{"id":3423,"date":"2012-03-26T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/03\/26\/after-my-election-i-have-more\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:18:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:18:01","slug":"after-my-election-i-have-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=3423","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;After My Election I Have More Flexibility&#8221; &#8211; Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:16050,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com\\\/blogs\\\/politics\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/president-obama-asks-medvedev-for-space-on-missile-defense-after-my-election-i-have-more-flexibility&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com\\\/blogs\\\/politics\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/president-obama-asks-medvedev-for-space-on-missile-defense-after-my-election-i-have-more-flexibility&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14114,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.guntalk.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.guntalk.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15511,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/corp.kaltura.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260412143450\\\/https:\\\/\\\/corp.kaltura.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 13:12:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 12:08:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-02 15:35:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-06 19:44:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-12 15:52:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-16 21:54:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-25 09:19:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-28 19:41:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-01 21:15:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-06 14:25:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-09 22:40:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 10:46:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 10:46:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15512,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/corp.kaltura.com\\\/video_platform\\\/video_management&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15513,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/corp.kaltura.com\\\/solutions\\\/video_solution&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/corp.kaltura.com\\\/solutions\\\/video_solution&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15514,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/corp.kaltura.com\\\/video_platform\\\/video_publishing&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/politics\/2012\/03\/president-obama-asks-medvedev-for-space-on-missile-defense-after-my-election-i-have-more-flexibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jake Tapper of ABC News is reporting on a comment made by President Obama<\/a> to Russian President Demitri Medvedev today at the end of their 90 minute meeting in Seoul, South Korea. They were discussing issues of mutual concern but especially missile defense.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>The exchange:<\/p>\n<p>President Obama: On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved but it\u2019s important for him to give me space.<\/p>\n<p>President Medvedev: Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you\u2026<\/p>\n<p>President Obama: <strong>This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Medvedev: I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nWhile this comment was made in the context of missile defense, I think it is a harbinger of things to come if Obama is re-elected. While he has been somewhat restrained in his gun control efforts so far, I think most rational people would expect Obama to ramp up his efforts once he no longer has to worry about re-election. If you didn&#8217;t think this presidential election and the concurrent congressional elections were not that important, think again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guntalk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A caller to Tom Gresham&#8217;s GunTalk<\/a> last week or the week before said he was setting aside money to buy more guns in case it looked like Obama would be re-elected. He called it his Obama Re-election Gun Buying Fund. Tom responded that instead of buying more guns he should invest the money in supporting pro-gun candidates so that he and everyone else would have their Second Amendment rights protected. 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