Clearly Gingrich realizes that if he can give this story legs he might actually have a chance to snatch the nomination out of Romney s' grasp. I don't know if that is accurate, but I certainly hope that if he does he remembers to give Palin that VP slot.
Trust me Newt, she will do for your campaign EXACTLY what she did for McCain's campaign, and he says it was the best decision he EVER made! Would I steer you wrong?
You can read here that there are now THREE versions of this story circulating out there. (Four if you count believe that the original had Romney going through a car wash with Seamus trapped in his shit stained dog kennel.)
This is the original story as it appeared in the Boston Globe:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part4_main/
Gail Collins, NY Times, regularly mentions the story, so finally there is a sequel:
http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-08/news/30605151_1_romney-family-mitt-romney-dog
Let's get this straight. There never was a car wash version of this story. Romney hosed off the car and the dog, leaving a wet dog to continue the trip in his crate on the roof of the car. Sounds pretty cold to me. Romney said in the original story that he had fashioned a wind shield which was attached to the front of the crate.
Gryphen posted this You Tube video of Chris Wallace interviewing Romney: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O5II0ZBCuA Romney described it as a completely air tight kennel. Romney is trying to appear as if he did nothing wrong, despite MA State law prohibiting endangering animals while transporting them. Roof of the car would qualify. Chris Wallace said that he would not put his own dog on the roof of the car. Romney would not have needed a wind shield for the crate if it was completely air tight, as he claims now.
I am interested in the description that Romney added to the story-- the completely air tight kennel. The boys described brown stuff running down the back window of the car, coming from the direction of the dog on the top of the roof. If that kennel was completely air tight, no brown liquid would have leaked down the back window.
Dog owners are warned not to lock a dog in a locked car. Heat builds up; it is dangerous for the dog. Heat would build up even faster in a smaller completely air tight kennel. The dog would run out of oxygen to breathe. The air tight kennel does not make this story better; it makes it worse.
In earlier interviews, Romney said that the dog loved riding on the roof of the car; he loved the wind blowing through his hair. (What about the windshield?) And, yes, we have seen people driving around with a dog's head poking out of a window. Dogs do love the wind and going for a ride in the car. But, there would be no breeze for Seamus if that was a completely air tight kennel.
The dog story was just one of those stories that didn't put Romney in a very good light. But, as he tries to over-correct by adding the "fact" that it was completely air tight, I think that he has made it worse. I still remember being lied into a war in Iraq. We have to be able to trust what our leaders say. So, this doesn't help. Sometimes, Romney tries too hard. This was one of those times. It makes me wonder what else doesn't ring true when Romney has a story to tell.
Haha, game on!
ReplyDeleteThat video is hilarious, but in all reality the GOP could raise Ronald Reagan from the dead and prop him up for the debate, feed him audio like that mechanical Abe Lincoln at Disneyland and President Obama would still win... although you would see some teary eyed viewers in the audience, not to mention it would really freak me out.
ReplyDeleteI formed my opinion of Mitt Romney based entirely on this story when I heard it years ago. Anyone who would do this to a living creature, and then ADMIT it, is a first class moron. I don't need to know another thing about Mitt Romney. He's an idiot with a complete lack of conscious and common sense. I would choose Seamus to lead the country over Mitt.
ReplyDeleteCould someone pls identify the background music: wasn't it used in Disney's Fantasia??
ReplyDeleteGo for it, Newt!
ReplyDeleteThis story makes me sick. Where is PETA?
Ed Schultz Mocks Mitt Romney With Goodnight Moon Parody
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mediaite.com/tv/this-happened-ed-schultz-mocks-mitt-romney-with-goodnight-moon-parody/
Newt - the angry muffin man! Rock on Newt!
ReplyDeleteI can barely listen to Mittens. He just gets more smarmy by the minute:
ReplyDeleteMitt Romney Added ‘Welfare’ Line To Prepared New Hampshire Victory Speech
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/mitt-romney-added-welfare-line-to-prepared-new-hampshire-victory-speech/
Gingrich Super PAC Adviser Defends Anti-Romney Doc, Calls Him A ‘Low-Flying Vulture’
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/gingrich-super-pac-adviser-defends-anti-romney-doc-calls-him-a-%e2%80%98low-flying-vulture%e2%80%99/
Newt does the dirty work well. He is very much at home with destructive politics and though this will be great stuff for the dems later, Newt is really just showing us what a vindictive, thin skinned, blustering, loudmouth he really is. He will be his own worse enemy, yet again. And this is a very good thing. I cannot even begin to fathom the horror of him in the White House.
