Mitt Romney

[jadecat]

Not that I needed another reason, particularly, to be against the guy (I mean really, the complete flip flop he's taken on his views is enough). But I found one without even trying!

This is a clip from a Time Article, the link to the complete article, and the official publication info follows.

"The reporter intended the anecdote that opened part four of the Boston Globe's profile of Mitt Romney to illustrate, as the story said, "emotion-free crisis management": Father deals with minor — but gross — incident during a 1983 family vacation, and saves the day. But the details of the event are more than unseemly — they may, in fact, be illegal.

The incident: dog excrement found on the roof and windows of the Romney station wagon. How it got there: Romney strapped a dog carrier — with the family dog Seamus, an Irish Setter, in it — to the roof of the family station wagon for a twelve hour drive from Boston to Ontario, which the family apparently completed, despite Seamus's rather visceral protest.

Massachusetts's animal cruelty laws specifically prohibit anyone from carrying an animal "in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the animal carried thereon." An officer for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals responded to a description of the situation saying "it's definitely something I'd want to check out."

from: Romney's Cruel Canine Vacation
Author: ANA MARIE COX
Publication: TIME Magazine
Publisher: Time Inc.
Date: Jun 27, 2007

Copyright © 2007, Time Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638065,00.html


The pure thoughtlessness and lack of compassion this shows...

Comments

[bernmarx.livejournal.com]

I hadn't thought about the debris, that's a good point.

Although we don't have dogs anyway. We have cats; we only crack the windows -- if I can get my fist through the gap, it's too wide. Cats have been apparently known to jump out, which would be very bad.

Romney's anecdote made me think of Clark Griswold, although (a) that was a movie and (b) that was an accident, even in the context of the movie.

[jadecat.livejournal.com]

I can easily see a cat not grasping the 'speed' concept and yeah, trying to jump out.

Also, the actual website did have a picture of the Griswold's in front of their car next to a picture of Romney. ;) And yeah, an accident rather than the intentional placement.

[edobrzel.livejournal.com]

They actually have goggles for pets for just such a reason. PetSmart sells Doggles. :)

[jadecat.livejournal.com]

Really? I've kind of heard of them... and I'm sure Kyle would actually wear one (he's pretty amazing in that regard). But I imagine they look pretty silly. *goes to follow the link*