• He clearly doesn’t understand his own dog. I just don’t see how any dog could enjoy being on top of a car for that long. Dogs enjoy sticking their head out for a little air, not being on top of a car.
• Protester with “Dogs Against Romney” • Explaining why he joined a small group of demonstrators outside the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, protesting the treatment, by Mitt Romney, of his old dog Seamus. For the uninitiated: the Boston Globe reported that during a 1983 Romney family 12-hour road trip, the dog was put in a kennel (with a windshield) which was then tied to the roof of the car. That in and of itself has drawn the ire of animal rights proponents. Further, the dog began to relieve himself during the trip, but no new accommodation was made to the dog, then in a clear state of distress — Romney simply stopped at a gas station, cleaned up Seamus and hosed down the kennel, and kept on going. The journalist who broke the story reflects on and clarifies it here (there has been some misinformation about the incident since the story broke in 2007). source

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