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The Clinton Campaign Indicted in the NAFTA Flap |
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Written by Stumo
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
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This is why rumors are dangerous. Really dangerous. It
appears that the Obama campaign was falsely accused of duplicity in its
NAFTA critique in the Ohio primary debates.
The Globe and Mail in Canada now says that it was the Clinton campaign
that called the Canadian government saying her NAFTA talk was all
posturing. It was not the Obama campaign's Austan Goolsbee.
I cranked out a couple posts including, most embarassingly, saying Goolsbee should go. But apparently it was not Goolsbee?
This is from the Canadian piece yesterday:
The conversation [between the Prime Minister's chief of staff Ian
Brodie and reporters] turned to the pledges to renegotiate the North
American free-trade agreement made by the two Democratic contenders,
Mr. Obama and New York Senator Hillary Clinton.
Mr. Brodie, apparently seeking to play down the potential impact on
Canada, told the reporters the threat was not serious, and that someone
from Ms. Clinton's campaign had even contacted Canadian diplomats to
tell them not to worry because the NAFTA threats were mostly political
posturing.
The Canadian Press cited an unnamed source last night as saying that several people overheard the remark.
The news agency quoted that source as saying that Mr. Brodie said that
someone from Ms. Clinton's campaign called and was "telling the embassy
to take it with a grain of salt."
The story was followed by CTV's Washington bureau chief, Tom
Clark, who reported that the Obama campaign, not the Clinton's, had
reassured Canadian diplomats.
Mr. Clark cited unnamed Canadian sources in his initial report.
There was no explanation last night for why Mr. Brodie was said to
have referred to the Clinton campaign but the news report was about the
Obama campaign. Robert Hurst, president of CTV News, declined to
comment.
I'll not comment further, because this is being sorted out.
But I must issue a mea culpa for jumping on Goolsbee for this... and
for saying he was part of the University of Chicago's economics
department. He is an economist, but is in their business
school.
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Colorado CPA member Milt Heft has these thoughts on money, wealth and the economy. Heft is the owner of Petrogen, Inc in Colorado Springs.
A few thoughts about manufacturing:
There is a great misunderstanding of the relationship- between money and wealth. The beginning principles with which we can all agree are a few and simple noble truths:
1. Money is meaningless without wealth.
2. Wealth is difficult to distribute without money.
3. Wealth is the reality of the physical things we need to survive and thrive: food, clothing, shelter, ice cream & computers. It is the product of mining, industrial production, and agriculture.
4. Money is anything that make the wheels of production and distribution go ‘round.
5. Money is easy to manufacture and control.
6. Wealth takes a lot of blood, sweat, toil and tears.
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