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Romney's Corporate Raider Past Now A Bipartisan Issue, Top Dem Says
ReplyDeleteThe Republican field spent much of Wednesday relitigating both the attacks on Mitt Romney's career in private equity and the debate on whether it was heretical for conservatives to even go down that route.
Romney, for his part, used his victory in New Hampshire the night before to claim that his Bain Capital days were a dog that didn't bark. "I think their argument fell flat," he said, in one of his several television interviews the morning after.
But that didn't stop Newt Gingrich from teeing off on the work Romney did in the private sector yet again. And it certainly isn't convincing Democrats that they should suddenly drop the Bain-related line of attacks once this race becomes a general election. As one senior strategist emails:
This is either baloney or wishful thinking [on Romney's part] -- this isn't a primary attack in the first place -- it's why we haven't put any resources behind Romney as a corporate buyout specialist at this stage -- it's a general election issue for independent and swing voters in places like OH, MI, PA and IN. We were shocked that his rivals went there but nonetheless pleased because now the charges about his status as a corporate raider enjoy the luster of bipartisanship. If Mitt Romney thinks swing voters won't recoil at what he did to AMPAD or GS Technologies -- raiding pensions, firing workers, bankrupting companies while reaping millions in profits -- he's more out of touch than anyone could have imagined.
http://huff.to/zWzLa0
Here's that background music -- I guess it was not in Fantasia?
ReplyDeleteLéo Delibes - Sylvia - Pizzicato.
The music is Delibes' Pizzicato from Sylvia.
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ReplyDeleteCould someone pls identify the background music: wasn't it used in Disney's Fantasia??
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It wasn't used in Fantasia, and it isn't a classical piece I recognize. It does sound like ballet music (precise dainty footsteps).
An abundance of classical music, including opera, has made it into cartoons: perhaps this piece made it into a cartoon after my childhood, and Newt's crew chose it for emotive humor rather than its original connotations?
Scarah speaks the truth! "We're numbskulls":
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mediaite.com/tv/sarah-palin-rips-michelle-obama-are-we-just-a-bunch-of-numbskulls/
Can't stand either one of those two. But,must say that Newt & his ad people did a damn fine job on this. I do so enjoy when they turn on each other with the nasty attacks they usually reserve for us over here on the other side.
ReplyDeleteWhat I don't understand is that the press is completely overlooking the fact that George Romney, Mitt's dad, had 156 first cousins thanks to polygamy. Why isn't anyone paying attention to that?
ReplyDeleteI don't like the fact that your link goes to Hot Air, but even THERE, they think he's nuts to have done this. Whatever the true story is.
ReplyDeleteRe- La prefesora - Sarah Palin is right. She and Fox News are numbskulls.
ReplyDeleteANON 5:18PM
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS THE ORIGIN OF THE CARWASH STORY.
I posted the comment at 9:10 AM on the first Seamus post today see post and comment here:
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2012/01/mitt-romeny-shrugs-off-questiosn-about.html
Not copying the whole thing here but this:
I posted the link to the updated car wash version. I have read both of the stories by the reporter that first told the story.
I think cheap and logical Mitt cleaned the car at a do it yourself carwash with the hand held high pressure spray wand.
The reporters that broke the dog on car story are: Neil Swidey and Stephanie Ebbert in the Boston Globe on June 27, 2007. That was the source of the first italicized quote in my 9:10 AM comment. Link to that story at the Globe website:
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part4_main/?page=full
On January 08, 2012 Neil Swidey's new story "What our fascination with Mitt Romney’s dog Seamus says about our culture" was posted on Boston.com, the Boston Globe website. That was the source of both the second and third italicized quotes in my 9:10 am comment. Link to the Jan 8, 2010 article:
http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-08/news/30605151_1_romney-family-mitt-romney-dog/2
Important quote:
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Seeking to penetrate the stock image of the air-brushed family, I had asked that friend what stories the Romneys reminisced about in the privacy of their own home. As soon as the Seamus road trip anecdote passed his lips, I knew it was a gem. But I was determined to avoid a situation where Romney’s handlers could call into question the anecdote — or the entire article — because I had gotten some small detail wrong. So I insisted that Tagg poll his mother and brothers and persisted until I had confirmed every last fact. Far from being tone-deaf, Tagg realized as I dug deeper that the story could cause his father grief. Yet Tagg’s participation actually helped his dad. After all, the first version of the story I’d heard from the family friend — who hadn’t been an eyewitness — improbably had Mitt driving the station wagon right through a carwash. Imagine the howls from PETA if Seamus had been introduced to the world with the image of high-pressure wraparound brushes pummeling a defenseless, diarrheal dog."
