OK, this does not make sense to me. 

Obama and Hillary are in a debate and NAFTA comes up as a topic.  Hillary and Obama both agree that they would threaten to pull out of NAFTA unless the environmental labor standards were renegotiated.

OK, not being a huge fan of NAFTA, I would have yawned and move on. 

Next thing we knew, here comes Canada with a memo surfacing in which Obama’s economic adviser Austan Goolsbee says something to the effect that the primary campaign has been necessarily domestically focused, particularly in the Midwest, and that much of the rhetoric that may be perceived to be protectionist is more reflective of political maneuvering than policy.

In political jargon, that means Obama is lying.

I am a cynic based on years of being lied to, so I am perfectly willing to accept that politicians sometimes employ nuance and other tricks to say one thing and mean something else, to appeal to all people in all things.  It is what it is.  So that was hardly a shock.

No, what surprised me was this reaction by Canada:

Canada says leak was “blatantly unfair” to Obama

Right…how unfair is it to expect that candidates would speak the truth, and that when they are trying to be deceptive, that the people might want to know?

How unfair of us to expect them to be accountable to their words.

The leak of information about Barack Obama’s position on the North American Free Trade Agreement was “blatantly unfair” to his campaign, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Wednesday.

Right because if he is lying people might not vote for him.  Distressingly unfair.

Harper said the government was mounting an “internal security investigation” to find out who leaked the information, which suggested Obama’s campaign had said not to pay too much attention to his protectionist rhetoric on NAFTA.

OK, my bottom line reaction is What the Hell?

We should be thanking them for exposing him for what he is, but instead they are covered in shame for exposing the truth.

Since when is the truth unfair?  Since when is honesty not a  preferred value?

So I just do not get it.  Why should Canadian politicians want to help a liar be shielded from his lies?

Professional Courtesy maybe? 

If they want to contend that a leak of the memo is a crime, more power to them, they have a right to enforce their laws.

But don’t give me this “unfair” business.  It is unfair to help him lie to the people.

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