tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731543.post4143252996475307662..comments2023-12-22T14:13:37.248-05:00Comments on Tattered Sleeve: I am so sorry for my sorry-ass Canadian governmentScott in Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702697033209213403noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731543.post-26790501023654856862008-03-08T06:44:00.000-05:002008-03-08T06:44:00.000-05:00To the anonymous commenter above: Good of you to d...To the anonymous commenter above: <BR/>Good of you to drop by; a couple points on what you wrote:<BR/><BR/>1) Regardless of the point you are trying to make about which campaign was responsible for starting this by speaking to Canadian diplomats, my focus here is on the carelessness of the Canadian government in leaking this information. Whatever camp it was matters not.<BR/><BR/>2) Here in Quebec, our minimum wage has been increased rather steadily over the past 20 years, just a bit above our average 2-3 % inflation rate - which I think you'll agree is pretty stable - so whatever textbooks you're thinking of, they might need revision.Scott in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10702697033209213403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731543.post-67964758841586683182008-03-07T17:38:00.000-05:002008-03-07T17:38:00.000-05:00You both lack an analysis of motive here, which mi...You both lack an analysis of motive here, which might help shed some light onto an otherwise murky and conflicting story of "he said she said". <BR/><BR/>We must consider the fact that Obama had taken a much sronger line on NAFTA - threatening to unilaterally withdraw from it altogether, while Clinton, on the other hand, had called for an analysis of NAFTAs impact on the U.S. economy before initiating any diplomatic discussion about revisions to the Treaty. <BR/><BR/>Additionally, these remarks were made before the Tuesday Primaries, at a point when Obama had rocketed himself to a statistical deadheat (if not a lead) with Clinton -- whom the Media had long declared to be clinically dead before her body had even begun to teater towards the ground: Obama was to be the next Democratic Presidential Nominee. <BR/><BR/>Indeed, in the week leading up to the Tuesday Primary, Obama had shifted the target of his rhetoric from Clinton to Senator McCain. As the next Democratic Presidential Nominee, the focus of Obama's blazing rhetoric should shift, naturally, towards his Republicn rival.<BR/><BR/>I think the motives here implicate Obama's team. It was a move executed by someone who thought their man would be the next President of the U.S. It was move made to quiet realistic fears instilled in Canadian officials propogated by someone whose anthem exclaims "words matter".<BR/><BR/>P.S. There are reports now that it was Obama's economic advisor who made the remarks. <BR/><BR/>I'll be frank. I don't find this surprising from someone likely responsible for an economic policy that promises to raise minimum wage and then index it to inflation. Text-book economics tells you that the results of these policies will increase unemployment and send inflation through the roof.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731543.post-33338211018112704262008-03-06T15:22:00.000-05:002008-03-06T15:22:00.000-05:00What's rather disheartening is that this story is ...What's rather disheartening is that this story is still being framed as a tactical success for the Clinton campaign, and a <I>faux pas</I> on behalf of Obama by most news sources.<BR/><BR/>I noticed we both blogged the same qoute from the 'Mop & Pail'.adamvshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16588785302134404072noreply@blogger.com