Will the Clinton gang get away with this latest dirty trick that might've cost Barack votes during Tuesday's primaries? It once illustrates how Hillary and her thug campaign workers will do anything to win this election. The press should be all over this story. So far it looks like this major scandal is being given little publicity. It's almost as if the Hillary is being rewarded for dirty tricks. All the talk is about how Barack has to, and has, changed his campaign tactics. No, it should be about how the press could start reporting on dishonest Clinton campaign tactics:
The Hillary Clinton campaign has again denied any communication with Canadian officials indicating her anti-NAFTA statements should be taken with "a grain of salt."
The allegation was made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff Ian Brodie in an informal discussion with journalists in Ottawa in the midst of the Ohio Democratic primary.
"We flatly deny this report," said Clinton spokesperson Phil Singer.
"It didn't happen."
It is at least the third time the Clinton campaign has issued such a denial.
Clinton used a Canadian memo, leaked to The Associated Press, to great advantage in Ohio this week, painting rival Barack Obama as soft on trade because a Canadian diplomat believed the Illinois senator's top economic adviser had told him Obama's anti-NAFTA statements were "political positioning."
The scandal is rocking Canada:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expanding the investigation into the government leaks that rocked the U.S. presidential race, a decision that could put the future of his own senior aide in jeopardy.
Harper announced the broader probe by an internal security team yesterday after The Canadian Press said it was unguarded comments by Ian Brodie, his chief of staff, that set the controversy in motion and eventually undermined presidential hopeful Barack Obama in a key race this week.
"We will investigate this entire matter and take whatever action is deemed to be necessary, based on the facts we are able to discover," the Prime Minister said in the Commons yesterday.
As well, David Wilkins, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, signalled Washington's quiet displeasure at the controversy.
"I guess you could say it shouldn't have happened. It was interference. But again, I don't think it's something the Canadian government did in its official capacity," Wilkins said in an interview with CBC Radio's The House, to be aired tomorrow.
"I think they've expressed their deep regret and, quite frankly, I accepted that," Wilkins said.
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