Ian "NAFTA-gate Brodie" to leave as Harper's Chief of Staff
by hyper
Thu May 22, 2008 at 10:49:05 AM PDT
This is long over due, in my opinion.
- hyper's diary :: ::
Mr. Brodie is one of Mr. Harper's closest confidants and a chief architect of his 2006 election victory. Mr. Brodie is expected to leave in July, sources said last night. A rumoured potential replacement is Guy Giorno, a onetime chief of staff to former Ontario premier Mike Harris.
The leaks led to reports that Democratic hopeful Barack Obama's campaign had reassured Canadian diplomats through back channels that Mr. Obama's calls for renegotiating NAFTA were political rhetoric, not serious plans.
Political rhetoric, no serious plans. It sure was not reported that way. Will the MSM report this correctly now? I doubt it. The voters will always believe Clinton's statement about this before Ohio and Texas. The damage is done.
It was later alleged that Mr. Brodie told reporters during the news media lockup for the Feb. 26 budget that Ms. Clinton's campaign had reassured Canadian diplomats that her tough talk on NAFTA was just posturing, although that wasn't what was subsequently reported. Mr. Harper appointed Kevin Lynch, the Clerk of the Privy Council, to conduct an internal investigation into the matter.
Why did the MSM run with the Obama story about this, instead of the Clinton story? When Clinton claims such bias in the media, her comments fail when it comes to the NAFTA story.
