonna be the next President of the US. Deal with it!

[rodeodance]

94. Hillary does have class. Thank you.

[CyberPieHole]

77. Kickety kick...n/t

[fujiyama]

79. Why the fuck does anyone trust the Canadian Prime Minister's office?

Don't people know that Canada's current government is headed by a right winger, Harper?

Seriously people here are being tools. It's clear Bush and his foreign leader band of groupies like that other loser from Australia (thankfully that douchebag is out) have been trying to sink Obama's campaign. I personally think it's difficult for some of them to have to deal with a black man at such a high position. What a change that would be? A G-8 meeting with a black person doesn't sit completely well with them...Sure they've dealt with Condi and Powell but they knew Cheney was calling the shots anyways...

There's probably a lot more subtle racism from foreign leaders than you might imagine...

[akbacchus_BC]

82. How intelligent you are? Our Harper Government is totally aligned

with bush! Birds of a feather flock together. And we cannot even get rid of the clown as we have no viable opposition, which is Sad. Dion is useless.

[akbacchus_BC]

86. Yeah, we know that but we do not even have a viable second party, so, please do not beat up on us!

[fujiyama]

91. I don't know way too much about Canadian politics

which is a shame, because I live in MI! I should pay more attention to your politics, but I know that Stephen Harper is neo-connish, and that's enough for me not to trust him.

BTW, I would never beat up on Canadians. I love Canadians. I work with several and went to college with several as well. Damn stereotypes - Canadians are pretty damn friendly.

[qnr]

90. Thanks for posting

Couldn't be more clear.

[Justice Is Comin]

92. Lied about that just like he

lied about not running for president before he served his full term.

He must not know there's an internet, or archives, or video tapes. Or that the Lord Obamamoff would be questioned.

Why didn't Edwards rip into him instead of Hillary in the first debates? We wouldn't have to even be dealing with his shit. He would be history already.

[Hoof Hearted]

93. But of course his ZOMBIES continue to spam that meme wherever they go.

How disgraceful it is that some elected officials have been so gullible.

[Umbram]

137. "How disgraceful it is that some elected officials have been so gullible."

I agree.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkS9y5t0tR0

[Alamom]

96. The truth is out in every major news outlet this morning. The Clinton campaign was not involved.

Obama may need to change his story to the public as well as TV news. The voters know the truth now.


Clinton camp never briefed Ottawa, official says
Globe and Mail, Canada - 3 hours ago

OTTAWA -- The campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton never briefed Canadian officials on its position on NAFTA, unlike the team of ...

PMO: Canadian officials only got briefing from Obama campaign ... The Canadian Press

Clinton's Campaign Did Not Brief Canadians on Trade, CP Reports Bloomberg

Truth has been lost in the storm Toronto Star

Toronto Star - Globe and Mail
all 494 news articles »






http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080308.NAFTA08/TPStory/National

Clinton camp never briefed Ottawa, official says
CAMPBELL CLARK

With a report from The Canadian Press

March 8, 2008

OTTAWA -- The campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton never briefed Canadian officials on its position on NAFTA, unlike the team of rival Barack Obama, according to a spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Mr. Obama's campaign has been hurt by leaks that indicated that his senior economic adviser gave Canadian diplomats a back-channel reassurance that his call for renegotiating the North American free-trade agreement was more political positioning than a real policy plan.

But the revelation that the initial leak to reporters from Mr. Harper's top aide, Ian Brodie, was that Ms. Clinton's campaign reassured Canadian diplomats that it was not serious about revamping NAFTA has led to questions about whether both Democratic campaigns had privately reassured Ottawa.

Mr. Harper's communications director, Sandra Buckler, said yesterday that Ms. Clinton's campaign did not brief Canadians on its NAFTA stand. "The answer is no, they did not," she said.

edit to add link

[UALRBSofL]

100. K/R

[rucky]

97. So are the Canadians trying to influence our elections?

:shrug:

[OzarkDem]

99. Not surprising, its not her style

She's smart enough to know better than to do something as dumb as Obama's campaign.

Just one more reason why he's not ready to be president or anything close to it.

