Barack Obama has left no doubt in our minds.  Presidential candidate Mitt Romney summed up Obama perfectly before an audience of donors in California.  He explained that Obama’s “off-microphone” comment with Russia’s president, proved to the American people that he is willing to have conversations with our enemies he doesn’t want Americans to know about.  Plans that show deference to Russia, who is not our friend, especially in opposing Iran’s nuclear plans.

Obama also sent a painfully-clear message that his agenda AFTER re-election, is in some way intended to be kept secret from the American people.  Is this the kind of leadership we deserve?  When even the liberal Los Angeles Times does not hide the truth, be CONCERNED.

From the L.A. Times:

“This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.”

“I understand,” Medvedev responded. “I will transmit this information to Vladimir.”

The exchange, its air of secrecy enhanced by the muffled audio, raised alarm among Obama’s critics about his long-term commitment to the missile defense system. The U.S. has promoted it as a shield to protect Europe from missile attacks by Iran. The Russians fear it’s aimed at them, and opposition to the missile shield was a major theme of Putin’s recent presidential campaign.

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Putin, who previously served two four-year terms as president, won a new six-year term March 4 in an election that critics charge was flawed. He will succeed Medvedev, who replaced him in 2008 when term limits prevented Putin from seeking a third successive term.

Mitt Romney, the front-runner for the Republican nomination, accused Obama of “pulling his punches with the American people” and obscuring his plans for the missile defense system.

House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said “we look forward” to hearing what the president meant by “more flexibility” when he returns from South Korea.

John Bolton, ambassador to the United Nations during the George W. Bush administration, called Obama’s comments a “fire bell in the night,” which signaled not only that Obama would scale back the missile defense program, but also that he might be planning to give ground on a range of national security priorities.

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“There’s huge cause for concern here,” Bolton said. Obama is too much of “a politician to entirely show his hand in the first term, but it would be open season” if he is reelected, Bolton said.

Read more here:  http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-obama-open-microphone-20120327,0,1479756.story

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Filed under: Economy, Featured, Inside The KC, Politics by Sonja Eddings Brown, Mar 28, 2012