The Romney's Appalling Record of Animal Abuse

[warrior1]

http://www.dogsagainstromney.com/2012/06/romneys-appalling-record-of-animal.html

[Megahurtz]

1. More ReTHUGS with NO COMPASSION.

And these ReThugs are abusive. Not fit to run a country, or anything for that matter.

[liberal N proud]

2. Do they drug test horses at the Olympics?

I know the athletes get tested, but do animals also?

[magical thyme]

6. they're supposed to be

and most, if not all, drugs are banned.

That doesn't stop people from trying to cheat though.

[Retrograde]

8. I believe so (n/t)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. The Romney's committed fraud in the sale?

Was there a physical problem that was being covered up by the pain killers? If the horse couldn't perform dressage, was it because it was lame? I'll have to google this to get the details about the lawsuit.

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After googling this it appears the Romneys were sued for fraud. The sedatives and narcotics were hiding a defect in the horse's hoof. The expert who testified in the case, a vet, said he had never seen a horse more drugged than this one in 38 years of professional practice.

"In my 38 years of practice, I have never come across a drug screen such as this where the horse has been administered so many different medications at the same time.”

There's a full copy of the lawsuit complaint at the link below.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/ann-romneys-high-horse

[Auntie Bush]

5. The romney's are cheats, thieves and liars! They'll do worse to the American people if elected.

[magical thyme]

7. yes, and they knew about it

When they bought Super Hit, x-rays showed an anomaly with his coffin bone (major bone of the hoof) which the vet at the time said probably would not be a problem.

Apparently they had Super Hit on anti-inflammatories throughout his training, in order to prevent problems. The woman that bought him knew about the bone issue, but I expect did not know how many drugs were in his system at the time of vetting.

She used a vet Ebeling recommended, but if she was his client that would not be a big surprise. Top name trainer; she thought she could trust him.

I'll tell you right now after a lifetime in the horse world, it is not uncommon in my experience for some trainers to pass off their major client's problem horses onto new clients. The rMoney's matter; new client is just there to clean up the messes.

When Super Hit's new owner told Eberling that he didn't "feel right," Ebeling blamed it on her riding. No big surprise there; just gaslight the new client. Most of the time they get away with it simply because they are "Big Name Trainers" (BNTs in the horse world).

Dollars to donuts that Super Hit "felt funny" to Anne Romney and Jan Ebeling, too, and that's when she decided to dump him. People like that wreck a lot of horses along their way and just keep them drugged to the hilt until they can pass them along to the unsuspecting.

[yardwork]

15. Unbelievable. They drugged up their horse so that they could sell him, knowing he was injured.

The cruelty, the pettiness, the criminality - it's just mindboggling. These people are billionaires. They could have put the horse out to pasture for the rest of his life but no, they had to sell him.

Grifters. Con artists.

[Megahurtz]

4. bump n/t

[justiceischeap]

9. And the "Anyone but Obama" folks, will not care about this at all

They'll probably say the horse got what it deserved.

[Quantess]

10. This would be good on facebook.

[tallahasseedem]

12. K&R

I had no idea about this.

[Liberal_in_LA]

13. horrible

[amuse bouche]

14. These rethugs

are horrid excuses for humans

[KurtNYC]

16. Romney met Ann when she was riding on a horse and he was throwing rocks at them.

And he still thinks this is funny:

[H]e was a Cub Scout in elementary school, he and some other scouts saw Ann riding a horse bareback across a railroad track.

“What do Cub Scouts do when they see a little girl on a horse?” Mitt says now. “We picked up stones and threw them [at her].”

http://allthingsdemocrat.com/2012/04/22/mitt-romney-is-one-weird-dude/

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

17. I was a Cub Scout and I engaged in my share of unruliness as a little kid

But I never threw rocks at little girls or defenseless animals. One time I threw a metal garden hose nozzle at a crowd of kids playing tag. I was "it" and I was frustrated because I couldn't outrun them. The metal nozzle flew up in the air and landed on the nose of a little girl who was five years old, the same age as me. My dad came out of the house and beat my behind but good. Then he drove me to the little girl's house and had me apologize to her and kiss her on the cheek. It was the first and last time I ever did something like that.

I wonder if the Cub Scouts would endorse this kind of behavior from Romney.

[Motown_Johnny]

18. Love at first bludgeoning

[amuse bouche]

20. So Mittens

threw rocks at Ann's beloved horse and she thought...'this is my future love and husband'?

[KurtNYC]

21. It's an interesting anecdote

which might not even be true but the attitude that 'this is just what all normal Cub Scouts would do in this situation' and finding it funny is odd in an adult. Romney plays fast and furious with the truth so why would the campaign or Romney himself go with THIS story? I have to think part of the answer is -- because this is Romney being Romney.

More of the weird story is 1/3 scroll down -- "Mitt Meets Ann"
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/5/22/90847.shtml

[Retrograde]

22. What gets me is not that he was a little brat

but that as an adult he brags about it as if it were normal and expected behavior. The Seamus story - that wasn't something a political enemy dug up: it was something Romney himself brought up as an example of his problem-solving abilities.

The guy's either not right, or not from this planet.

[KurtNYC]

23. Exactly -- this Cub Scout stoning was from them too

maybe they are trying to spin this stuff as "cute" before people just find it and see the pattern for themselves but more likely this is what passes for cute humor in the bubble of BS surrounding Prince Romney.

[progressoid]

25. No Mittens, that's exactly what Cub Scouts do NOT do.

Cub Scout Promise

I, (say your name), promise
to DO MY BEST
To do my DUTY to GOD
And my Country
To HELP other people, and
To OBEY the LAW of the Pack

Law of the Pack

The Cub Scout follows Akela.
The Cub Scout helps the pack go.
The pack helps the Cub Scout grow.
The Cub Scout gives goodwill.

Cub Scout Motto

DO YOUR BEST

[Tumbulu]

26. Unbelievable!!!!!

What an outrageous person. Why in the world would anyone marry such a jerk and have children with them?

[Life Long Dem]

19. Unbelievable

We have the dog on the roof and his bullying of people as well. It's all adding up.

[Spazito]

24. I bet, if we were to see the tax returns submitted by the Rmoneys for 2008...

there would be an expense deduction for the cost of the drugs that were found in the horse when they sold him.