On this morning’s “Fox News Sunday”, host Chris Wallace interviewed GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and actually hammered him about putting his dog, Seamus, in a kennel on the roof of his car on a long family vacation. Wallace, who says he’s a dog lover, points out that Massachusetts law prohibits endangering animals in this way and asks, “what were you thinking?”
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After a chuckle, Romney jovially explains how Seamus jumped up there on his own and how much he loved being on the roof of the car. He also assures Wallace that the kennel was airtight and safe, but admits that he had no idea that he was breaking the law.
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Apparently rules do not apply to Republicans.
I’m not sure why this story is even relevant anymore.
An “airtight” dog kennel???
As long as he is running for the leader of the free world position…it will always be relevant
Mugsy @ 3:
yeah, reacted to that one as well, especially if you put someone in it for several hours, he’d be dead.
If the kennel was “airtight,” as alleged then…
1) the dog would have suffocated well before ever arriving at their destination and
2) the original story, which was cited as “humorous” because the dog had relieved itself in such a way that crap flowed down over the family car, could never have happened.
Mitt is clearly lying. Quelle suprise.
That may be the lamest lie I have ever heard. The dog jumped up there, then somehow he was in the kennel and the kennel was airtight? What the hell was the dog supposed to breath. This guy maybe be more stupid than geo. bush. May be.
My dog’s response at http://www.flickr.com/photos/b.....730100113/
Enjoy! :)
Wait..he didn’t know it was against the LAW???!!!! He was the governor right? He didn’t know? He didn’t know? My God, this man is a plastic twit. Christ.
Romney/Vick ‘08
What. A. Smarmy. Jerk!
Rallen, that picture is priceless and your dog is cute as hell too. :)
Nicholas @ 4:
So let me get this straight: The world is falling apart around us, war is breaking out everywhere, the stock market is ruining 401ks, the mortgage industry is collapsing, the US infrastructure is disintegrating, New Orleans is still on life support…
…and I’m supposed to care about this crap?
Cut us all a break.
You know what they say about people who are cruel to animals, don’t you? Psychiatric files reveal that sadism begins with torturing animals and progresses up. Bush used to insert firecrackers into the anus orifice of frogs and then explode them, laughing his butt off as he blew the frog to smithereens. Just check out Justin A. Frank’s biography of George W. Bush called “Bush On The Couch”. It’s all there and began very young. He then progressed on to ‘branding’ skull & bone brothers with a hot hanger.
Wonder what Romney will do next? Maybe he’ll parade around with his wife in a cage on the roof sometime soon??
Thanks, POP
You know, up until that time he never was politically motivated…. ;)
Everyone, feel free to use this image. You have my permission and blessing.
Mitt is toast.
America’s best and brightest!
Ooooh, Wallace. Finally growing a ballsack. A tiny one, but one nonetheless.
Hey, Mitt, just because your dog jumped up there by himself doesn’t make it right, or for that matter, legal. That’d be like saying “I knew that girl was 13, but she ASKED me to have sex with her.” Just because she asked doesn’t make it right or legal. Just some food for thought, asshole.
The Champ is out.
Just Me @ 13:
I don’t think that’s the point here. No one actually cares a hoot about any of the candidates presently on the radar, not the least of which is flip-flopper Mitt; however, we certainly do not need another sadist in the white house now, do we? Clearly Romney has some serious personal problems and issues to resolve before he will ever gain the trust of the american people.
hey just me
the story is relevant because it presents romney’s inhumanity and provides evidence that he feels he is above the law
ignorance of the law is never an excuse
now go away little troll boy
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Good points, Veritas.
What the hell is so funny? Anyone who changes position as much as him, who goes for such a wholesome, “all-American” look, just scares me. And what is it with ignorance? During all these hearings we have to hear Sara Taylor, Alberto Gonzalez, Christie Todd Whitman, R. Scott Jennings, etc. claim “ignorance” about something. If they’re not lying, it should be criminal to be that fucking stupid. (And for the record, I don’t believe “they don’t know”. Politicians are control freaks. They know everything. If they say they don’t know something, it means they’re guilty) Anyone doing a regular job out in regular peoples’ land would be fired if they didn’t know thhe particulars of some element of their job. That excuse would not fly. As a teacher, when kids claim ignorance five or six months into the school year, I call BS. You’ve been in school seven, eight years, six months this year. I don’t believe you don’t know. Oh well, at least Wallace did some measure of decent journamalism.
Just Me @ 13:
Just Me, if we can’t trust him to use good judgment regarding his dog, how the hell can we trust him with the lives of our soldiers, our children’s future, YOUR SICK MOTHER!!!!
if you want 4 more years of bush, vote romney.
a guy @ 10:
WOW. I just noticed this. That is low, but really kinda funny. They do go together, don’t they? Like peas in a pea-fighting contest strapped in a kennel on the roof of a car for 12 hours.
The Champ is out. (again)
Just Me @ 13:
When a Presidential candidate is this much of a fascist with a dog, yeah, you should be concerned. And if you’re really not concerned, why are you commenting?
