Source of "NAFTAGate" revealed

[sabra]

Thought some may be interested in this one...

Cross post from LBN:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3211747

Article: http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Canada/2008/03/05/4920601.html

[tabatha]

1. Did anyone say hypocrite?

Brodie downplayed those concerns.

“Quite a few people heard it,” said one source in the room.

“He said someone from (Hillary) Clinton’s campaign is telling the embassy to take it with a grain of salt ... That someone called us and told us not to worry.”

Government officials did not deny the conversation took place.

They said that Brodie sought to allay concerns about the impact of Obama and Clinton’s assertion that they would re-negotiate NAFTA if elected. But they did say that Brodie had no recollection of discussing any specific candidate — either Clinton or Obama. CTV News Vice-President Robert Hurst said he would not discuss his journalists’ sources.

But others said the content of Brodie’s remarks was passed on to CTV’s Washington bureau and their White House correspondent set out the next day to pursue the story on Clinton’s apparent hypocrisy on the North American Free Trade Agreement.

[SoCalDem]

2. Sounds like BC called in a few favors.. Perhaps He suggested the "meeting"

in the first place , then asked for a memo for his wife's campaign?? Canadians like BC

[Scurrilous]

3. Thanks for posting this.

:thumbsup:

[UALRBSofL]

5. I'm LOL, someone called from the Clinton camp

Who called, and, what was the name, and, do you have a phone number. LOL. Can't go to the media with out this information.

[JBoy]

4. WTF? Now it's the Clinton camp that contacted the embassy??

This story is getting weirder and weirder. I still blame Stephen Harper because he's a dick. And what the hell is his Chief of Staff doing mentioning this to journalists?

[papau]

6. writer of memo does not agree that memo is a lie - but staff person to PM says "misunderstood"

then we have the proof that Hillary did it - whatever it is - based on

“Quite a few people heard it,” said one source in the room." - where that source refuses to be named - and all we have is the PM's office - who had no one there and has no memo saying Hillary said anything to refer to - choosing to "not deny" that a staff person from Hillary called some unnamed someone.

so someone says soneone said versus an embassy memo - which has more credibility?

[UALRBSofL]

7. papau It's a secret source and can't be revealed

It's funny, you can't take this to the media, LOL. We want names, we want a source, not a secret source. LOL

[anigbrowl]

16. Chief of staff, not staff person...this will get interesting /nt

[Window]

8. K/R.

[sabra]

9. I have to self kick my own post (sorry)

:kick:

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. I'll kick and nominate it, but did you know?

Hillary asks her opponent to release his tax returns?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4917978&mesg_id=4917978

[democrattotheend]

11. Good find n/t

[Abacus]

17. K (already R'd) /nt

[Abacus]

12. What the hell?!

The MSM painted Clinton's scandal as Obama's scandal. Now it's a day after the primaries and the truth is magically appearing...

:mad:

[sabra]

13. two words come to mind....

"mission accomplished"

[Altair]

14. The damage is already done I suppose

[anigbrowl]

15. Welcome to DU