Romney Drive With Dog On Roof

Mitt romney s dog incident comes back to haunt him photo when mitt romney strapped his irish setter to the roof of his car in 1983 and drove all the way to canada as the dog defecated in fear he couldn t have guessed his decision would follow him for decades enraging animal lovers and raising questions about his character and management style.

Romney drive with dog on roof.

Romney did not simply strap seamus to the roof. Since there wasn t enough room in the car for the family dog seamus romney put the irish setter in a crate fastened to the roof of the car. Mitt romney and the dog on the car roof. Their dog seamus rode in a carrier on the roof of the family s chevrolet caprice station wagon for the 12 hour trip.

Using a 1983 family vacation to talk about romney s family values a shocking paragraph caught the eye of animal rights groups and angered pet owners across the country. Washington the story hasn t come up yet in any of the republican presidential debates and it hasn t even dogged him on the campaign trail. It might be unseemly to bring this up just as mitt romney celebrates his win in new hampshire on tuesday night and seems to be a strong front runner for the gop nomination. But it s a true story and it comes with a canadian angle.

During the 650 mile 1 050 km trip seamus got diarrhea. But the story of his. Though romney has said seamus loved roof rides during this particular trip the dog suffered a bout of diarrhea that forced romney to pull over and hose off the car. It might be unseemly to bring this up just as mitt romney celebrates his win in new hampshire on tuesday night and seems to be a strong front runner for the gop nomination.

One columnist s obsession gail collins loves telling the story of how mitt romney drove his family to canada with the family dog strapped to the roof of the. Before beginning the drive mitt romney put seamus the family s hulking irish setter in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon s roof rack. Romney stopped at a gas station to wash the dog the carrier and the car. Romney had built a windshield for the carrier to make the ride more comfortable for the dog.