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Edited on Mon Mar-03-08 06:08 PM by bjobotts
answering when asked about it. You took one little piece of info that didn't even address the issue. First Obama denied the incident happened, then when
the other party confirmed it, admitted to it but said no NAFTA discussion...but when other party involved confirmed it was discussed, finally admitted to it. Any you say Clinton lied...?
Clinton said:
" I think that after days of denial, the Obama campaign was confronted with a memo of a meeting - it was my understanding - in which there was a discussion of NAFTA. And it raises questions about Senator Obama coming to Ohio and giving speeches about NAFTA and having his chief economic advisor tell the Canadian government that it was just political rhetoric.
I don’t think people should come to Ohio and tell the people of Ohio one thing and then have your campaign tell a foreign government something else behind closed doors. That’s the kind of difference between talk and action and that I’ve been pointing out in this campaign. I think the questions should be directed at Senator Obama.
I don’t think people should come to Ohio and you both give speeches that are very critical of NAFTA and you send out misleading and false information about my positions regarding NAFTA and then we find out that your chief economic advisor has gone to a foreign government and basically done the old wink-wink, don’t pay any attention this is just political rhetoric."
From Big Tent Democrat’s post at TalkLeft:
… This is a memo about a meeting that the Obama camp said never occurred, and if it did occur, the Obama camp said NAFTA was not discussed. Now it appears, the Obama camp accepts the meeting DID occur and NAFTA WAS discussed, but not in the way portrayed in the meeting. Riiiight. Thank Gawd for the Obama Rules. Hope they hold if he is the nominee. Imagine what the coverage would be like if this was a Clinton economic advisor.
I ran across this statement by Machinists Union president Tom Buffenbarger over the weekend. He issued it before last night’s revelations. However, his remarks — and his anger — are vindicated.
Obama Telegraphs Pro-NAFTA Position
Thu Feb 28, 11:17 AM ET
To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Rick Sloan, IAMAW, +1-301-967-4520 (office), +1-202-297-2941 (cell)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is urging all union members to take a second look at Sen. Barack Obamas (D-IL) position on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), following news reports he assured Canadas ambassador to the U.S. that his opposition to NAFTA was just campaign rhetoric.
According to a report on CTV Television Network, a senior member of Sen. Barack Obamas (D-IL) campaign staff contacted Canadas ambassador to the U.S. earlier this month and warned him that the senator would be taking strong positions against the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), but that it was only campaign rhetoric and should not be taken seriously.
I am appalled but not surprised by this report, said IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger. Working families cannot trust a candidate who telegraphs his real position to a foreign government and then dissembles in a nationally televised debate.
The full CTV report is now posted on YouTube, and provides additional details, including a statement that an Obama campaign spokesperson confirmed that contact with the U.S. ambassador had been made during the past month.
NAFTA is an incendiary issue in Ohio, where tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs have been destroyed since NAFTA was signed into law. Voters in Ohio and Texas have been deluged with Obama campaign ads suggesting he would revisit the trade pact to negotiate new environment and labor standards.
Then IAM is among the nation’s largest trade unions, representing nearly 720,000 active and retired members in manufacturing, aerospace, shipbuilding, transportation and defense-related industries. For more information, visit www.goiam.org.
SOURCE International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
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