[bootlegga]

It's true:Romney once drove to Canada with the family dog on the roof of the car

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WASHINGTON - It's not come up in any of the Republican presidential debates as he struggles to keep his campaign on course. He isn't faced with questions about the incident on the campaign trail. Animal rights activists haven't been heckling him in Iowa.

But it's a true story with a Canadian angle: Mitt Romney once made the 12-hour drive from Boston to Grand Bend, Ont., with the family dog strapped to the roof of his car.

New York Times columnist Gail Collins has refused to let the largely forgotten story die, mentioning the incident as many as two dozen times since Romney entered the Republican race for president, both in 2007 and in 2011.

She even hoped John McCain would tap Romney as his running mate three years ago "so I can repeatedly revisit the time Mitt drove to Canada with the family dog on the station-wagon roof." And just a year ago, Collins had an idea for a Christmas gift for the former Massachusetts governor: "A tasteful Mitt Romney Christmas ornament" depicting the scene of Seamus, the Irish setter, on the roof.

The Boston Globe first broke the story in 2007 when it published a seven-piece profile of Romney after he launched his first presidential run. The Seamus incident was contained in a story about his family life with wife, Ann, and their five sons, and meant to illustrate Romney's "emotion-free crisis management."

In 1983, Romney was struggling to cram the kids and all their luggage and supplies into the family station wagon for the long drive to the Lake Huron shores of Grand Bend, where his family still owns a cottage at Beach O' Pines, a mostly American enclave in the area.

"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," the Globe wrote of Romney, then a 36-year-old management consultant with Boston-based Bain and Company.

Romney constructed a special windshield for the carrier, "to make the ride more comfortable for the dog." The contraption apparently wasn't much of a success, however, as Seamus soon began to suffer gastric issues from his windy perch atop the car.

Romney's oldest boy, Tagg, noticed the first sign of trouble, according to the Globe piece.

''Dad!'' he yelled. ''Gross!'' A brown liquid was dripping down the back window of the station wagon.

Romney calmly dealt with the problem amid his boys' howls of disgust, pulling into a service station to hose down Seamus and the car. He put the dog back in the crate and continued the drive to Ontario.

The story caused a flap when it was revealed four years ago.

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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/true-romney-on ... 22579.html

Seriously...this is what journalists are using to try and discredit Romney.

MAJOR FAIL...

[GreenTiger]

Admittedly a stupid thing to do, but what has that got to do with his fitness for office?

[GreenTiger]

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[Proculation]

"New York Times columnist Gail Collins has refused to let the largely forgotten story die, mentioning the incident as many as two dozen times since Romney entered the Republican race for president, both in 2007 and in 2011."

I think Miss Collins should have that obsession thing checked. It doesn't seem sane at all.

[xerxes]

Agreed. I remember this story from 2008. Of the all the things that make Romney an unappealing candidate, this is the least of his worries.

[DanSC]

Clearly Romney is going to threaten Canadian sovereignty with an army of car roof dogs.

[BartSimpson]

GreenTiger wrote:

Admittedly a stupid thing to do, but what has that got to do with his fitness for office?

Well, see...in Romney's new medical plan we'll be saving money by strapping senior citizens onto the roof of ambulances...

[HyperionTheEvil]

Seems like something of a non-issue, aside from the anil cruelty side. From a democractic party point of view it just means that they might get a few more votes from Dog lovers. That all being said the crop of Republican presidential hopefuls has the potential of all upsides. There's Perry who is simply Dubya redux , Romney who is being portrayed as a R.I.N.O and then Gingrinch who wants be potrayed as presidential when most people remember him for his three wives and being forced to resign from Congress because of ethics violations, not to mention that he'll say anything to anyone about any topic to make himself look good, then reverse his positions the next day..

For democrats this can be only called a "Target Rich Enviroment"

[BRAH]

DanSC wrote:

Clearly Romney is going to threaten Canadian sovereignty with an army of car roof dogs.

Don't forget the black ops laser cats.

[DanSC]

BRAH wrote:

DanSC wrote:

Clearly Romney is going to threaten Canadian sovereignty with an army of car roof dogs.

Don't forget the black ops laser cats.

Or the laser sharks