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Mitt Romney: Fails Travel With Family Dog

post #1 of 26
6/28/07 at 5:48am
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http://www.boston.com/news/politics/...es/part4_main/

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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.

Then Romney put his boys on notice: He would be making predetermined stops for gas, and that was it.

The ride was largely what you'd expect with five brothers, ages 13 and under, packed into a wagon they called the ''white whale.''

As the oldest son, Tagg Romney commandeered the way-back of the wagon, keeping his eyes fixed out the rear window, where he glimpsed the first sign of trouble. ''Dad!'' he yelled. ''Gross!'' 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.

As the rest of the boys joined in the howls of disgust, Romney coolly pulled off the highway and into a service station. There, he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car, then hopped back onto the highway. It was a tiny preview of a trait he would grow famous for in business: emotion-free crisis management.
Yes, a tiny preview of what the rest of us would refer to as common sense. I'm sure that was a fun conversation with the gas station attendant:

MITT: Yes, I need to borrow a hose.
ATTENDANT: What for?
MITT: The family dog is shitting down the roof of the car.
ATTENDANT: You shall be a great leader of men.
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post #2 of 26
6/28/07 at 8:25am
Hahahaha don't be surprised if that gets sigged.
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post #3 of 26
6/28/07 at 9:37am
"Tagg" is a real name?
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post #4 of 26
6/28/07 at 9:39am
His other sons, Zapp and Thrust, were unavailable for comment.
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post #5 of 26
6/28/07 at 9:39am
The guy's named after a glove. I'm surprised there isn't a "Sock" amongst the kids.
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post #6 of 26
6/28/07 at 9:40am
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As the rest of the boys joined in the howls of disgust, Romney coolly pulled off the highway and into a service station. There, he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car, then hopped back onto the highway. It was a tiny preview of a trait he would grow famous for in business: failure.
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post #7 of 26
6/28/07 at 11:42am
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It was a tiny preview of a trait he would grow famous for in business: being a cold-hearted fuck.
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post #8 of 26
6/28/07 at 11:50am
I have no problem with ripping on Romney, but damning or praising him on this anecdote is just stupid.
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post #9 of 26
6/28/07 at 11:54am
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It was a tiny preview of a trait he would grow famous for in business: mistreating animals.
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post #10 of 26
6/28/07 at 11:59am
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It was a tiny preview of a product he would soon make famous around the world: Mitt's Shitt Remover.
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post #11 of 26
6/28/07 at 12:18pm
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Originally Posted by Chavez
I have no problem with ripping on Romney, but damning or praising him on this anecdote is just stupid.
And entertaining. I don't think anyone's vote is being swayed by the revelation that when his dog shit on the car, he hosed it off.
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post #12 of 26
6/28/07 at 12:46pm
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Originally Posted by Schwartz
And entertaining. I don't think anyone's vote is being swayed by the revelation that when his dog shit on the car, he hosed it off.
Same exact thing happened with Fred Thompson's basset hound. Lazy bastard let the caked-on dog feces sit on his back window for three days. Three days! The man is clearly unfit for office.
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post #13 of 26
6/28/07 at 12:46pm
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It was a tiny preview of a trait he would grow famous for in business: Cleaning Shit off random things around the office.
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post #14 of 26
6/28/07 at 3:06pm
Don't underestimate some folks' insane love of their dogs. Were I inclined to vote for Mitt (which I'm not), this anecdote would cause a spasm of revulsion disproportionate(?) to the overall importance of the misdeed which would likely stay my hand at the voting booth. It's an unreasonable reaction, but the vast majority of voters make their decisions based largely on emotion, not reason. Just one of the wonderfully sucky things about democracy.
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post #15 of 26
6/28/07 at 3:36pm
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Originally Posted by Chavez
I have no problem with ripping on Romney, but damning or praising him on this anecdote is just stupid.
Yes and no. It does display a certain ruthlessness in his character and a lack of empathy. Which explains why he's a republican, I suppose.
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post #16 of 26
6/28/07 at 3:44pm
I love my pet as much as the next guy - but putting the dog carrier on top of the station wagon for a family vacation isn't exactly clubbing a baby seal.

Especially when you consider the climate was a lot less touchy-feely on the issue 20+ years ago.
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post #17 of 26
6/28/07 at 4:03pm
Very Clark Griswold of him. Where did he stow Aunt Edna?
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post #18 of 26
6/28/07 at 4:17pm
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Originally Posted by Matt Goldberg
MITT: Yes, I need to borrow a hose.
ATTENDANT: What for?
MITT: The family dog is shitting down the roof of the car.
ATTENDANT: You shall be a great leader of men.
If nobody else is taking it, then this is so sigged.

Maybe it's just part of being an unabashed animal lover, but this story does kinda bother me. Not that it was specifically Mitt or anything, just the general principle of it. I mean, the poor dog's already stuck in a cage, and then you put it on the roof of a car for hours at a time, separated from the family? Yikes.
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post #19 of 26
6/28/07 at 4:19pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Wood
Very Clark Griswold of him. Where did he stow Aunt Edna?
There wasn't an Aunt Edna, but there were unconfirmed reports of Mitt assulting John Candy while Candy was moonlighting as a security guard at Wally World.
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post #20 of 26
6/28/07 at 5:01pm
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Originally Posted by AlmightyShmun

Maybe it's just part of being an unabashed animal lover, but this story does kinda bother me. Not that it was specifically Mitt or anything, just the general principle of it. I mean, the poor dog's already stuck in a cage, and then you put it on the roof of a car for hours at a time, separated from the family? Yikes.
I don't think it's particularly humane, but it sounds like the dog wasn't in any particular physical discomfort - dogs are pretty hardy - and it really probably isn't much worse than being stuck in the hold of a jetliner or something.
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post #21 of 26
6/28/07 at 5:41pm
Yeah, but you only put them in the cargo hold because you have to. And I bet even that's more comfortable than being pounded by the wind as a car bounces up and down the highway at 60+ miles an hour.
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post #22 of 26
6/28/07 at 6:04pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Wood
Yeah, but you only put them in the cargo hold because you have to. And I bet even that's more comfortable than being pounded by the wind as a car bounces up and down the highway at 60+ miles an hour.
If there's one thing dogs hate, it's the wind in their face.
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post #23 of 26
6/28/07 at 6:15pm
Yeah, not just the face in this case. Still, I guess the dog took that secret to the grave.
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post #24 of 26
6/28/07 at 6:16pm
The story says that Romney built a windshield for the carrier to make the ride more comfortable.
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post #25 of 26
6/28/07 at 10:08pm
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Originally Posted by jonvoight's car
The story says that Romney built a windshield for the carrier to make the ride more comfortable.
Well, in that case, it's all good.

Look, the Romney family is fucking loaded. Just board the damn dog. This is just careless and cruel, no matter how anyone tries to spin it. Plus, if you take into consideration that this bastard said he'd "love to double guantanamo", we're getting a good picture of the man's character.(Hint: he hasn't any.)
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post #26 of 26
7/1/07 at 2:34pm
Yeah, putting a dog in a carrier on the roof of your car for a 12-hour ride is perfectly reasonable.
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