During the 650 mile 1 050 km trip seamus got diarrhea.
Romney dogs on roof.
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.
Mitt romney and the dog on the car roof.
Mitt romney s dog incident comes back to haunt him photo when mitt romney strapped his irish setter to the roof of his car in 1983 and drove all the way to canada as the dog defecated in fear he couldn t have guessed his decision would follow him for decades enraging animal lovers and raising questions about his character and management style.
Newt gingrich lets the dog out of the bag after mitt romney straps one to the roof.
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 the globe wrote of romney then a.
Cnn s jeanne moos explains.
It might be unseemly to bring this up just as mitt romney celebrates his win in new hampshire on tuesday night and seems to be a strong front runner for the gop nomination.
Using a 1983 family vacation to talk about romney s family values a shocking paragraph caught the eye of animal rights groups and angered pet owners across the country.
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But the tale of seamus the irish setter who got sick while riding 12 hours on the roof of mitt.
It happened more than a quarter century ago at the start of a romney family summer vacation.
Romney stopped at a gas station to wash the dog the carrier and the car.
It might be unseemly to bring this up just as mitt romney celebrates his win in new hampshire on tuesday night and seems to be a strong front runner for the gop nomination.
In june 2007 the boston globe reported that in 1983 current republican presidential hopeful and former massachusetts governor mitt romney had placed his irish setter in a dog carrier on.
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Romney had built a windshield for the carrier to make the ride more comfortable for the dog.