RUSH: Were you able to hear that? Let me read the transcript for you. Obama on a hot mic said, "This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility." Medvedev said, "I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir, and I stand with you." I will tell the KGB.
So here you have the president of the United States telling the president of Russia (paraphrasing): "Hang loose, Dmitry! Sit tight out there. Once I get past this election, I'm gonna have a lot more flexibility." What he means is: "Nobody can stop me. I don't have another election, so I don't have to worry about popularity, and I don't have to worry about doing things the American people won't like. I'll be free and clear do whatever I want to do, Dmitry, and that's when I'm gonna really be able to reduce our nukes.
"Just tell Vlad to sit tight and be patient." And Dmitry Medvedev said (impression), "Yes, I understand. I transmit this information to Vladimir, and I stand with you." No one ever leaves the KGB!
This is not, by any stretch of the imagination, the first time something like this has happened. I remember when Ronald Reagan was president, Teddy Kennedy actually told Soviet leaders at the time (I forget the specifics, but): Look, wait 'til we get rid of Reagan, and we'll be fine. During the eighties in Nicaragua, the Iran-Contra battles, the Soviet client state's little tinhorn was a guy named Daniel Ortega.