So there was a “dogs against Romney” protest at the Westminster show today, which by all accounts was attended by about five people and twice as many reporters. See, some people think that Romney’s decision, 20 years ago, to strap his Irish Setter (ensconced in a canine travel crate) to the roof of his station wagon during a family trip was an act of animal cruelty. Was it? Depends on the dog. I can certainly think of some dogs who would be terrified of such a prospect. Others — including pooches I have known who favor riding in the front seat with fully half their body out the open window, jowels aflap — would probably find it exhilarating. Anyway, TPM shares this picture from the event:
See that, folks? What Mitt should have done was zip his dog in a backpack and stick him with the rest of the luggage!
So, these clowns are against Mitt because of something that happened 20 years ago to his dog? Perhaps it is time for another asteroid to strike the earth and wipe out all life---perhaps when things emerge from the resulting primordial ooze it will evolve into intelligent life?? We are Doomed!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYou know evolution is just a questionable theory. I'm sure you intended to type that God would recreate the whole mess, but this time He woulddn't mess it up. Right? Putting the dog on the roof was a crime, actually. And driving highway speeds with the dog soaking wet on the roof? lucky the dog didn't succumb to peumonia.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThat's allegedly a dude holding a sign calling Mitt Romney "mean" with a dog strapped to his back like a baby? Sad commentary on manliness at the dog show. Grow a pair, pal.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI never understood the outrage. Strapping the dog crate to the roof is something I would consider doing, depending on weather and distance. I doubt my wife would allow it though, so it is unlikely to derail my presidential hopes.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMy dog would prefer to be in the car with me, but I can assure you he would not tolerate being strapped into a sack hanging down my back any more than he would like being in a dog carrier strapped to the top of my car.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSo, does this mean that Mitt has shored up the kitty-cat vote?
I suppose it's better to strap bombs to a police car, a la Susan Sontag or Bill Ayres, than to strap a dog to a station wagon?
The former gets you lionized and idolized by left wing sycophants, plum academic assignments, and if either attempted murderer served as one's mentor, then maybe even President.
The latter gets one heaped only with scorn.
Further proof that, to the left, the lives of household pets (or any non-human animal) matter more than those of humans.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSusan Sontag? Put down the Vicodin you hillbilly.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHeh. I thought you picked this picture because the dog and the woman are look-alikes...
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseY'all can make fun all you want - I still think a dude who crates his dog to the roof for a twelve hour road trip is pretty strange.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseDid he say "Westminster"? Isn't that in England?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYou all trivialize this issue, but no one wants to admit this incident -- yes, it was many years ago -- shows exceedingly poor judgment on the part of Romney. A dog carrier on the roof his car for a cross-country trip? Who (other than Romney) thinks this is a good idea?
And it's not just "maybe" the dog was or was not terrified. The pooch defecated all over the car during the trip.
It's cruel, and there's no other word to describe it. I am not voting for Romney.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseExactly. It is amazing the stupid arguments and tactics some will employ to avoid a simple unpleasant fact. What Romney did was cruel, and shame on those excusing it.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSee, if that fellow in the backpack isn't enjoying himself, he is at liberty to communicate his displeasure via whines, yips, or squirms. And if his owner ignored that, there might be a case for placing him on some equivalent moral plane with Mitt.
And of course a dog standing on the passenger seat with his head out the window is free to come all the way back in if it stops being fun.
Poor Seamus was denied these options, and could only communicate his panic by unleashing a stream of diarrhea all over the car.
But then, conservatives seem always to get confused about the whole consent/non-consent thing, as when Rush Limbaugh compared the carnage at Guantanamo to something you could see at a Madonna concert.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLook the issue was complicated by the fact that Romney, an hour into the drive, took the dog off the roof of the car and hosed the car and the dog down with cold water, then strapped him back up on the car roof and continued to drive another 11 hours. Unless it was a very hot day (which I doubt because they were headed to Canada), it is likely that the dog developed hypothermia as a result. And THAT's not cruel? There's even reports that the dog died thereafter.
Talk about an insensitive guy. This one is it.
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