Obama's website pitches post-election flexibility for African-Americans
Published: 1:30 PM 04/02/2012
By Neil Munro - The Daily Caller
President Barack Obama's under-the-radar campaign to spur turnout in the African-American community is echoing the promise of post-election flexibility given last month to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin.
"What really excites me about [an Obama re-election] is that a U.S. president has only two terms," Tatyana Ali, an Obama-boosting actress, says in a video on the African-American section of Obama's campaign website.
"In the second term, it's on, because we don't have to worry about re-election," says a laughing Ali, whose video was produced by Black Entertainment TV.
"This is my last election," Obama told outgoing Russian President Dmitri Medvedev last month as reporters entered the room to hear a joint statement. "After my election, I'll have more flexibility" in negotiating curbs on American anti-missile defenses, Obama told Medvedev, who is soon to replaced by his former boss, Vladimir Putin. (SEE ALSO: Obama defends hot mic gaffe)
On other occasions, Obama has strongly hinted to his gay and lesbian supporters that he is "evolving" to the point where he will support same-sex marriage.
Obama has also hinted to Latino political leaders that he'll renew a push for the DREAM Act.
That promise of post-election flexibility has spurred criticism and derision from numerous GOP activists and conservatives, including GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, House Speaker John Boehner and strategist Karl Rove.
"Voters have every right to ask: What other surprises does he plan to spring on us if he's reelected?" Rove wrote March 27, while urging Republicans to make Obama's hot mic moment a major element in the 2012 campaign.
Other GOP supporters are using the statement to ridicule Obama. "223 days left until 'Flexibility Day,'" Ari Fleishcher tweeted March 28. "What position is Pres O taking now that will be different after November 6-if he wins?"
American Crossroads, a GOP-aligned research firm, used a spoof movie trailer, dubbed "Operation Hot Mic," to ridicule Obama's offer of post-election concessions to the Russian government.
