Web Montage: Media and Democrats Mocked Mitt Romney’s View of Russia in 2012

Let’s Roll the Tape: Media, Democrats Mocked Romney's Accurate View of Russia (Washington Free Beacon)

When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called Russia “our No. 1 geopolitical foe” in 2012, the Obama administration and liberal media members jumped on the remarks as “antiquated,” “dumb,” and proof positive of his “Cold War mind warp.”

With the Russian occupation of Crimea, as well as the granting of asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden and antagonism with the U.S. over Syrian dictator and Russian ally Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons, Romney looks more prophetic every day. He said in the final debate he would not wear “rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia or [Vladimir] Putin” if president.

But Democrats and the media insisted on making Romney’s platform a punchline.