In a case of very bad timing, mere days before Russian troops invaded Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula, Lis Smith, the Obama re-election campaign rapid response director, tweeted that former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney should keep his mouth shut on foreign policy matters.
On the Sunday before the Russian military moved in, she tweeted:
If i were @MittRomney, I would never talk about foreign policy again. Like ever. #USSR #SovietThreat
— Lis Smith (@lis_Smith) February 23, 2014
I thought the “like ever” comment at the end was a particularly nice touch on her part.
Read more tweets compiled by the Twitchy team.
I can only assume she made this statement in response to Romney’s repeated assertion that Russia is one of America’s greatest geo-political foes, first brought up during a presidential debate as shown here:
No one gave Smith’s tweet a lot of attention — until the Russian troop movements days later. Then the Twitterverse lit up. Twitter user Sam Rosado tweeted Saturday:
Awkwarddddd RT @lis_Smith If i were @MittRomney, I would never talk about foreign policy again. Like ever. #USSR #SovietThreat
— Sam Rosado (@FakeSamRosado) March 1, 2014
This started an avalanche of responses. Arizonan Jon Gabriel, the self-described “undisputed king of stuff,” made this spot-on observation:
@lis_Smith I’m thankful that @MittRomney doesn’t take your advice. Enjoy the Crimean invasion.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 1, 2014
The Smith tweet reminded Buzzfeed reporter Andrew Kaczynski of an Obama campaign poster that mocked Romney. This, in turn, was picked up by The Weekly Standard’s Stephen Hayes:
Ouch RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: This old OFA poster mocking Romney is great for a number of reasons. pic.twitter.com/MuPP3noPaq
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) March 1, 2014
Then there were these comments:
OFA really has its finger on the geopolitical pulse, doesn’t it? @OrwellForks @lis_Smith @JimmyPrinceton
— Burrrton (@SeahawkBurrrton) March 1, 2014
Moral of the story? Smith should never try to badmouth Romney again — “like ever.”
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