Romney straps dog to roof of family car

[heironymouspasparagus]

My dad made plenty of trips with minimum stops.  You would be surprised how long you can make a kid go without stopping, especially if your drive at night and the kids sleep

A little Dramamine or Benadryl goes a long way.

[Conan71]

I am sure you are correct.

Ask yourself these two questions...was it wrong for Romney to crate his dog on top of his car? Remember that the dog was so scared that he pooped so much that it was running down the windows of the car. Mitt stopped the car, cleaned the crate a washed and ran through a car wash, then put the dog back into the crate. And the second question...would you vote for a guy who is cruel to animals?

This is a whole lot of bed-wetting over nothing.  No different than people who cage their bird dogs in the beds of pickups in freezing weather.  I'm sure many of those crap themselves, yet I've never heard any outrage over it.

I'm not a single issue voter and if I were, it wouldn't revolve around dogshit rolling down the windows of a station wagon.

[RecycleMichael]

Fortunately, many people care about mistreating animals.

I think what Romney did was animal abuse, and the fact that he likes to tell the story makes me not like him.

Of course, people see this issue differently and you are entitled to not think it is a big deal. I remember that many people tried to justify Michael Vick dog-fighting and killing dogs saying it was a sport that bred dogs to fight. Some people think that bull fighting rodeos are cruel to bulls and horse racing as cruel to horses.

I enjoy horse racing and avoid bull-fighting and rodeos, but draw the line on fighting dogs.

[Conan71]

Fortunately, many people care about mistreating animals.

I think what Romney did was animal abuse, and the fact that he likes to tell the story makes me not like him.

Of course, people see this issue differently and you are entitled to not think it is a big deal. I remember that many people tried to justify Michael Vick dog-fighting and killing dogs saying it was a sport that bred dogs to fight. Some people think that bull fighting rodeos are cruel to bulls and horse racing as cruel to horses.

I enjoy horse racing and avoid bull-fighting and rodeos, but draw the line on fighting dogs.

Should horses be confined to small pens, then beaten, drugged to go faster, and so highly stressed that fatal injuries are not uncommon in the sport?  I don't think so. 

I never heard anyone say what Vick was doing was okay or come to his defense saying dog fighting was no big deal.  You keep making it sound like Romney used one of these plastic pet taxis.  I suspect back when this happened that it would have been something similar to what people put their bird dogs in.  As far as crap running everywhere, ever dawn on anyone the dog might have had an intestinal bug?

You wouldn't support Romney with this story or without.  If this is the worst you can come up with and you have to keep bumping this worthless topic in an attempt to sway anyone away from him who might not otherwise be swayed, then this topic is a FAIL.

[Gaspar]

I think it provides an excellent reason to vote for President Obama.  He is obviously the candidate of "not putting your dog on top of your car."

For some that will be the primary issue of this election, so I think it's important that the President position himself as firmly against roof-mounted canine automotive travel!

Bo travels in a G5.  That's all that matters!

[Townsend]

If this is the worst you can come up with and you have to keep bumping this worthless topic in an attempt to sway anyone away from him who might not otherwise be swayed, then this topic is a FAIL.

Santorum's leading in the recent polls.  So that and the dog thing...

[RecycleMichael]

You seem extra sensitive on this. I have posted other things about other people and don't remember this passionate defense from you before. You seem to want to defend him even to the point of making up what you think the box on top of his car looked like. Now you are even guessing that the dog must have had an illness.

Next you will write that the dog volunteered for the duty and wouldn't come out of the box because he loved it so much.

[Gaspar]

You seem extra sensitive on this. I have posted other things about other people and don't remember this passionate defense from you before. You seem to want to defend him even to the point of making up what you think the box on top of his car looked like. Now you are even guessing that the dog must have had an illness.

Next you will write that the dog volunteered for the duty and wouldn't come out of the box because he loved it so much.

What they fail to report is that the dog eventually died. 
There was no autopsy, so the events surrounding his death are suspect.
There could have been ligature marks around his neck, but without exhuming the body we may never know.

[Conan71]

Michael, did you know the dog volunteered for the duty and wouldn't come out of the box because he loved it so much?

Whoa!  Did you catch the symbolism in that?

Romney had a dog in a box.  That really means he was closeted.

ROMNEY'S DOG WAS GAY!

[Gaspar]

Michael, did you know the dog volunteered for the duty and wouldn't come out of the box because he loved it so much?

Whoa!  Did you catch the symbolism in that?

Romney had a dog in a box.  That really means he was closeted.

ROMNEY'S DOG WAS GAY!

He was obviously too phobic to allow his gay dog to ride in the car with the 5 kids. 

I hear that the dog was also Irish. 

[RecycleMichael]

Thanks for continuing this thread.

Have I posted this link?       http://www.dogsagainstromney.com/

[Gaspar]

I've reported it to the Truth Team.  http://www.barackobama.com/truth-team

[Townsend]

NPR says it just won't die.  Think ol' Romper room is punching his son in the face for telling the story in the first place?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/02/15/146929766/why-romneys-shaggy-dog-story-wont-die?sc=fb&cc=fp

...But Romney's opponents clearly see the story as a potential weakness. Newt Gingrich used Seamus in one of his attack ads against Romney, and has launched a "Pets with Newt2012" Web page.

And David Axelrod, President Obama's campaign communications director, recently tweeted a picture of first dog Bo riding inside the presidential limousine with the president and the caption "how loving owners transport their pets."

That doesn't surprise Michael Markarian of the Humane Society Legislative Fund.

"Two-thirds of American households have pets," he said. "And the pet care industry is a $51 billion a year industry. That's more than movies, recorded music and video games combined."

At the same time, he adds, "there are more than 20,000 animal protection groups in the U.S.," that support local animal shelters or wildlife or breed rescues. "And they collectively raise about $2 billion a year. It's an incredible expression of philanthropy from people who care about animals and want to see them protected from harm."

And many of them won't vote for someone who they perceive mistreated his dog, regardless of party. About the only good news for Romney and his dog story? Last year President Obama got only a C minus from the Humane Society for his work helping animals.

[RecycleMichael]

Oh Townsend. Didn't you read that gaspar and conan don't think this is an issue?

They must know more than NPR on this matter.

[Townsend]

Oh Townsend. Didn't you read that gaspar and conan don't think this is an issue?

They must know more than NPR on this matter.

It pisses me off when I see dogs in the back of a truck on the highway.  That was a stupid thing he did.

If someone finds it unimportant how someone treats a dog then I think they're wrong.  Someone for President, a football player, a boyscout, a future psychopath.  I think you can tell a person by how they treat a dog.