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  Posted By: swebster13 @ 04/07/2008 2:30:59 AM

  The Clintons, Hillary in particular, are the most despicable liars. No one can expect the truth to come from the mouths of these people. The very fact that they feel a sense of entitlement to the White House is concerning also. First, the "sniper fire" that the poor woman had to endure during a trip overseas and now it is coming out that the dead woman she was using for fodder to bolster her insurance program actually had insurance and indeed was receiving treatment for her problems from an OB/GYN clinic associated with the hospital. When will these lies stop? I am a lifelong Democrat, but she will never see a vote from me, my friends, or my family. We are appalled at her antics and lies. The best thing we can hope for is that she quits the campaigning. Can't take much more of her.

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  Posted By: Jezreel @ 04/04/2008 4:47:58 PM

  Illinois Voter Re: Obama NAFTA-Gate: Part 2
  
  Comment: ???The Obama campaign has tried to deflect attention from Goolsbee by making false attacks on Hillary Clinton
  
  Canadian newspapers reported that the RCMP was involved in an investigation of Conservative Party Leader; Harper to determine if Canada???s Conservative Party ???a friend to the US Republican Party had interfered in the American electoral process. The investigation began when Canada???s National Democratic Leader; Jack Layton accused Harper of attempting to damage Sen. Obama and complicate his chances of election or to favor Republican Sen. John McCain, who strongly supports NAFTA
  
  Mr. Layton also called for the firing of a key prime ministerial aide (Ian Brodie) for allegedly leaking a diplomatic memo that suggested the Illinois senator was saying different things in private and in public about NAFTA.
  
  In the week after the March 4th primary the scandal widened following the disclosure that Mr. Ian Brodie originally told CTV news reporters that Sen. Clinton's campaign had contacted the Prime Minister's office using back channel communications to tell them they should not be concerned about the NAFTA rhetoric their candidate would be using in Ohio.
  
  In my opinion, both Clinton and Obama mishandled the NAFTA-Gate scandal. When the CTV story first broke, Clinton and Obama were both mentioned in the TV spot. However, Clinton???s campaign contacted the Prime Minister???s office to deny the accusations and then used the portion of the story pertaining to Obama to frame him and possibly to win the Ohio primary election. On the other hand, Obama???s campaign apparently did not grasp the seriousness of the problem and therefore failed to respond appropriately. Consequently, Obama appeared to have lied about his camp???s involvement with the Canadian government when the meeting between Goolsbee and the Canadian Ambassador became public.
  
  Also, Clinton, having already sown seeds of doubt in the American psyche continued to imply that Obama was saying one thing to the American public while giving the wink-wink to foreign governments when during the fallout over the Pamela Flower interview in Europe. In actuality, the problem with Flower was that she had written a book on the Rwandan genocide in which she made unflattering but factual remarks about the Clinton presidency.
  
  SOURCES:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBheLrsMh4E
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75PptVEXwSg
  
  http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/the_facts_about_nafta-gate.html
  
  http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/ian_brodie.php
  
  http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/04/america/NA-GEN-Canada-Democrats-Trade.php
  
  
  
  

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  Posted By: Jezreel @ 04/04/2008 4:40:21 PM

  Illinois Voter Re: Obama NAFTA-Gate: Part 2
  Canadian newspapers reported that the RCMP was involved in an investigation of Conservative Party Leader; Harper to determine if Canada???s Conservative Party ???a friend to the US Republican Party had interfered in the American electoral process. The investigation began when Canada???s National Democratic Leader; Jack Layton accused Harper of attempting to damage Sen. Obama and complicate his chances of election or to favor Republican Sen. John McCain, who strongly supports NAFTA
  
  Mr. Layton also called for the firing of a key prime ministerial aide (Ian Brodie) for allegedly leaking a diplomatic memo that suggested the Illinois senator was saying different things in private and in public about NAFTA.
  
  In the week after the March 4th primary the scandal widened following the disclosure that Mr. Ian Brodie originally told CTV news reporters that Sen. Clinton's campaign had contacted the Prime Minister's office using back channel communications to tell them they should not be concerned about the NAFTA rhetoric their candidate would be using in Ohio.
  
  In my opinion, both Clinton and Obama mishandled the NAFTA-Gate scandal. When the CTV story first broke, Clinton and Obama were both mentioned in the TV spot. However, Clinton???s campaign contacted the Prime Minister???s office to deny the accusations and then used the portion of the story pertaining to Obama to frame him and possibly to win the Ohio primary election. On the other hand, Obama???s campaign apparently did not grasp the seriousness of the problem and therefore failed to respond appropriately. Consequently, Obama appeared to have lied about his camp???s involvement with the Canadian government when the meeting between Goolsbee and the Canadian Ambassador became public.
  
  Also, Clinton, having already sown seeds of doubt in the American psyche continued to imply that Obama was saying one thing to the American public while giving the wink-wink to foreign governments when during the fallout over the Pamela Flower interview in Europe. In actuality, the problem with Flower was that she had written a book on the Rwandan genocide in which she made unflattering but factual remarks about the Clinton presidency.
  
  SOURCES:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBheLrsMh4E
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75PptVEXwSg
  
  http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/the_facts_about_nafta-gate.html
  
  http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/ian_brodie.php
  
  http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/04/america/NA-GEN-Canada-Democrats-Trade.php