Goolsbee Tale Becomes An International Incident, Incites Verbal Brawl In Canadian Parliament!
Who ever thought someone named Goolsbee could incite an international incident? The Obama campaign, working overtime to minimize the damage from the latest turn in the Goolsbee saga, is sending around this video of the Canadian Parliament arguing over the story...
The Obama campaign is defending itself by pointing to the Canadian P.M.'s assertion that the Canadian government regrets its role in sparking this dispute, but it's unclear from his remarks, at least on this video, whether he is saying anything meaningful about the veracity, or lack thereof, of the tale.
Meanwhile, the messaging coming out of the Obama camp on this doesn't appear to be impeccable. Here, for instance, is leading Obama surrogate Dick Durbin still asserting that no meeting took place, though it's now conceded that a meeting did in fact happen...
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