Romney Dogs On Roof

Mitt romney s dog incident comes back to haunt him photo 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.

Romney dogs on roof.

Romney stopped at a gas station to wash the dog the carrier and the car. Cnn s jeanne moos explains. It happened more than a quarter century ago at the start of a romney family summer vacation. But the story of his.

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. But the story of his. With seamus back in the carrier the family continued on their way.

But the tale of seamus the irish setter who got sick while riding 12 hours on the roof of mitt. During the 650 mile 1 050 km trip seamus got diarrhea. Newt gingrich lets the dog out of the bag after mitt romney straps one to the roof. 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.

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. Their dog seamus rode in a carrier on the roof of the family s chevrolet caprice station wagon for the 12 hour trip. Romney had built a windshield for the carrier to make the ride more comfortable for the dog. 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.