Romney "Crate Gate" now the subject of Move On ad
That now infamous Romney family vacation back in 1983 is still, well, dogging, the candidate. This time the Seamus-rides-on-top trip is the subject of a sly campaign ad by the Democratic political action group Moveon.org. It features a Mitt Romney lookalike and a sound track of the candidate himself.
Romney "Crate Gate" now the subject of Move On ad
Amy Worden, Inquirer Staff Writer
That now infamous Romney family vacation back in 1983 is still, well, dogging, the candidate.
This time the Seamus-rides-on-top trip is the subject of a sly campaign ad by the Democratic political action group Moveon.org. It features a Mitt Romney lookalike and a sound track of the candidate himself.
What I can't shake is the fact, not only did the family throw poor Seamus up on the roof rack in a crate for a 12-hour trip, but that they dumped him later in his life. Despite interviews where the former Massachusetts governor said he and his family loved their dog, Seamus ended up living with Romney's sister in California for reasons unknown.
Meanwhile, we can't help but think about Ann Romney's very pricey dressage horses. A champion equestrian, Ann Romney's horses have been reported valued at $250,000.
Something tells me they don't ride to horse shows in the confines of beat up stock trailer.
I believe him now when he said he likes to fire people.— ganjoka- As an animal lover, I see this ad as a ridiculous exaggeration. While I do not advocate it, Romney had the dog in a dog crate on top of the car, a far cry from what is being shown here.— hectic1
- kind of ironic that a group called MOVEON would try to make an issue out of something trivial that occurred almost 30 years ago. im sure they would care about what a liberal did with his dog last week, much less 30 years ago. hope the american people are smart enough to see past garbage like this (from both sides) but i dont have as much faith in us anymore to do so.— jim715
- Obviously the ad is meant as a partial parody, not as the literal truth, which is especially clear when it is shown to be from "Rmoney", by transposing the "o" and the "m" in his name.
Dogs are transported in crates all the time. The problem with what Romney did is that, apparently either from fear or from too-infrequent stops, the dog defecated in his crate.
I read and hear "Things would be different if a [insert race, religion, ethnicity, sex, political party, political persuasion] person did [insert act]" all the time, but I never see any evidence for it. jim715, by all means please draw our attention to any acts of cruelty to animals by any liberal or Democratic candidate, and I will certainly not support that candidate. But I need details.— HowardJWilk - I guess he should have had Air Force One fly his dog to and from his vacation like Obama did.— Mr. Smith
- No, Obama did NOT. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/bo.asp— HowardJWilk
- Why did they portray Seamus as a pit bull instead of an Irish Setter?— doggiemama
- I'm offended. Meanwhile Obama's pastor says God D--n America and eveyone looks the other way. Libs really have the media wrapped.— AvoidSundanceVacations
- Ex-pastor, AvoidSundanceVacations. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/us/politics/01obama.html?bl&ex=1212552000&en=4f275b18627314ec&ei=5087%0A— HowardJWilk
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