Quotes of the Day
“I don’t think people should come to Ohio and you both give speeches that are very critical of NAFTA and you send out misleading and false information about my positions regarding NAFTA, and then we find out that your chief economic adviser has gone to a foreign government and basically done the old wink-wink, don’t pay any attention this is just political rhetoric.”
–Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), in a press conference Monday, responding to reports that Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee told Canadian officials (AP) that Obama’s criticism of NAFTA was just campaign rhetoric.
“Senator Clinton knows full well that she’s not telling the truth on this story, and that her blatant distortion is just part of her campaign’s stated strategy to throw the kitchen sink at Senator Obama in the closing days of this campaign. The truth is, Senator Clinton called NAFTA a victory and has switched positions for raw political reasons. Her false attack won’t protect American workers, but as President, Senator Obama will.”
–Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton, responding to Clinton’s attack.
