Obama denies Assuring Canada on NAFTA

[babsbunny]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080303/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_nafta;_ylt=AsF60WxYLu60oEl.sRhofj.yFz4D

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
Mon Mar 3, 6:47 PM ET



SAN ANTONIO - Barack Obama said Monday that his campaign never gave Canada back-channel assurances that his harsh words about the North American Free Trade Agreement were for political show — despite the disclosure of a Canadian memo indicating otherwise.


According to the memo obtained by The Associated Press, Obama's senior economic adviser told Canadian officials in Chicago that the debate over free trade in the Democratic presidential primary campaign was "political positioning" and that Obama was not really protectionist.

The adviser, Austan Goolsbee, said his comments to those officials were misinterpreted by the author, Joseph DeMora, who works for the Canadian consulate in Chicago and attended the meeting.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Of course he did. Last week he denied that it ever happened.

[journalist3072]

2. Obama has a serious credibility problem. I don't trust a thing that comes out of his mouth. eom

[blocker]

3. Canada now defends Obama

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

Was it another Clinton hit job 24 hours before the elections?