If Mitt is the Chosen One, I await the Centurions of the SCLM to line up and demonstrate their fealty to the Supreme Cause by parroting that Mitt & his dog is a nonStory or that they also put their dogs atop cars. Damn - I figure some of these stalwart soldiers will confess to placing their children and spouses atop their vehicles in (airtight?) crates.
Let’s face it: Stories like this inflame the animal-rights crowd, and THAT is what this all about.
Every candidate–ALL of them–has some foible, some idiosyncrasy that is abhorrent to a significant portion of the populace.
The ‘08 campaign is shaping up to dwell on stories like this one. The MSM wants to dwell on this fluff, and blogs like this one are taking the bait.
Um Mitt, ignorance of the law is not a valid defense. It maybe a MITTigating factor.
Anyone check to see if the Willard Mitt Romney clan made a ‘un-prompted’ donation to the animal humane society?
Funny true story: 2 kids removed a rail from my fence and placed it on the ground. I see them do it and and tell them to leave my fence alone. I don’t get right out to put it back in position. Less than an hour later, I see one of the original kids with another kid walking down the street with my fence rail. When I confront them, the one who initially removed it said he ‘found’ it. I said “yeah you ‘found it’ in front of the fence where you put it down an hour ago when I caught you messing with my fence”
This kid is a Republican in the making
Riiiiight.
/envisioning world with dogs that have 72 inch vertical leaps
Bottom line, this gives us a key into his judgment. He seems to have no ability to see beyond the moment. Just puts the dog up there and gives no thought to the consequences. I almost laughed when he said they had had lots of dogs. I guess so. The others probably kept falling off the roof of the car or smothered in the kennel.
EconAtheist @ 30:
Yeah, that is what I was thinking. My mom has a dog that can jump maybe three feet up or something and the dog likes to sort of pounce at little animals. I joke to her that th dog thinks it’s a cat……and that is amazing…….but jumping up on top of a minivan/car?
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Just Me @ 28:
Yes every politician does, but the SMART politician owns up to it, realizes they screwed up, apologizes and moves on. He doesn’t keep thinking that what he did was ok because he didn’t know it was illegal. AND doesn’t try to use it as a selling point to show off his problem soling skills. He’s dumb as a sack of hammers. That is the real story.
Did the dog fall off the roof or something? What bad thing happened to the dog?
Just Me @ 28:
It’s a character debate and this shows Willard Mitt Romney’s true character. He’s an arrogant man, who doesn’t know the laws or ignores them at his own convenience. You can bet money that if it was a Dem, Willy Mitt and his team would be all over it.
That should read ‘problem solving skills’ .
rallen @ 8:
good doggy
FORGET MITT’S MUTT, ROMNEY ALSO STRAPPED EXTRA WIVES TO CAR ROOF
Just Me @ 33:
Fine, but don’t claim that it’s a non-story and you’ve spent 15 minutes on a non-story, and addressing claims that it isn’t a non-story. If this is nothing, why are you still here? Go on and address whatever else you think is more important.
Why aren’t they going after him the way they are going after Michael Vick.
Gerald Gibson @ 35:
The dog defecated so badly that it ran down the side of the car, which Willy Mitt emotionlessly hosed down. It was supposed to show his calmness during a crisis.
The irony is that it was a totally avoidable crisis created by Willy Mitt’s ill-thought out plan to tie the dog to the roof and drive straight through from MA to Canada. Sounds like Bush’s Iraq policy…
First Romney defended his predilection for rooftop canine waterboarding. Then he deployed the Romney Bland of Brothers to fight in the cornfields on Iowa.
For more of the pathetic details, see:
“Romney: My Sons Serve America by Getting Me Elected.”
Just Me @ 2:
I hear ya, but I do think it’s relevant in that animal cruelty is a major sign of violent personalities. It doesn’t matter though, I doubt the country will elect a Mormon anyway so all of this (and pretty much any Romney in general) just seems like a distraction.
Gerald Gibson @ 35:
HE HAD THE SHIT SCARED OUT OF HIM OK?
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Just Me @ 13:
It’s not about the dog, nor the lies he tells about the incident, it’s the way he rationalizes and just makes crap up to dismiss what happened.
Haven’t had enough of Republicans that will dismiss the concerns of others, lie with a straight face, and just make crap up out of thin air to cover their asses?
airtight kennel….yeah…..rrrriiigghhttttt…me thinks the dog would of suffocated…..This guy doesn’t deserve to have a dog….let alone get selected to the WH.
“Afteer a chuckle, Romney jovially explains how Seamus jumped up there on his own and how much he loved being on the roof of the car. He also assures Wallace that the kennel was airtight and safe, but admits that he had no idea that he was breaking the law.”
My dog loves beef jerky but I know stuffing 50 lbs of it down his throat would constitute animal abuse and is against the law. Seamus probably liked jumping up on the roof of the car for a ride around the block but after being strapped to the roof of the car for a 10 hour ride from Mass. to Orlando I doubt Seamus would ever get up on that roof again. That’s when human adult common sense should have weighed in, which as we all know is all too lacking in the GOP these days.
IT’S ABOUT JUDGEMENT……..and his lack of……sheesh.