The staff member reassured Wilson that the criticisms would only be campaign rhetoric, and should not be taken at face value. …
Late Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Obama campaign said the staff member's warning to Wilson sounded implausible, but did not deny that contact had been made.
Since Obama’s main biographer has said that, in addition to any legitimate stance, Obama had a political angle for attending a Chicago antiwar rally in late 2002, the information above shouldn’t be surprising. For the Obamamania cultists who have had more than one glass of Kool-Aid, this probably won’t penetrate.
Clinton staff allegedly placed a similar call to Canadian officials, which should surprise nobody.
But, the onus is on Obama, with his claims to be a new type of politician.
Perhaps we’ll have the Schmuck Talk Express™ vs. Schmuck Talk Jr. this fall? Maybe that’s why they’re so antagonistic to each other?
Update: Joy Norton, PR officer at the embassy, says the Obama rumor isn’t true. Sure.
Second update: CTV is now not only standing by its original story but positively identifying the Obama staffer who contacted Canada’s Consulate General in Chicago as his senior economic advisor, Austan Goolsbee:
On Thursday night, CTV spoke with Goolsbee, but he refused to say whether he had such a conversation with the Canadian government office in Chicago. He also said he has been told to direct any questions to the campaign headquarters.
The latest out of Obama campaign central:
Earlier Thursday, the Obama campaign insisted that no conversations have taken place with any of its senior ranks and representatives of the Canadian government on the NAFTA issue. On Thursday night, CTV spoke with Goolsbee, but he refused to say whether he had such a conversation with the Canadian government office in Chicago. He also said he has been told to direct any questions to the campaign headquarters.
Repeat after me: Barack Obama is Just. Another. Politician.
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