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URGENT CRATE-GATE UPDATE: Did Mitt Romney Lie About Fate of Seamus?
We all know the sad story of Seamus, the Romney family Irish Setter who was strapped to the top of the Romney station wagon for at least one 12-hour trip to Canada and who at least once pooped himself in fear and, after being given an emotion-free hosing down by Mitt Romney, was placed once more atop the car for more terrifying hours on the highway.
The Romney family has said previously that Seamus was given away to Romneys sister after this fateful trip, and lived out the last of his days on a lovely farm.
But now new questions emerge.
According to Hunter Walker, writing for the Politicker NY, a blog of the New York Observer, Mitt Romney may not have told the whole truth about the scandalous tale.
According to a trusted Politicker tipster, Walker says, two of Romneys sons had an off-the-record conversation with reporters in which they revealed that Seamus actually ran away when they reached their destination in Canada.
As of this writing, says Walker, the Romney campaign has not responded to multiple requests for comment on this story.
What is the truth about Seamus' fate? Did he live out his days on a bucolic farm, as Romney has said? Or was he abandoned somewhere in Canada, alone, to fend for himself?
Update: Here's more from The Atlantic Wire: "Crate-Gate" Plot Twist
Rusty
Posted by Rusty at 7:58 AM
http://www.dogsagainstromney.com/2012/01/urgent-crate-gate-update-did-mitt.html?m=0
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)You know, better health care, allowed to marry the dog of his choosing.
madaboutharry
(40,211 posts)Pirate Smile
(27,617 posts)madaboutharry
(40,211 posts)Mitt Romney is a cruel man.
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)Flashbacks to Bush's years prior to holding an office. These two could be twins when it comes to "compassion".
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)I would suppose that Seamus is dead, but he has been baptized into the Mormon Church, Canine Division. It's a god-eat-dog world out there.
ashling
(25,771 posts)Good for him!
Pirate Smile
(27,617 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)KT2000
(20,577 posts)and he ran off and found a much better home is probably what happened. That is my guess.
I am proud of Seamus for looking after himself. I hope he found a better life for himself.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)for neighbors and friends back in Boston.
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)he's a sadistic asshole just on the broad outlines of the story. And for someone like me, it is a meaningful insight into what is wrong with this guy.
But Romney, himself, says this was part of some sort of going away trip?
What?
rocktivity
(44,576 posts)link
And I thought George Bush couldn't think on his feet...
rocktivity
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)euthanization of the family pet when there was no apparent reason for doing so other than convenience. And when both reasons are used with different audiences it is almost a certainty as to what occurred, imo.
"The dog ran away" is the euphemism of choice to use with young children, because obviously if the dog just disappears one afternoon it is a believable one. And the kids aren't going to pester you to go "visit Seamus on his farm".
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)he was a little kid and his dog mysteriously vanished. He believed it into his teen years, and then began to wonder why he didn't remember them actually looking for the dog after he supposedly ran away.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)signs with hand drawings of the dog.
Pirate Smile
(27,617 posts)More details on what's become known as Crate-gate:
Mitt Romney may not have told the whole truth about the scandalous tale of his Irish Setter, Seamus, being strapped to the roof of his car during a 12-hour family road trip to Canada. According to a trusted Politicker tipster, two of Mr. Romneys sons had an off-record conversation with reporters where they revealed the dog ran away when they reached their destination on that infamous journey in 1983. Mr. Romneys wife, Ann, has previously said Seamus survived the trip and went on to live to a "ripe old age." As of this writing, Mr. Romneys campaign has not responded to multiple requests for comment on this story.
Rusty is sticking with the story as it develops. The Obama campaign is already making hay.
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/02/romneys-dog-problem-deepens.html
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)how Mitt Romney treats his dogs, it is about how to get this economy moving again. Any one who knows me knows there is not an anti-dog bone in my body. That is all I am going to say on that."
Pirate Smile
(27,617 posts)Now that ya think about it, I wonder why it never came up before since it would only make sense that they brought him back home the same way but nothing was ever said about the return trip.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Actually, if this is what really happened, I want this phucker behind bars!