Reply #55: The OP has this all wrong

[carlotta]

Canada is NOT saying that the NAFTA story is wrong--they're simply saying that they don't want to sway an American election.

The report was leaked to the U.S. media, prompting some Democrats to accuse Canada's right-leaning Conservative government of trying to interfere in the election -- a charge dismissed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

"I certainly deny any allegation that this government has attempted to interfere in the American election," he told Parliament.

"The American people will make the decision as to their next president and I am confident that whoever that person is ... (they) will continue the strong alliance, friendship and partnership that we enjoy with the United States."

The facts remain--Obama and his campaign lied about a meeting in which NAFTA was discussed. And despite Goolsbee's denial about specific words which were taken down in notes, it looks very, very bad.