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Mitt Romney Admits to Cruelty to Animals - 6/29/2007 7:37:09 PM

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Dog on Roof? What Was It Like for Romney's Pooch?
Scientists Say Dog Likely Experienced Wind-Whipped, Uncomfortable Trip
By BLAIR SODEN
June 29, 2007

It may sound like a scene from Chevy Chase's "National Lampoon's Vacation." Mom and Dad pack their five boys into a white Chevy station wagon, load the luggage into the back, strap the dog to the top of the car and begin the annual family road trip from Boston to their summer home in Ontario.

Actually, it's not a movie. It's the true story of Mitt Romney's 1983 family vacation, according to an article in Wednesday's Boston Globe.

The article pegged Romney, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate and former governor of Massachusetts, as a family man, father to five sons, adoring husband and dog's not-so best friend. 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.

"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. He'd built a windshield for the carrier, to make the ride more comfortable for the dog," read the article.

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"Chances are the windshield would only protect the front of the dog, but the air flowing around the windshield would buffet the side of the dog -- that would be tiring," said Cummings. "My wife's a vet, and she would be more worried by the dehydration of the dog's eyes under those conditions."

In addition to dehydration, fatigue and fright, Seamus was strapped on top of a car for 12 hours with limited or no bathroom breaks -- a condition that was highlighted in the Boston Globe article.

"A brown liquid was dripping down the back window, payback from an Irish setter who'd been riding on the roof in the wind for hours," the article said.

After his son noticed the liquid, Romney pulled the car over and hosed down Seamus at a gas station before putting him back into the crate on top of the car and continuing on with the drive.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Politics/story?id=3329017&page=1

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RE: Mitt Romney Admits to Cruelty to Animals - 6/29/2007 7:54:24 PM

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i have to ask..was it limited? or no bathroom breaks?
and if they dont really know...why put it in the coloumn?
i see that type of reporting so often :(
btw bond..another good head line my friend, keep up the good work :)
i enjoy reading your stuff my friend :)

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RE: Mitt Romney Admits to Cruelty to Animals - 6/29/2007 8:00:28 PM

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Isn't that where you are supposed to put your pooch on a road trip????

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RE: Mitt Romney Admits to Cruelty to Animals - 6/29/2007 8:12:31 PM

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Isn't that where you are supposed to put your pooch on a road trip????

No.

The dog rides shotgun.

The submissive rides roof rack.

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RE: Mitt Romney Admits to Cruelty to Animals - 6/30/2007 7:14:19 PM

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You can't put the dog on the roof. There's where the old relative who dies goes.!!!

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RE: Mitt Romney Admits to Cruelty to Animals - 6/30/2007 7:32:52 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Sinergy

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ORIGINAL: Aileen68

Isn't that where you are supposed to put your pooch on a road trip????

No.

The dog rides shotgun.

The submissive rides roof rack.

Sinergy

Theres me thinknig the sub ran behind leashed to the bumper!

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RE: Mitt Romney Admits to Cruelty to Animals - 6/30/2007 7:40:31 PM

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I thought all the other subs like me were on a human sized hamster wheel, and running to power the engine.

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RE: Mitt Romney Admits to Cruelty to Animals - 6/30/2007 7:42:46 PM

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yep, I didn't figure him for much more than a Jeffery Dahmer type anyway...that is how they start, torturing animals.....

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RE: Mitt Romney Admits to Cruelty to Animals - 6/30/2007 8:25:01 PM

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Wow, I love the thought that this had to sit for a quarter of a century to become relevant. I say we dig the dog up, glue his bones together, and symbolically parade him on a float in the Doo Da parade, in defense of dead animal rights.

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