Mark Penn and the Stealth Corporate Campaign

[Joanne98]

Remember, just a few weeks ago, one day before the Ohio primary, on March 3, when Senator Clinton - with an assist from Canadian officials - made a mountain out of Canadian press reports that an unpaid economic advisor to Senator Obama had reportedly met with a low-level Canadian diplomat?

Here is what she said:

“If you come to Ohio and you go give speeches that are very critical of NAFTA… and then we find out that your chief economic adviser has gone to a foreign government and basically done the old wink-wink – ‘Don’t pay any attention, this is just political rhetoric’ — I think that raises serious questions…

“I would ask you to look at this story and substitute my name for Sen. Obama’s name and see what you would do with this story… Just ask yourself if some of my advisers had been having private meetings with foreign governments.“

Now we get to find out.

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Clinton Aide Met on Trade Deal

Penn Held Talks On Colombia Pact Opposed by Senator

By SUSAN DAVIS
April 4, 2008; Page A3

Hillary Clinton’s chief campaign strategist met with Colombia’s ambassador to the U.S. on Monday to discuss a bilateral free-trade agreement, a pact the presidential candidate opposes.

Attendance by the adviser, Mark Penn, was confirmed by two Colombian officials…

Wait. The plot thickens!

He wasn’t there in his campaign role, but... Continued>>>
http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/?p=998

[tekisui]

1. If Hillary keeps Columbia-Free-Trade-Penn through this,

she'll lose PA.

She may anyway, but this would do it for sure.

[annabanana]

2. I wonder if Corpomedia will pick up on this?. . . . .. . . . . . .n/t