I caught this story off Digg today. This has to be one of the stupidest self admissions I have seen for a candidate in a long time.
“Before beginning the drive, Mitt Romney put Seamus, the family’s hulking Irish setter, in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon’s roof rack. He’d built a windshield for the carrier, to make the ride more comfortable for the dog.
Then Romney put his boys on notice: He would be making predetermined stops for gas, and that was it.
The ride was largely what you’d expect with five brothers, ages 13 and under, packed into a wagon they called the ”white whale.”
As the oldest son, Tagg Romney commandeered the way-back of the wagon, keeping his eyes fixed out the rear window, where he glimpsed the first sign of trouble. ”Dad!” he yelled. ”Gross!” A brown liquid was dripping down the back window, payback from an Irish setter who’d been riding on the roof in the wind for hours.”
Yes. Mitt Romney straps his family dog to the car roof for road trips…. for hours at a time. Are you kidding me? Here is my artist’s rendering reenacting the event. I enjoy how the author of that article told the story as if it was a humorous event… as if it was normal to do.