UPDATE: Canada strongly backs Obama on NAFTA issue "We Deeply Regret Inference....."

[truthpusher]

UPDATE 1-Canada defends Obama over NAFTA flap
03.03.08, 7:00 PM ET

OTTAWA(Reuters) - Canada defended Democratic front-runner Barack Obama Monday over accusations from rival Hillary Clinton that he is secretly at ease with a hemispheric trade accord which he publicly blames for losing U.S. jobs.

Clinton's criticism, on the eve of make-or-break presidential nomination contests for her in Ohio and Texas, stemmed from a report by Canadian television station CTV that an Obama economic adviser told Canadian officials the candidate was not seriously considering disrupting the trade accord.

But the Canadian Embassy in Washington released a statement essentially backing up the Obama camp's version of the meeting between adviser Austan Goolsbee and officials at the Canadian consulate in Chicago.

"There was no intention to convey, in any way, that Senator Obama and his campaign team were taking a different position in public from views expressed in private, including about NAFTA," the embassy statement said. "We deeply regret any inference that may have been drawn to that effect."

http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/reuters/2008/03/03/2008-03-04T000047Z_01_N03391783_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-OBAMA-UPDATE-1.html

[dkf]

1. How stupid are the Canadian Govt, that they think these

shenanigans will be helpful to their cause of keeping NAFTA exactly how it is now.

Now Obama as Prez will HAVE to do something just to prove this whole thing wrong.

They just shot themselves in the foot methinks.

[bklyncowgirl]

2. They know what they have in Clinton--taking down Obama helps them

At least that's what I think. Apparently though the ruling party is getting quite a bit of heat from this.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

3. That's an apology, not a denial (words have meanings)

[rosetta627]

4. Good observation Kurt_and_Hunter

Gotta read between the lines.
I'm trying to, but I'm not sure what to think of this situation...

[spooky3]

5. it's not even an apology

How you can "deeply regret" someone ELSE'S "inference?" You can apologize only for your own mistakes. It's like saying "I'm sorry if anyone was offended by what I said."

[KittyWampus]

6. words have meanings? Like "on to the next contest in Pennsylvania"?

[LeftCoast]

7. You got it

Not a singe denial in there.