Why Obama's open mic slip could seriously hurt his reelection hopes
By Karl Rove
Published March 27, 2012 | FoxNews.com
President Obama: “On all these issues, but particularly missile
defense, this, this can be solved but it’s important for him to give me
space.”
President Medvedev: “Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you…”
President Obama: “This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.”
President Medvedev: “I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir.”
Captured by open microphones, President Barack Obama’s private conversation with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday in Seoul could have a big negative impact on Mr. Obama’s re-election.
By telling Mr. Medvedev and his patron, the once-and-future Russian President Vladimir Putin, that he will have “flexibility” after the American election on Russian demands opposing a US missile defense for Europe, Mr. Obama is in effect saying he is ready to do something the Russians will like but that the American people won’t.
Mr. Obama has shown Russian leaders, and now the entire world, weakness.
He’s willing to bend to the demands of America’s international rivals as long as his appeasement becomes public only after he’s safely back in the White House for a second term. But he is apparently unwilling to share with the American people his “flexibility” with the Russians, perhaps concerned about the criticism such concessions to Moscow might draw from America’s European allies.
Just as Senator John Kerry’s explanation in 2004 that “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it” exposed the Massachusetts Senator as a pandering flip-flopper, so may Mr. Obama’s private-turned-public remarks confirm doubts that he’s not shooting straight with the American people. It may also contribute to a belief that he holds voters in thinly disguised contempt.
The effects of Mr. Obama’s remarks in Seoul go beyond foreign affairs. If the president believes it is important to his reelection to conceal from Americans his response to Russians demands to halt development of a missile defense for Europe, voters have every right to ask: What other surprises does he plan to spring on us if he’s reelected?
You almost swerved in to one correct comment. JFK was the last decent Democrat to hold a major office.
Quoting lga1965:
This reminds me of when JFK was President and negotiated with Russia and worked toward nuclear disarmament....the radicals hated him for that. I was a college student during his administration and I remember. I'm sure there aren't that many of you who do. JFK was our last sane President.
Now Obama is seeming to want to negotiate but DO WE KNOW FOR SURE? His "flexibility" remark could mean a lot of different things,you know.
Quoting motherslove82:
And again I say, the man is dangerous. He cares nothing for America or the constitution. Vote him out!
I'll second that.
Oh for Bob's sake. Manufactured outrage from Karl Rove and the right wing.
Meh.
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