Posted by
Deirdre on Friday, March 07, 2008 4:41:34 PM
In the days leading to the Texas and Ohio primaries, the Media flooded our televisions with video and sound-bytes of Hillary accusing Obama of doing “the old wink wink.” … That is Hillary accused Obama of telling the American public that he would use the threat of pulling out of NAFTA to persuade Canada and Mexico to negotiate more protections for workers and the environment, while at the same time he was alleged to have told the Canadians to take his words with a grain of salt. Pundits believe that Obama's response to Hillary's false accusations contributed to his losses in the Texas and Ohio primaries. But now I learn that it was not Obama, but Hillary that did “the old wink wink.” According to the Toronto Associated Press “Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff said someone in Hillary Rodam Clinton’s campaign gave Canada back channel assurances that her harsh words about the North American Free Trade Agreement were [to deceive the American people] for political show.”
If media were fair and stood still, Hillary’s deception should be given equal air-time. But Media is a business and there is bigger news … the Florida and Michigan delegate fight and the growing perception that the Clinton family is maneuvering the presidential nomination fight out of the public arena and into smoke-filled back rooms where the Clintons have the opportunity to call in Political Markers.