Hillary, Did You Profit from Bill Speaking in Support of the Colombia Free Trade Deal?

Media, didn’t y’all get the memo? You’re not supposed to ask her difficult questions to which the American people should have answers. Now, keep that up and y’all might just be doing your jobs.

Video: Teamsters for Obama in Pennsylvania

It’s nice to hear what they are doing in Pennsylvania for Obama.

Video: So Basically Hillary Pulled a Fast One on Ohio Voters about NAFTA

(h/t jedreport and The Field)

And she had the nerve to stage a media “Shame on you, Barack Obama” fest that was based on falsehoods.

ABC News: More Evidence that Hillary Clinton Lied about NAFTA Support

ABC News reports:

“That’s ludicrous,” said Laura E. Jones, executive director of the United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel, who was there. “There was no question that everyone who spoke including the First Lady was for NAFTA, it was a rally on behalf of NAFTA to help it get passed. It’s unquestionable. And there are many people out there who were there who remember the incident who work in this industry.”

Julia K. Hughes, senior vice president of the same organization is likewise incredulous of the Clinton campaign’s claims.

“This is such a non issue to us, because obviously it was a pro-NAFTA group and a pro-NAFTA event,” says Hughes. “It was a 100 percent pro-NAFTA event. No one suggested any inklings of doubt since part of the agenda was to promote enthusiasm for passage of NAFTA.”

Did that include then-First Lady Clinton?

“Absolutely. She was the highlight of the event. She was absolutely the capper to the event. It was a positive rally. I assure you if there had even been a hint of waffling from her — because we were in the last days before NAFTA passed and it was a pretty hectic time — we would have freaked out.”

Read more.

Video: Hillary Clinton Campaign the One Who Made Remark to Canada about NAFTA

Update: Now the Canadian government is saying Clinton did not share.   One story said Obama did it.  One said Clinton did it.  Another said both Clinton and Obama did it.

(h/t votersthinkdotorg)

Ummm…Ohio voters got hoodwinked!

Video: Hillary Clinton on “NAFTA Is Proving Its Worth”

(h/t The Field and MegaSenna25)

I’m kind of annoyed that Obama campaign didn’t get their quotation marks right on that “boon” quote. It gave Clinton an opening to argue falsely that the Obama camp’s claims were in some way erroneous, which the media have picked up on.  However, the claim that she supported it is not erroneous, they just didn’t use the quote they should have in the flyer.  They should have used her exact quotes that make it clear that she supported it instead of using the paraphrase from the reporter.  You gotta dot your i’s and cross your t’s with the Clintons because they will find a way to weasel around the argument.

Video: Obama on NAFTA in Ohio

(h/t histvids)

TDB:Quotes of Hillary Clinton Praising NAFTA

The Daily Background has up a good fact sheet about the times Hillary Clinton has praised NAFTA. TDB reports:

1996: Hillary said “I think NAFTA is proving its worth.”

1997: Hillary went to Mexico and proclaimed “NAFTA is working, working for you and working for the American people… We must accelerate the pace of these efforts, to reach more people and more communities.”

1998: Hillary went before the World Economic Forum and lauded multinational corporations for mounting “a very effective business effort in the U.S. on behalf of Nafta.”

The Field also reports:

Sirota has dug up the text of Senator Clinton’s speech, which says that NAFTA, among other legacies of the 1990s Clinton administration, “came out of some very fundamental ideas about what would work. The results speak for themselves. Those ideas were converted into policies programs that literally changed millions of lives and, I argue, changed America.”

Video: Barack Obama Talks Economics in Ohio

Video: Barack Obama Takes on Hillary Clinton about NAFTA

(h/t KEVINSCOOT713)