That is where the carwash version comes from. From the reporter that broke this story. The very first time the reporter heard the story it was the carwash version.
What one believes is a different thing, what kind of carwash and so forth; or a garden hose at a service station as Romney perhaps did his best to make things seem normal. However, the source of the carwash version is clear. From the original source to the reporters ear.
What's wrong with Republicans?
ReplyDeleteMcCain said picking Palin was the best decision he EVER made!
Excuse me, most men would say their wives was the best decision they ever made with the exception of Todd and the guy who married Kim Kardashian.
Sarah and Kim got a lot in common and no I'm not talking about they both got pounded by black guys. It's that they both have nothing to offer anybody, they no nothing about everything and they rely on looks to line their pockets.
Speaking of doing black guys, Brisket has a lot in common with them except Bristol tried to fix her face but fucked up on the Jay Leno chin extension.
Dear Hauksdottir- I so hope you are right about the music for the old cartoons! Please let it be Looney-Toons, and please please please (in light of his comments about shooting varmints)let it be Elmer Fudd hunting that wascally wabbit!!!!
ReplyDeleteoff to lurk at youtube for evidence..
Wild Fantasia Tortoise
laproffesora - Hannity and Schreech are right for once! She's too stupid to realize what a fool she truly is.
ReplyDeleteNice that she shined and spray painted what's left of poor Shamus to cover her bald head.
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This Ad is great.
I know he quit smoking, but Mr. President, sit back and have a cigar! They just saved you a chunk of campaign money to use wisely against any of them, all of them.
Obama 2012!
Dumbass Todd! He just figured out he endorsed the wrong presidential candidate.
ReplyDeleteYou see the quitter Gov Sarah approved hunting down wolves with airplanes.
Sarah beats captive fishes in boats for photo ops and reality shows.
Sarah loves her house pets... next to her mash potatoes.
The Palins love hunting non moving caribous with 5 shots to feed there family during the cold Alaska winters even though there is a perfectly good grocery store and Taco Bell down the road and Sarah just happens to be a multi millionaire. So go figure, multi millionaire Sarah needs to feed her family and has to hunt for food? What about the poor native Alaskans and the other Alaska residents who really are poor and are competing with the Palins for that one caribou. One family does it to feed themselves and the other family does it to claim a million dollars of tax money for filming in Alaska!
So it makes sense that the Palins would endorse a man who endangers house pets by strapping them down on the roof of his car in air tight boxes.
I don't know about Romney, but where I come from we call air tight boxes "coffins".
Gryphen: You should post that new video.
ReplyDeleteWhen Mitt Romney
Comes to Town.
WOW
Yes the car wash version was the FIRST version of the story!! A reporter decided to nail down the story and talked to Romney's son Tagg or Tripp or Trigg or Tragg or something, anyway, the reporter says that Tragg or Tagg realized how bad the story looked and changed it to Mittens hosing the car and dog down. I can't find the link right now.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Mitt went thru the car wash because he was more concerned about the poop on his car than he was about the dog.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteWhat I don't understand is that the press is completely overlooking the fact that George Romney, Mitt's dad, had 156 first cousins thanks to polygamy. Why isn't anyone paying attention to that?
6:54 PM
What about the Heath's?
They're into inbreeding with their cousins too.
Sarah Palin's wonky eyes, retarded behavior, word salad language, sticking her tongue in and out, her balding hair, wrinkly old hands and sex addiction is proof that Sally Heath screwed her cousins and passed on those defective genes to Sarah who was impregnated by different men and she passed her dysfunctional genes onto her retarded uneducated good for nothing kids.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteWhat I don't understand is that the press is completely overlooking the fact that George Romney, Mitt's dad, had 156 first cousins thanks to polygamy. Why isn't anyone paying attention to that?
6:54 PM
What about the Heath's?
They're into inbreeding with their cousins too.
Sarah Palin's wonky eyes, retarded behavior, word salad language, sticking her tongue in and out, her balding hair, wrinkly old hands and sex addiction is proof that Sally Heath screwed her cousins and passed on those defective genes to Sarah who was impregnated by different men and she passed her dysfunctional genes onto her retarded uneducated good for nothing kids.
Root for the Newt!
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't stand a chance, but every time he aims his guns at Romney the Robot, he takes another chunk out of the lying, pandering, mean-spirited swine.
