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Is Obama lying about NAFTAgate?
Byron York, National Review. . . With the evidence we have so far, Obama appears to be in a difficult position. At first, his campaign denied that there was any contact with the Canadian government. Then, when it was forced to concede that there had been contact, it insisted that it had nothing to do with softening Obamas position on NAFTA. And then, when the newly-released memo suggested that it had been about just that, Team Obama simply stuck with its story. After talking with people knowledgeable about these events, its possible to come to a few early conclusions. One, there was a meeting. Two, the DeMora memo was a good-faith effort to record what went on at that meeting. Three, the conversation did touch on NAFTA. Four, the Canadian governments statement was a carefully worded, diplomatic message that did not shed any light on whether the key accusation against the Obama campaign that it privately hedged its position on NAFTA and then misled the public about it is true. And five, the Canadian statement did say outright that Goolsbee was contacted because he was involved in the Obama campaign, not as Plouffe claimed because he was a university professor. So its not likely that the story will go away, given the Obama campaigns inaccurate and misleading statements about it and the Clinton campaigns interest in keeping the controversy alive. The only question is whether it will do Obama any significant damage and Clinton any significant benefit. Posted by: Mike 2008-03-04 |
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