Romney Tied Dog Roof

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Romney tied dog roof.

He climbed up there. 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. 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. 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 ties his dog to the roof of his car in an airtight kennel. Romney did not simply strap seamus to the roof. 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. A person who once drove to canada with the family dog tied to the roof of the car.

This is a completely airtight kennel mounted on the top of our car. He attached a dog carrier to the roof rack of the family s chevrolet station wagon the white whale as his boys called it and assembled a. He d built a windshield for the carrier to make the ride more comfortable for the dog read the article. 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.