Road trip in 1983.
Romney dogs on roof.
Seeing the inside of the car is full romney absentmindedly says to himself where am i going to put ole seamus here and hearing his name the dog says roof roof said llope.
First of all a few words about mitt romney s dog the dog s name was seamus.
He took a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon s roof rack built a special windshield and put his dog seamus into the carrier where the dog remained for the 12 hour trip.
This incident became the subject of negative media attention and political attacks on romney in both the 2008 and the 2012 presidential election.
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.
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For those who are unaware of the incident about mitt romney s dog on the roof which has drawn much criticism here s what happened.
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.
Seamus was an irish setter.
Dog lovers have protested romney over.
The infamous story of mitt romney driving with his dog on the roof of the car has come back to haunt the 2012 republican presidential candidate.
During a 1983 family vacation mitt romney drove for twelve hours with his dog seamus on top of the car in a windshield equipped carrier.
Mitt romney s dog on the roof incident.
Though romney has said seamus loved roof rides during this particular trip the dog suffered a bout of diarrhea that forced romney to pull over and hose off the car.
Romney had built a windshield for the carrier to make the ride.