Mitt Romney Drives With Dog On Roof

Peta is upset with mitt romney who admitted to placing his dog s cage with the dog inside on the roof of a car for a 12 hour trip many years ago.

Mitt romney drives with dog on roof.

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. Mitt romney and the dog on the car roof. One columnist s obsession gail collins loves telling the story of how mitt romney drove his family to canada with the family dog strapped to the roof of the. During a 1983 family vacation mitt romney drove 12 hours with his dog on top of the car in a windshield equipped carrier.

In 1983 the romneys embarked on a 12 hour drive from massachusetts to canada. 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. The romneys irish setter seamus. Since there wasn t enough room in the car for the family dog seamus romney put the irish setter in a crate fastened to the roof of the car.

Romney did not simply strap seamus to the roof. 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. But the story of his. 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.

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.