See, my read on the stuff about Canada was that
of course Obama didn't mean he was just going to pull us out of NAFTA, and
of course Obama was just posturing for political purposes, and wanted to reassure the Canadians of that. He's way too smart to actually think that NAFTA has been bad for the country, and he's way too smart to think that as a result of NAFTA jobs have moved to China (!), and he's also way too smart to actually think that it's acceptable to sign a treaty and then just walk away from it and then think people will actually still do business with you later.
That he is supposed to have told the Canadians "I don't really mean it" is to my mind a plus, though it does show he's just another politician - and that's not necessarily a negative, because every officeholder is. He's just not the messiah.
But I did chuckle when I saw this online:<br><IMG SRC="http://bp1.blogger.com/_pNJFZtinpKY/R8cAgA0YR1I/AAAAAAAAC-8/qvuqI5-Iab8/s1600/Obamessiah.jpg">