Lies about Clinton's NAFTA view debunked by someone who was there

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Crossposted in GDP at. Please K & R. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5201238

This is consistent with what two of her biographers, including the notoriously anti-Clinton Bernstein, have found.

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"Part of her concern was clearly about timing," he says. It took the Clinton administration about six months to get its budget passed.

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But there was also a question about the substance of NAFTA.

"The was considerable division within the White House about whether NAFTA was right on the merits," says Gergen, "and I always associate her with those who had questions about it on the merits."

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Then the decision was made and the first lady fell in line, along with the rest of the administration, Gergen says, to help get NAFTA passed.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/gergen-hillary.html

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Once again the Obama campaign is demonstrating that Senator Obama's words can't be trusted. Last year, Senator Obama said that he would not engage in personal attacks. Now, after losses in Ohio and Texas, the Obama campaign is explicitly attacking Senator Clinton's character. Instead of attacking Senator Clinton, Senator Obama should explain to the American people why his top economic policy advisor was telling the Canadians that his promise to fix NAFTA shouldn’t be taken seriously. The fact is that independent accounts make clear that Senator Clinton did not support NAFTA and that she is the candidate Americans can trust to fix it. —Campaign Spokesman Phil Singer

http://facts.hillaryhub.com/archive/?id=6639