What is this last minute controversary pertaining to Barak Obama and Nafta?

It seems like it is just a controversary that the Clinton campaign can sink her teeth into the day before the primaries?

What is this last minute controversary pertaining to Barak Obama and Nafta?
There is no controversy other than what people are making up. Obama is for free fair trade. However he wants to tweak NAFTA to encourage fair environmental and labor practices.





The GOP lie machine is trying to say that because Obama wants to make changes to NAFTA that Obama is against free trade. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Reply:Wouldn't you?
Reply:Just proves he says what people wanna hear vs what the hard truth is.
Reply:the Nafta came from the Clintons.
Reply:its part of her kitchen sink
Reply:This will help you.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LtbLEKHs...


and then this:


NAFTA-Gate: False Denials from the Obama Campaign


Over the last few days, the Obama campaign has made a number of false claims about its communication with the Canadian government regarding Sen. Obama’s position on NAFTA.





We now find that there is a memo from the Canadian government that makes clear that the Obama campaign did in fact communicate with the government, making assurances to the Canadian government that are different from what he has told voters.





The following is a compilation of the false denials:





2/27/08 – “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.” [CTV, 2/29/08]





2/28/08 – Burton: "Again, this story is not true. There was no one at any level of our campaign, at any point, anywhere, who said or otherwise implied Obama was backing away from his consistent position on trade." [ABC, %26lt; a href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics...





2/28/08 - Rice: “The Canadian ambassador issued a statement that was absolutely false. There had been no contact. There had been no discussions on NAFTA. So we take the Canadians at their word…period.” [MSNBC, 2/28/08]





2/29/08: Anchor: "So, completely inaccurate, did not happen, end of discussion." Sen. Obama: "It did not happen." [WKYC TV, 2/29/08]





2/29/08 - Goolsbee: “It is a totally inaccurate story…I did not call these people and I direct you to the press office.” [New York Observer, 2/29/08]





2/29/08 – Burton: "There was no one at any level of our campaign, at any point, anywhere, who said or otherwise implied Obama was backing away from his consistent position on trade." [Politico, 2/29/08]
Reply:Wow!!! Obama lied?
Reply:A key official in the Obama campaign told officials in Canada that what Obama says on the campaign trail about NAFTA is just rhetoric. He indicated that the tough stance that Obama has taken on the campaign trail is just "political positioning."





The controversy isn't really last minute. It has been going on for a couple of weeks but the media hasn't reported much about it. They decided to break the story today because although the Obama campaign has denied meeting with anyone, a memo detailing what went on in the meeting has surfaced. Also, one of the New York newspapers intended to print the story tomorrow and CNN didn't want to appear to be protecting Obama by hiding the facts about something so serious. So they are hitting the story pretty heavy today.