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

[jadecat.livejournal.com]

I know. My jaw dropped too- I couldn't believe that anyone would do that! Then again, I can't believe anyone would drive on the highway with their dogs in the back of the pick-up. Oh and I'm thinking good ole Mitt should be subjected to the same *12* hours the dog was! The article doesn't even mention if they stopped to let the dog go potty! (though, with the excrement on the car I'm pretty sure that's a 'no.')

As yet another 'why I love my hubby' he has actually told people (like at a gas station or something and he sees dogs in the back of their open pickup) "Hey, you know that's illegal, right?" Most often- they don't know. Sometimes they do get a bit testy when they're informed of this... But he still does it. :)

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

See. I mis-read it the first time. I thought it was four hours for the dog. Twelve is just beyond unreasonable. As if any of it was reasonable. This invokes something much deeper and darker than dislike. What an ass. I seethe.