Crategate-Will Mitt Romney's roof-riding Irish setter come back to bite him?
Crategate
Will Mitt Romney's roof-riding Irish setter come back to bite him?
April 19, 2012
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But really, was it such a good idea to put the dog up there in the first place? Sixty-eight percent of voters say no. That's right, there's a poll. There's also a Super PAC, Facebook pages, Twitter hashtags and a line of merchandise that includes doggy attire emblazoned with the slogan, "I ride inside."
The Seamus incident has been the subject of a Gingrich attack ad; a Santorum adviser described Romney on CNN as "a guy who strapped his own dog on the top of a car and went hurling down the highway"; and Obama strategist David Axelrod tweeted a photo of the First Dog, Bo, riding in the back seat of the presidential limousine.
Both Romneys insist that Seamus bounded willingly into his special crate many times.
"The dog loved it," Ann Romney told Sawyer. We don't doubt it. What dog doesn't want to go for a ride? Dogs love to hang their heads out the window and let their ears flap like flags in the breeze. They also like to eat cat poop, chase cars, swallow socks, tangle with skunks, roll in fish guts and, yes, steal stuff off the counter that makes them sick.
But this is 2012, and if you've rescued a pet from your local shelter lately, you know all about the background checks and the home inspection and the many promises you must make, in writing, about safeguarding your new family member's health and well-being. You know better than to confess to the case worker that you once, even 30 years ago, transported a dog in a rooftop kennel.
Romney's real problem isn't that he drove from Boston to Ontario with Seamus on the roof in 1983. It's that he doesn't understand what the fuss is all about today. Would he do it again? Sawyer asked him. "Certainly not with the attention it's received." Grrrrr.
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