Re: [Dems2008] caught on camera

Factcheck.org's take on the events: http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/the_facts_about_nafta-gate.html

Clinton's spokesman says a newly surfacedmemo proves that Obama's campaign issued false denials about sending aprivate message to Canadian officials to disregard his criticisms of NAFTA. The Obama camp says it's all a misunderstanding, and the Canadian embassy in Washington says it regrets the whole thing.

Is this "NAFTA-gate" as the Clinton campaign would like Ohio voters to believe when they vote in the March 4 primary? Or is it, as the Obama camp describes it, just a botched description by a low-level official in Canada's Chicago office of a meeting with a senior Obama adviser?

It's now clear that a Canadian news report that started this flapwasn't accurate. No evidence has surfaced to show that any Obama"staffer" telephoned the Canadian ambassador in Washington, and all concerned deny that any such conversation took place. But it is equally clear that Obama's senior economic adviser did visit Canada's consulate in Chicago on Feb. 8, and that NAFTA was one of the several topics discussed.

Exactly what was said is not so clear, however. The memo says Obama'santi-NAFTA stance was described as just "political maneuvering," butthe adviser says he said no such thing. The campaign says the adviserwasn't authorized to convey any message from the candidate anyway. Noaudio recording or verbatim transcript of the disputed conversation isavailable, and there's no reason to expect that any exist. So the bestwe can do is to provide readers with the essential details as they haveunfolded over the past several days, with links to original sourceswhen available. On this one, you'll have to be the judge.

Slainte,
Rob Harrington

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Subject: [Dems2008] caught on camera

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