If we are lucky, the Republicans will be so disheartened, they'll just stay home next November.
mr gryphen...you say that you approve all the comments that are made on here, could you please please pretty please not post the icky posts regarding gossip and innuendo that add nothing to a post. this is a post about romney and his dog, so i fail to see why palin has anything to do with this non palin story. you can't preach to the choir about behaving if you encourage sin. i really would like to start reading the comments again because there are some really smart and funny regular posters here, but i have been staying away from comments palin related due to the ick factor. thank you if you do
ReplyDeleteI knew Willard reminded me of someone! As you know, real life nearly always mimics the X Files.
ReplyDeleteRe-Watch the "Colony" and the "End Game" episodes of the X Files.
Willard "The Mitt" Romney IS the shape-shifting alien bounty hunter.
1. Looks as plastic.
2. Shapes shifts the same.
3. Is cold & heartless
4. Same hair style and hair gel
5. Same green blood.
6. Will do anything to succeed.
I rest my case.
London Bridges
So, let’s see. When was the last time we were presented with a major candidate for national office who exhibited characteristics of a personality disorder? If you said, “Right now, today.” you get the gold star. I was reading earlier today on Wikipedia that the World Health Organization identifies a personality disorder similar to antisocial personality which it calls Dissocial Personality Disorder. It is characterized by at least 3 of the following:
ReplyDelete1. Callous unconcern for the feelings of others and lack of the capacity for empathy [especially when it comes to dogs and the middle class].
2. Gross and persistent attitude of irresponsibility and disregard for social norms, rules, and obligations [What, it’s illegal to transport a dog on the roof of your car? Who’da thunk?].
3. Incapacity to experience guilt and to profit from experience, particularly punishment [Seamus loved fresh air. He got up on top of the car all the time. Oh, and those people who lost their jobs thanks to Bain Capital? They just got what was coming to them.].
4. Markedly prone to blame others or to offer plausible rationalizations for the behavior bringing the subject into conflict [The diarrhrea? That was just some bad dog food. Oh, and the middle class just envy successful people who are not complete failures like they are.].
5. Persistent irritability [Corporations are people, my friend. Why do you keep asking me these silly questions about some dog who’s dead anyway?].
6. Incapacity to maintain enduring relationships [Especially with dogs].
7. Very low tolerance to frustration and a low threshold for discharge of aggression, including violence [If I was President, I’d sher put those damned Iranians in their place but quick. Of course, it would be your sons and daughters who’d hafta do it for me. Ever heard of a service member with a 20 million dollar trust fund? Nah, I didn’t think so.]
Is having a disordered personality a requirement for prominence in the Republican Party? Sarah?
I don't know who's worse. Gingrich or Romney, but they are both disgusting to the bone.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad that this stupid person would let a dog be strapped to the roof of a car. They were and are rich they could afford a kennel to board, if the dog couldn;t fit in the car. I and I'm sure plenty of others have taken their dogs on vacation and never did such a cruel thing. A little off topic but Romney and others are so adament about Corp being persons. Well a person can't charge more than 10% interest. How are these persons getting away with this?. A person can be charged with murder, neligence in the death of others. These corp want person status then they have to have the same restrictions as normal persons, and the same tax rate as persons.They are the welfare queens. Romey says it's envey- Maybe it isbecause - they get away with having little or no taxes but get to use their money to bribe polititions, for more tax breaks, or less libitality for their Corporations. Our taxes or money goes, for fixing those roads bridges and helping the needie, that those corp persons forgot, or are trying totake everything away from.
ReplyDeleteOFF TOPIC BUT....Last night, a commentator on Huffington Post remarked that Newt's wife, Callista, closely resembles a Crash Test Dummy.
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be a fun election year after all.
This is hilarious! Only Republicans could pit two boobs against each other named Mitt and Newt. Anyway, my husband noted that the situation is a win-win for the sane in this country. It's making Romney look weaker and weaker, but if he does end up the nominee, at least we can be sure he wouldn't choose Newt as his VP!
ReplyDeleteOh man, these ads are comedy gold. Keep 'em coming Newt!
I love that this dog abuse story is finally becoming a big deal! Seamus's Revenge! It would never occur to me to strap a dog in a cage on the roof of my car. Yes, it sounds very cruel, but most of all, I would be constantly terrified that something would happen and the cage would fall off while driving. How could Mitt do that to a beloved family pet? Our vet charges $15 a day for boarding in 2012, surely it was cheaper back in the 80s. What a cheap bastard.
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