Romney Tied Dog Roof

Road trip in 1983.

Romney tied dog roof.

Romney had built a windshield for the carrier to make the ride. 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. He tied a dog to the roof of a family car when they ran out of room inside while on a family vacation. In the five years since the story was revealed new york times columnist.

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. N ow video has emerged of the 1983 incident in which romney put his dog in a crate and tied it to the roof of his car for a 12 hour. In june 1983 the romney family left their belmont massachusetts home on their way to romney s parents cottage in beach o pines ontario for an annual vacation along the shore of lake huron their dog seamus rode in a carrier on the roof of the family s chevrolet caprice station wagon for the 12 hour trip. The story of mitt romney s dog keeps rearing its ugly head.

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 car and telling it and telling it and telling it. The new yorker featured a cartoon with rick santorum riding in romney s rooftop dog carrier on its cover last week. What will he do to the people of this country when he finds himself in a pinch.