Can Romney get any respect for being right about Russia in Today's GOP?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

He is poised to be the future leader if the Republicans want to re-enter American democracy. If not, he may wind up in a gulag.

"It's time to admit it: Mitt Romney was right about Russia"
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/politics/mitt-romney-russia-ukraine/index.html

"Romney: Putin can’t be allowed to rebuild the Soviet Union
“He’s trying to reestablish what he had before,” the Utah senator said."

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/16/romney-russia-ukraine-nato-527207

Romney has at least occasionally stood up to tfg and Lil Tucker. Taking down Carlson seems imperative to defending democracy at home.

"Mitt Romney Slams Tucker Carlson Over Viktor Orbán Trip: 'Hungary, Model for America?'"
https://www.newsweek.com/mitt-romney-slams-tucker-carlson-viktor-orban-hungary-model-america-1630451

[Hugin]

1. Ha! They won't even let Ronna "NOT Romney" McDaniel use her middle name...

Highly doubtful.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

4. I'm thinking this disaster could break the fever.

Carlson is way out there with his 4 million viewers. But he totally exposes himself to be unpatriotic. Romney may yet rise. And I, for one, hope he does.

[Hugin]

7. Mittens does have the potential of a substantial bloc, if he could get them together.

Far exceeding the Trumpists and other factions.

However, I've seen little indication of a rally.

I'm by no means a barometer of such things, though.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

13. thank you for your take.

I am trying to project, I know. I crave sanity on the right. The idea that he could be proven right may just tip the scales in the next election.

[nycbos]

2. Rommey being right about Russia shows...

... that the saying about broken clocks being right twice a day at 100% accurate.

[lame54]

5. He had some unforseen help...

Trump's 4 years opened the door for the current situation

[former9thward]

21. Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014 before Trump was around.

He got away with Crimea then and that set the table for the future.

[elleng]

3. 'at least occasionally' not enough;

sorry.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

6. He is apparently trying to save child tax credit .

Pragmatism in the Republican Party. Imagine that!

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/romneys-push-revive-child-tax-credit-hinges-work-requirements-rcna16581

[elleng]

8. That would be 'nice.'

[RobertMcNamara]

9. I was wrong

I remember when Romney got ridiculed in the Obama debate about calling Russia the number one geopolitical foe.

We were wrong.

He was right.

I admit it.

Obama’s Russia policy was wrong as well.

We are paying for that now.

Hopefully Biden remembers the lessons, I think he does.

[inthewind21]

16. WOW

What's with the Romney love fest? My how short memories are. And people wonder "how did we get here"

Which Romney is better than sliced bread today? The one who has a brain and a few morals or the Romney that sells out everything to get a job or an endorsement from Trump?

https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/politics/mitt-romney-presidential-race-speech/index.html


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/mitt-romney-lavishes-praise-president-elect-trump-whom-he-once-n689946

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-voices-support-mitt-romney-campaign-senate/story?id=53208232

[SleeplessinSoCal]

24. He isn't T F G!!

That is a big deal. If he can cause the Repubs to stop following the Donald, and focus on a violent dictator who got away with ending sanctions Obama imposed. That was Michael Flynn's promise. Obama warned the fat ass about Flynn - Putin admirer.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/08/obama-warn-trump-michael-flynn-238116

[FakeNoose]

25. Michael McFaul, former ambassador to Russia under Obama

... and a frequent pundit on MSNBC, wrote a great book a few years ago about his time as ambassador to Russia. He was there when Obama's Russian policy "reboot" took a nosedive and McFaul tells several interesting stories about run-ins with Putin. McFaul is a genuine expert on Russian history, culture, politics and language, and I've learned a lot from his comments on Rachel and Lawrence.

The title of his book is From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia (2018).

(link) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McFaul

[Pantagruel]

10. " Russia the number one geopolitical foe."

That was NINE years ago, fact sets change and China may indeed be the LT one to fear most. Russia may very well be shooting itself in the foot right in front of us.

[abqtommy]

11. There's an old saying that even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Mitt Romney

deserves no respect from anyone. He showed me/us who he was a long, long time ago.
Don't buy into the lies that the lying spinners spin.

[MOMFUDSKI]

12. NO

because he is oh so wrong about today's GOP.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

14. Recalling that Romney voted to convict Trump in 1st impeachment

Sane Republicans need to watch his speech. Video in link...

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2020/02/05/mitt-romney-impeachment-vote-trump/4670014002/

And article...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/05/senate-impeachment-trial-mitt-romney-votes-remove-president-trump/4669734002/

[inthewind21]

17. Romney

Is nothing but a political whore who will sell out every principle he has to get what he wants.

[Boomerproud]

18. He's getting no help from me regarding any rehabilitation.

Feeling lonely Mitt?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

20. One could say that about all politicians.

But he ran for the Senate in 2018 to be a true conservative voice in the crazy party of tfg. He voted to impeach twice!!

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/2/13/22281675/why-mitt-romney-voted-to-convict-trump-in-the-former-presidents-2nd-impeachment-trial

A adamantly believe we need a healthy Rrpublican Party. Romney has been the steadiest voice they have. But because he lost in 2912, he has been vilified by MAGAts. I cheer him on. I think it's vital that his voice be heard today. He's still going to fault Democrats because if he didn't, he'd get no support.

[Poiuyt]

22. Romney was right that Russia was a threat, but Obama was right that al Qaeda was a bigger

threat at that time.

[hardluck]

23. The immediate threat

Not the bigger threat.

[Orrex]

26. To date, Romney has said and done nothing to threaten the Republikkkan party line

He dutifully votes contrary to his party only when his vote wouldn't change the outcome of the vote regardless, and he's big on statements that don't actually require him to spend any political capital.

So good for him for stating the obvious about Putin, just like countless others have done. But he gets no props from me until he actually steps up and acts like a representative of the people rather than as an obedient pseudo-maverick pawn of his party.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

27. He is probably too sane for his party.

Thinking back... W, Papa Bush, Reagan, Nixon. None of them - with the exception of Papa Bush - was actually a seriously, responsible POTUS. And because he responsibly raised taxes, they turned on him.