The damage from NAFTA-gate lies to Obama's credibility should NOT be underestimated.
It has implications in this primary season BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY for the general elections against McSame!!
A candidate's credibility is one of the key things that has to be protected!! The Clinton campaign's unfair attacks and the damage and doubts they have raised about Obama's credibility should not be left to fester!!
Hillary has kept hammering on this issue even though it is based on LIEs. However for a lot of people who don't have access to different sources of media they will take is as the truth.
The real story around "NAFTA-gate" is one that will expose the Clinton campaign for their deceptions and lies!!! The unfair tarnishing of Obama has to be cleared up!
I am convinced that the impression that Obama says one thing to voters and says another thing to others, like the government of Canada has been engraved in many blue collar workers and others in the small towns and communities of Ohio, Pennsylvania and similar places. Hillary likes to throw in a "Wink Wink" in her attacks - to imply double talk on the part of Obama!!
This issue should be raised and shown to be untrue since it affects the credibility of Obama. Credibilty is critical and determines how people will hear and assess what he says going forward.
The implications and effects of this will not end with this primary but more importantly will continue on to the Presidential elections against McCain.
The real story about "NAFTA-gate", in case you missed it, is that the first leak or story from Canada was that the Clinton camp had contacted the Canadian Ambassador Michael Wilson and given him assurances on NAFTA.
MSNBC's online news at: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/...
writes:
In fact, Ian Brodie, chief of staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, told reporters Feb. 26 that a member of the Clinton campaign called the embassy to say Canada should take her campaign position on NAFTA "with a grain of salt." Both the Clinton campaign and the Canadian government, though, deny that a representative from the Clinton campaign met with any representative from Canada.
Another article on this can be found in San Francisco Chronicle story at: http://www.sfgate.com/...
A video report from MSNBC from Countdown: Hillary LIED, Framed Obama On Nafta Gate:
http://www.youtube.com/...
Somehow that story morphed into one that accused the Obama campaign of having contacted the Canadian Embassy and given them assurances on NAFTA. This is one of the aspects on "NAFTA-gate" that needs to be exposed. I was disappointed that it was not included in the list of Clinton's deceptions that the Obama camp released on Friday Mar. 21 - I guess it did not make the cut on the final list.
The Obama campaign, and us the supporters have to start repairing the damage from these LIEs that were cooked up by the Conservative PM in Canada and served over and over again by Hillary's attacks!!!
I feel strongly that attacks like this build one on top of the other. Similar attacks that were not responded to and debunked built on each other resulted in the swiftboating of Sen. John Kerry! It should not be allowed to happen again!!
Yes We Can - build bridges over the walls that have divided us and kept us apart!!