The Canadian kerfuffle over Sen. Barack Obama’s recent turn toward protectionism just got a little jucier:
On Wednesday, CTV reported that a senior member of camp Obama had called the Canadian embassy, saying that Obama’s talk about opting out of NAFTA was just campaign rhetoric not to be taken seriously.
The Obama campaign flatly denied the report. A spokesman for the Canadian Embassy denied the story, but was a bit equivocal as to whether the Consul in Chicago had spoken to the Obama campaign.
But Ed Morrissey notes that CTV has pushed back, naming Obama senior advisor Austan Goolsbee as having talked to the Canadian Consulate General in Chicago. And at the moment, everyone has stopped commenting.
Coincidentally enough, Goolsbee was featured in a post right here at PW on Wednesday, noting that he is widely respected:
However, if Goolsbee has Obama’s ear on trade, the candidate has not given much indication of it. He issued a statement supportive of the agreement with Peru, but skipped the vote. He told the Wisconsin Fair Trade Coalition that he opposes not only the South Korea trade agreement, but also the Colombia and Panama accords. Obama is telling suffering Americans that globalization is to blame for their plight.
As Drudge would say: Developing…
Comment by happyfeet on 2/29 @ 10:06 am #
So we’s not gonna get our drugs from Canada? I can’t keep up.
Comment by MayBee on 2/29 @ 10:25 am #
Jake Tapper has interviewed the Army captain Obama mentioned last week, and he has assured Jake that Obama’s Canada story is plausible.
Comment by Major John on 2/29 @ 10:32 am #
Please don’t invoke the name “Drudge”… I’m pissed at him about Prince Harry and Afghanistan.
Comment by Major John on 2/29 @ 10:33 am #
Oh, and is this what John Kerry meant by “passing the international test”?
Comment by Mikey NTH on 2/29 @ 10:42 am #
Because the Smoot-Hawley tariff did so much good for the American economy.
Comment by happyfeet on 2/29 @ 10:45 am #
Don’t be mad, Major John. The Times of London editor said on NPR that “Harry thoroughly enjoyed it.” Had a marvelous time, he did.
Comment by Major John on 2/29 @ 11:10 am #
hf, you would have had a grand time if you had Coalition attack jets on call too! #$%& Drudge.
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[...] That George W. is roundly condemned for alienating other countries (no matter that France & Germany both elected strongly pro-American governments recently), while Democratic front-runner Barack Obama is campaigning on breaking treaties with America’s two biggest trading partners. [...]
Comment by Sean M. on 2/29 @ 11:46 am #
YES WE CAN!!!
Comment by mojo on 2/29 @ 12:12 pm #
Rise of the Panderbot!
Comment by BJTexs on 2/29 @ 12:53 pm #
MJ: These days Kerry’s international test involves figuring out which wines go with his goose liver pate.
Comment by JD on 2/29 @ 1:02 pm #
So we either have Barry O pandering to unilaterally break an international agreement, and we all know how evil unilateral actions are, or he is lying to the voters.
Comment by BJTexs on 2/29 @ 1:08 pm #
JD: Or both.
Pingback by The Excitable, Gullible Choice for Blog Readers: Sullivan [Karl] on 2/29 @ 1:46 pm #
[...] is another variation on this morning’s story about Obama on trade. Obama will say whatever he thinks he needs to say at the moment to advance his campaign, which [...]
Comment by Percy Dovetonsils on 2/29 @ 3:14 pm #
I do believe Mr. Obama’s pants are on fire.
I hope Prof. Goolsbee is happy that he’s signed on as an advisor to the American Economic Flat-Earth Society (aka the Democrats – although the Republicans don’t have much to be snug about recently).
Comment by Percy Dovetonsils on 2/29 @ 3:16 pm #
“smug” about, that should read. Damn, I wish we had preview here.
Comment by Rob Crawford on 2/29 @ 3:49 pm #
Anyone notice a remarkable absence from this thread about O’bama?
Comment by cranky-d on 2/29 @ 5:08 pm #
This post interferes with the hopeychangeyness narrative that is the Obamessiah. Therefore, it is to be ignored.
Comment by RTO Trainer on 2/29 @ 11:57 pm #
Karl, I don’t have an e-mail address for you, but I did come up with a “Developing” graphic along the lines of what was discussed back when.
Comment by happyfeet on 3/1 @ 12:00 am #
Good point, Rob. It can’t be comfortable.
Comment by RTO Trainer on 3/1 @ 12:01 am #
I’m glad this broke. It’s certainly the thought I had when Karl brought up Goolsbee before and reinforced when I went looking for info on Obama’s other advisors.
Comment by RTO Trainer on 3/1 @ 12:02 am #
On the other hand, GEN McPeak inspires absolutely ZERO confidence in me. Cut from similar but less spotlight seeking cloth as GEN Weasley Clark.
Comment by happyfeet on 3/1 @ 12:05 am #
Oh. Can you maybe do something in the Pub on him? I have no idea. I just saw him the first time today.
Comment by Karl on 3/1 @ 12:20 am #
RTO,
I have just sent you an e-mail.
Comment by RTO Trainer on 3/1 @ 1:07 am #
Karl,
I have just sent you one back. :0 This is fun!
Comment by RTO Trainer on 3/1 @ 3:11 am #
Feets, you asked and you have received–in the Pub.
Comment by happyfeet on 3/1 @ 3:26 am #
you rock – thank you
Comment by S. Ullah on 3/3 @ 7:11 am #
In that Obama has said that NAFTA cannot and should not be repealed; the premise of this story is not correct. There appears to be no contradiction between what Obama has continually said and what was said to Canada. (that protections for American jobs and workers must be weighed against but will not supercede the imperatives of NAFTA). Having said that, one must wonder why, an outside government would decided to enter our electoral frey and try to influence voter opinion or perception by saying anything. It smacks of Canadians perhaps trying to discredit Obama to augment a chance for Hillary?
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