Romney's Dog Not Looking Forward to Next Family Vacation

[Tref]

Romney strapped a dog carrier — with the family dog Seamus, an Irish Setter, in it — to the roof of the family station wagon for a twelve hour drive from Boston to Ontario, which the family apparently completed, despite Seamus's rather visceral protest.

Asked how the ride was, Romney's dog Seamus reportedly replied, "Ruff!"

[SacTown Chronic]

Such cruelty is sure to earn him the Republican nomination.

[alphabassettgrrl]

He put the dog on the *roof*????? Poor thing.

STC, that's funny.

[lashbear]

Who'd call their kid "Mitt" ?!?! WTF.

"Mommy's calling, kids, time for supper. Come little Mitt, come little Bat, come little Ballpark Frank"

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by lashbear

Who'd call their kid "Mitt" ?!?! WTF.

"Mommy's calling, kids, time for supper. Come little Mitt, come little Bat, come little Ballpark Frank"

Cruelty begets cruelty

[blueerica]

No offense, especially since I don't think it's right to do that to any animal, I find it rather amusing that it's coming out now, just after the evangelicals bashed him for being a Mormon, being of Satan, and otherwise not believing in Jesus. (For those not in the know, Mormons believe in Jesus. Up until recently (all that social-conservative pressure!) he was pro-choice - a surefire sign that he was totally a part of Satan's posse.)

I'm not saying I'd vote for the guy... I'm just saying that all the ignorance and digging up of dirt that happened 24 years ago is pretty much what keeps me disenchanted with the political system and many of the people voting within it.

I shouldn't even expect it to be any different, nor should I continue hoping it would be. As the political pendulum swings left and right, the only thing I'm assured of is that it's all a part of the same clock.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I didn't realize this was in the past. Still not right, but hopefully he's learned better.

I'm not sure how I feel about him being a Mormon and potentially president. I guess as long as he doesn't let Jesus make political policy, then I don't care what religion he follows as long as it's sort of sane. A pro-choice stance certainly garners some support. Especially in the face of religious pressure to believe otherwise.

I'm with you, BE, in that I hate the political system.

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

I didn't realize this was in the past. Still not right, but hopefully he's learned better.

I'm not sure how I feel about him being a Mormon and potentially president. I guess as long as he doesn't let Jesus make political policy, then I don't care what religion he follows as long as it's sort of sane. A pro-choice stance certainly garners some support. Especially in the face of religious pressure to believe otherwise.

I'm with you, BE, in that I hate the political system.

That's the thing, all the evangelicals are worried that he doesn't believe in Jesus and won't guide our country in the right way. Which only confirms how uneducated so many people are.

And sadly (to me), he's no longer pro-choice - pressured by the religious right. And I don't know whether it means he'd pick judges that would be fair when it came to Roe v. Wade or if it just means he's wishy-washy and goes against his own beliefs for a vote, which I believe most/all politicians do. You know... "for the greater good."

In terms of the date, I may have misread, simply because I forgot National Lampoon's Vacation being a 1983 release. This very well could have happened recently. No matter the date, it's a reprehensible action, no matter when, though it would have been incredibly foolhardy this close to the primaries. In which case, I'd have to question his intelligence, and lack of intelligent people around him. (While I question Bush's intelligence, he does have some smart people around him guiding him - even if I don't agree with them.)

[Betty]

Did I miss the reference to the date that occurred in the article? Or did they fail to mention it? Because it sure seemed like this was something that just happened.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Betty

Did I miss the reference to the date that occurred in the article? Or did they fail to mention it? Because it sure seemed like this was something that just happened.

Originally Posted by the linked story, in the first paragraph

...Father deals with minor — but gross — incident during a 1983 family vacation, and saves the day.

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