Seattle Channel's Nancy Guppy turned heads arriving to cover the red carpet at the Seattle International Film Festival in a pet kennel on top of a car.
2012 Grammy nominee Linda Chorney joins Venga and Seamus Romney to tell the true story of Seamus’s ride on the roof of Mitt’s car.
In her May 12 New York Times column about Mitt Romney’s less-than-forthcoming bullying past, Gail Collins brings up the Seamus story once again –it’s the forty-third time, according to our Mitt O’Meter– as further proof that Romney is non-feeling, always calculating, and a tad detached from reality. Some might argue that he’s borderline sociopathic given his chronic inability to relate to almost all people. Here’s the passage from her column:
We have seen far less evidence of Romney as a guy with a mean streak than of Romney as a robotic campaigner who finds it impossible to speak in an open, unprogrammed manner — particularly about any incident that makes him look bad.
He probably looks back at what he did and feels terrible. Then he represses that genuine emotion and tells Fox News that it’s all a blank to him, but that, if anyone was offended by the thing he doesn’t even recall happening, he is very, very sorry.
He is incapable, really, of admitting past errors. Perhaps you may remember that Romney once drove to Canada with the family Irish setter stuck in a cage on the station wagon roof. When he was originally asked about it, he claimed the dog “loves fresh air.”
This was more than four years ago. What would have happened if Romney had just said: “Boy, in retrospect that really does sound like a bad idea. But you have to remember that we had five boys under the age of 14. It was like living in a vortex; we did all kinds of stupid stuff.”
Do you think the nation — particularly the part that has ever tried to drive long distances with a car full of children — would have been understanding? I personally would never have mentioned the incident at all.
But since we haven’t gotten that sort of input, I kind of feel free to bring it up now and then.
ABC’s Diane Sawyer took on the Romneys in an exclusive interview, and of course, the issue of the dog on the car roof took center stage. Here’s Ann’s spin: “The dog loved it. He would see that crate and, you know, he would, like, go crazy because he was going with us on vacation. It was to me a kinder thing to bring him along than to leave him in the kennel for two weeks.”
Maybe Seamus was going crazy because he didn’t want to be stuck inside a crate on a fast-moving car. More galling is Mitt’s latest damage-control spin, which puts the lie to his earlier I-did-nothing-wrong-during-that-car-trip-and-Seamus-loved-the-fresh air answer to other interviewers. He told Diane Sawyer that he wouldn’t put Seamus in a crate again. What!? Is any one counting all the flips and flops? Health care, immigration, his family dog….
In this brief video clip, Chris Matthew’s offers his own skeptical take on the story that has legs. The Washington Post and Huffington Post both jumped on the Rommey dog pile right after the ABC interview aired.
A tip of the dog food bowl to Steven Sashen for applying his bottomless wit to this photo.
Before a landmark Canadian anti-discrimination law was passed in 1950, this exclusive community on the shores of Lake Huron, where the Romneys vacationed each summer, was off-limits to “to any person of the Jewish, Hebrew, Semitic, Negro or coloured race or blood."
The final destination of the Mitt Romney clan that summer of “83 with Seamus strapped to the car roof was his parents’ cottage on the Canadian shores of Lake Huron in a private gated community called Beach O’ Pines — which was the focus of one of the most important civil rights cases in Canadian history. Up until 1949, the bylaws of the exclusive community, which was located near Grand Bend, Ontario, restricted who could live there. The “covenant” stipulated that the land “could never be sold, used, occupied or rented by any person of the Jewish, Hebrew, Semitic, Negro or coloured race or blood.” The document provided a legal justification that only “persons of the white or Caucasian race” could live within the cottage community. Continue reading
First seen here: http://www.facebook.com/DogsAgainstRomney
Mr. Peabody: My dear lad, what’s on your mind today?
Sherman: Why is there such a fuss about that politician running for president and his dog?
Mr. Peabody: Oh…you mean Mitt Romney and Seamus, his Irish Setter. Poor fellow.
Sherman: Why? What happened to Seamus?
Mr. Peabody: We need to take the wayback machine to 1983 to see for ourselves.
Sherman: Great! I always like taking a road trip!
Mr. Peabody (frowning): Maybe not this time.
The Machine comes to life. Mr. Peabody and Sherman are transported to Mitt Romney’s home in Boston.
Sherman: Look at how many kids he has.
Mr. Peabody: Yes, Mrs. Romney has been a very busy wife and mother.
Sherman: But how will they fit everyone in their station wagon for the trip to Canada?
Mr. Peabody: Good question.
Sherman: Will they have to leave their dog behind?
Mr. Peabody: I doubt that very much. He is part of their family.
Sherman and Mr. Peabody approach Mitt who is busy loading up the car with suitcases.
Mr. Peabody: Hello, Mr. Romney. Where will Seamus go?
Mitt Romney: On top of the car in his own carrier.
Mr. Peabody: Won’t he fall off?
Mitt Romney: I have strong rope to tie it down.
Mr. Peabody: So for the entire time, he will be sitting on top of the car?
Mitt Romney: Yes.
Mr. Peabody: Any bathroom breaks?
Mitt Romney: No. It’s a short drive into Canada– only 12 hours. Seamus has good control over his bowels.
Mr. Peabody: You hope. You don’t want him to end up becoming an Irish Shitter.
Sherman: Eeew. Mr. Peabody, that’s really gross!
Mr. Peabody: Most definitely. Let’s go. I’ll drive.
Seamus2012.com just received a press release for the new Romney DefeCrate. We were so impressed by the design and features of the portable dog carrier for the car roof that we felt obliged to share some of the product details and press release photo with you, the reader.
The Romney DefeCrate is made specifically for dogs who aren’t allowed to ride inside the car with family members. The DefeCrate makes travel on the car roof fun and enjoyable for your pet. The durable plastic Defecrate is lightweight, rugged and long-lasting. Flow-through ventilation portholes on three sides provide excellent comfort for your dog– even at vehicle speeds over 60 miles per hour. WIre-mesh front panel and easy-to-use spring-type door lock provides added security in case your dog is so terrified by the howling rush of the wind that it tries to escape. Failing egress, if your dog decides to empty its bowels instead, the hunter-green plastic bottom will keep the liquid mess from dripping down onto the car windows.
The plastic Romney DefeCrate is a breeze to clean– with or without your dog inside. And what dog doesn’t like to play in the water, especially popular breeds like Irish Setters, labs, retrievers, and yes, poodles, which are believed to be the ancestors of most modern water dogs. Just stick one end of the hose into the spacious airflow vents and let the water spray.
The Romney DefeCrate comes in four sizes– small, medium, large, and extra-large. The extra-large can handle dogs up to the size of an adult Newfoundland. The DefeCrate also comes in an airtight model for excitable, hard-to-control dogs, but recommended use is only for one hour before the air runs out. Plastic food and water dishes are optional.
To order your very own Romney DefeCrate, please call 1-800-555-BAIN.