[lumpy]

114. Kick for the truth

v

[mculator]

106. K&R--another win for Clinton camp... is it going to stop?

[golddigger]

107. A big K&R...thanks rodeodance. And Obama still has the gall to lie

about.:kick:

[rodeodance]

109. For the Sat. am crowd.

[Justice Is Comin]

112. Hey

Lord obama, how's that NAFTA thing going?

[rodeodance]

113. Obama camp is in full damage control mode over this.

[Lucinda]

116. Yup.

[tamzins]

115. Canadian Government is pro Hillary NAFTA

so they would want to smear Obama just in time for him to lose Ohio. This needs to be investigated by an impartial authority, not anybody associated with the Canadian goverment. My belief is that it was the Clinton campaign who told Canada not to worry about the anti-Nafta policy that she was espousing just to win Ohio, because it sounds just like Hillary's modus operandi - changing her policy to suit what could give her a win. She was always pro-NAFTA. Wouldn't be surprised if that is one of the things she worked on with Bill, that includes her 35 year experience record that she's always bragging about. Then they snared Obama's advisor to make it look as if he were the one who did it. Typical Hillary dirty tricks politics.

[NM Independent]

117. The day before TX, OH, VT, and RI

The Canadian embassy issued a retraction clearing Obama, and it showed up almost nowhere in the media. CNN (Wolf) briefly mentioned, but not enough to make it clear. The only place I saw it, in full, was on KO. Though I can't find it now, I saw that memo and BO has nothing to be concerned about there. Of course that didn't show up anywhere in the MSM anyway, and it cost BO Ohio.

In the original report, it was Obama AND CLINTON. That the MSM and CTV went after Obama on this speaks volumes to me.

The reason he didn't deny it outright from the beginning. He didn't want to be a liar about it. What's so bad about that?

You keep saying BO should apologize for calling Hillary out on attacking him for something that it turned out to be she was guilty of. How about Hillary IMMEDIATELY attacking Obama about it as soon as the news broke - she hasn't apologized for THAT. The only person saying she isn't guilty, is a fucking NEOCON TOOL, and you idiots are just eating it up. That asshole is doing nothing but trying to cover his own ass because of the investigation. But, hey, as long as it makes Hillary look good you'll buy a fucking NEOCON's word over our nominee (do the math, or did you fail math?).

Tools, all of you. Just keep buying anything that makes her look like anything but what she is. Even if it's from a NEOCON TOOL.

[rodeodance]

119. too bad he weaseled around the bush about it and lost the trust of OHIO voters

[NM Independent]

122. Avoiding getting caught in a lie...being careful...

...is weaseling?

How should this affect trust? He watches his words, so he won't be lying. Yet he is a weasel?

Go take a logic class, please.

[rodeodance]

123. yup--he weaseled and weaseled. now he is in damage control mode.

[BlackVelvet04]

120. K&R

[zabet]

121. Kick

Error: You've already recommended this thread. }(

[libbygurl]

124. K! nt

[TacticalPeek]

125. K&R

:kick:

[OzarkDem]

127. No apologies from Obama supporters yet?

or are they all suspecting another tinfoil hat theory.

:tinfoilhat:

[OzarkDem]

128. kick

[ElsewheresDaughter]

130. Clinton peeps already knew the TRUTH...it was Obama who gave the NAFTA SHAFTA to the American voters

[Jillian]

131. Nafta Shafta - good one!

[CyberPieHole]

132. Kickety kick for Barack Obama, Starring in NAFTA SHAFTA...

"I'm talking 'bout NAFTA"

We can dig it!

[CyberPieHole]

133. Kickety kick...n/t

[ProgressiveEconomist]

135. "BRIEFING" from the Clinton camp, no. Wink-wink NAFTA "ASSURANCES" from HRC, YES

Your own link in the OP (has anyone else actually read it) does not support the gravamen of your argument. Your OP appears to entail "Clintonian parsing" and false advertising.

I challenge you to persuade me otherwise.

From the link in the OP (at http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gNMJKvj5eQRQBNSeQj3bTyETSagQ -- read down):

"The revelations about Brodie's conversation with the television news station have left a key unanswered question that holds some implications for the U.S. election.

Sources who overheard that conversation say he specifically mentioned that Canadian diplomats did get ASSURANCES from the Clinton camp - and he never raised Obama's name."

[JimGinPA]

138. They've Trotted This Same Lying Thread Out 4 Days Now - Been Debunked

[Skip Intro]

136. K&R!