Romney's Dog Problem Deepens

[kpete]

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. Romney’s 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. Romney’s wife, Ann, has previously said Seamus survived the trip and went on to live to a "ripe old age." As of this writing, Mr. Romney’s campaign has not responded to multiple requests for comment on this story.

http://www.politickerny.com/2012/01/31/did-mitt-romneys-dog-seek-asylum-in-canada/
http://www.dogsagainstromney.com/
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/01/crate-gate-plot-twist-did-seamus-run-away/48116/

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. "Dogs are not people my friend." nt

[rustydog]

10. Love it! Yes, but some people are bitches Willard.

[Denninmi]

14. My dog is definitely people.

And he knows it, too.

[onehandle]

2. Dogs Against Romney Facebook and Twitter:

Hi, I'm Rusty. High speeds scare the crap out of me. Mitt Romney is mean to dogs. Help me get my message out.

http://www.facebook.com/DogsAgainstRomney

http://twitter.com/Grrr_Romney

[Motown_Johnny]

3. I always wondered about the return trip

and why there was no comment about that poor dog being forced back into that cage once again.

This would explain it.

[gopiscrap]

4. I hope some dog bites the shit out of him

while on the campaign trail. He's the first pres. candidate that I know of who has had this problem with animals, not even Bush, Reagan or Nixon had these problems...goes to show you how inhuman and plastic that fucker is!

[Melissa G]

13. I think you may be mistaken about Bush

"We were terrible to animals," recalled Mr. Throckmorton, laughing. A dip behind the Bush home turned into a small lake after a good rain, and thousands of frogs would come out.

"Everybody would get BB guns and shoot them," Mr. Throckmorton said. "Or we'd put firecrackers in the frogs and throw them and blow them up."

When he was not blowing up frogs, young George -- always restless and something of a natural leader -- would lead neighborhood children on daredevil expeditions around town, seeing how close they could come to breaking their necks. George also quickly acquired a colorful vocabulary

http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/052100wh-gop-bush-bio.html

[sad sally]

30. Bushie dropped poor old Barney on the cement.

On the other hand, Ford loved Liberty.



as did FDR love Fala.

[Auggie]

5. How traumatic. I'd run away too. What torturous assholes.

[HopeHoops]

6. The dog was just running away from a less intelligent organism.

[Life Long Dem]

7. Letterman did a monologue last night asking "What's Mitt Romney's Dog Tied To Today?"

Last night his dog was on the Gateway Arch.

[alterfurz]

22. to burnish his image, Mitt's renaming his dog "Checkers" and taking him on the campaign trail...

[NotThisTime]

8. I think the whole thing is awful, what the hell kind of person would do that to an animal? If they

would do it to their dog they'd do it to a person, which is why Mitt Romney likes to Fire People ie: throw them out.... he's scum.

[lapislzi]

9. Comment from a fellow-dog lover:

Dogs don't run away unless they're being mistreated.

Don't get me wrong. Our dog will go zoomies pell mell into traffic if allowed off-leash. (This is a problem we are having remedied with owner training classes). At the bark park he goes crazy. And then he comes and quietly sits with us. We don't even have to call him. After his run, he wants to be with his pack. Were he to escape our yard somehow, I have no doubt that he'd eventually come back once his curiosity and smell-needs had been satisfied. Note: I'm not testing this theory, but I'm pretty sure.

Dogs don't run away. They know where the food, the shelter, and the pack is. A dog will prefer his familiar environment if it offers even a small measure of comfort and security.

If a dog truly runs away, you can be sure that his treatment has been well-nigh unbearable and he would rather take his chances than allow it to continue.

[Loudmxr]

11. I have the same problem too.

If we are not careful the doggies will get out and run around the block and then come back through the alley and look at us and say "Whut?? we were just going out on an ADVENTURE!!"

Damn little strong headed, strong willed, just plain strong little pieces of adorable fluff.

How I love them. Brother and sister.

[Missy Vixen]

18. Our sweet Moose decided to visit one of the neighbors last Halloween

My husband was switching his collar, he got off the leash, and decided he wanted to do some trick-or-treating. He actually ran inside their house, and came running when my husband called him. It scared the living daylights out of us. Luckily, the neighbor (we'd never previously met) had a dog of his own, and found our pup's visit funny.

Even if Moose is three now, he likes to chew. (Labrador Retriever. Need I say more?) The tether we use to let him go into the backyard got a hole in it. We didn't figure it out till he came inside. He came right back to us, instead of taking off.

I can't even imagine how scared and distressed poor Seamus must have been.

I hope you have many happy years with your pup, too. There is nothing better than seeing that wagging tail and getting those slurpy doggie kisses.

[dsc]

21. when I first found my dog

he escaped from the lead I had and I figured he was gone for good since I had only had him for a couple of days. But a few hours later back he was, hasn't left since. He had his own tough trip down to NC with me. I moved down in a very, very full station wagon where I had my seat and he had just a little place for him. I had to all but throw him back in on our last pee stop but we made it. He even rides in cars he started to let me put him in a car again only a day later. I know he would definatly not purposely run away.

[DCBob]

15. Poor Seamus.

Oh how I wish we had a photo!!

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. kick. for the dogs!

[Quantess]

17. I would have run away, too.

[MoonRiver]

19. My dog is a family member.

She's inside the car with the rest of the family wherever we all go. I would no more put her on top of the car than I would one of my grandsons.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

20. Every time I see Romney

I picture him in a tennis outfit, with a sweater's sleeves tied around his neck, holding a racquet. I don't think he looks right in a business suit as that implies he works for a living, but a preppy affected look of casual country club wealth is more his style.

[yellowcanine]

23. Some of the facebook comments are really funny.

Bark on!! And I absolutely adore the "HISS!!! ...OFFICIAL DOGS AGAINST ROMNEY MEMBER: CAT DIVISION" ^_^ too frkn cool!
10 hours ago · Like · 7

Cathy Schaum FTtyngsboro Way to go, Rusty... grrrr!
10 hours ago · Like · 2

Alicia Ali Marsden My dog Levi wants Willards face on a chew toy!
10 hours ago · Like · 9

Jan Geiger hay last night I thought of yard signs
10 hours ago · Like · 1

Elizabeth Armstrong Kolodziejski put his face on a pooper scooper, thats more like it!
10 hours ago · Like · 7

Nancy Field Do you have a size chart for the dog T-shirt sizes?
10 hours ago · Like · 1

Dogs Against Romney ?Nancy Field that should be available in the store
9 hours ago · Like · 1

Jacque Roberts Mutts against Mitt.
9 hours ago · Like · 5

Eye Gee Romney for Dog Abuser in Chief!
9 hours ago · Like

Tracy Burns Georgopoulos How about poop bags with his face on them? Because he really is full of... it.
8 hours ago · Like · 7

Peggyjayne McNamee Tracey I like that idea
8 hours ago · Like · 2

Mandy Barre how about t-shirts showing Obama giving his dog the proper treatment: Dogs Love Obama!
7 hours ago · Like · 3

Lea Matthews That's right he was on the Christmas Card not the roof!
2 hours ago · Like · 3

Greto Alene I used that photo as my profile photo for a while too.

[HuckleB]

24. Why is it that I actually hear a dog whining?

[jsmirman]

25. I don't understand

what are you saying?

[HuckleB]

26. The dog is haunting us all.

Or something like that.

No, it was personal than that.

Whatever.

[yellowcanine]

27. This thing is taking off on Facebook and other places

[SomethingFishy]

28. Clark Fucking Griswold... n/t

[yellowcanine]

29. Crap there is a milk carton with Seamus on it also.