Romney Dogs On Roof

Cnn s jeanne moos explains.

Romney dogs on roof. But the story of his. It happened more than a quarter century ago at the start of a romney family summer vacation. 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. In june 1983 the romney family left their belmont massachusetts home on their way to romney s parents cottage in beach o pines ontario for an annual vacation along the shore of lake huron.

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 the tale of seamus the irish setter who got sick while riding 12 hours on the roof of mitt. Romney ties his dog to the roof of his car in an airtight kennel. 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.

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. The infamous story of mitt romney driving with his dog on the roof of the car has come back to haunt the 2012 republican presidential candidate. Newt gingrich lets the dog out of the bag after mitt romney straps one to the roof. In june 2007 the boston globe reported that in 1983 current republican presidential hopeful and former massachusetts governor mitt romney had placed his irish setter in a dog carrier on.