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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:25 PM
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Mitt Romney takes family vacation, ties dog to top of the car.
I was thinking maybe this blog from his kids might not be a good idea but it is proving to be pretty entertaining.

Apparently the dog, after four hours on top of the car, lost control of its bowels so Mitt pulled over to hose down the car and the dog which his son describes as "emotion-free crisis management." (like that's a GOOD thing)

In-freaking-deed.


http://time-blog.com/swampland/2007/06/romneys_shaggy_dog_story.html

What is also worrying is that Mr. Romney seems to hold the very old fashioned idea that he needs to actively show he is heartless, hence the hunting claims he has made. Not subsistence hunting, but pride in killing defenseless animals for sport, for fun, for show.


In the case of the dog on the roof of the car, if this is true, quite remarkably it obviously wasn't for show as only his own children were watching, a lesson in cruelty that was also wrong for them to witness. There was also the obviousness of the situation. Thinking of the wind, the weather, the speed, the vulnerability, the isolation on the roof, it is commonsense that any dog who’s under extreme stress might show that stress by losing control of his bowels: that alone should have been sufficient indication that the dog was, basically, being tortured.

If you wouldn’t strap your child to the roof of your car, you have no business doing that to the family dog! I don't know who would find that acceptable.

http://time-blog.com/swampland/2007/06/romney_in_deep_doodoo.html

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Proud2BAmurkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:28 PM
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1. scumbag.
disgusting puke
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liberaldemocrat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 03:01 AM
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99. This story will sink any chances of Mitt Romney getting the nomination much less the presidency.
Edited on Thu Jun-28-07 03:03 AM by liberaldemocrat7
Noone should put a dog on a top of a vehicle roof for 12 hours. A dog belongs inside the vehicle and not in a carrier. You only put a pet in a carrier when you plan to transport the pet by air.

Pet lovers should spread this story from sea to shining sea. I don't care if it happened more than 15 years ago. Mitt should have treated his dog more humanely. I find this extremely neglectful.

This story will dog Romney until he drops out.

Drop out now Willard Romney.

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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:28 PM
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2. Wow - that's right out of "National Lampoon's Vacation."
Only Aunt Edna was dead. :wtf:

I love the GOP - the party of cat- and dog-torturers! :grr:
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:28 PM
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3. Clark Griswold, anyone? n/m
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:28 PM
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5. GMTA
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:40 PM
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23. !!!!!
:spray:
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:28 PM
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65. Hey, Mitt TIED the dog there ON PURPOSE. Clark Griswold FORGOT dog tied to bumper. n/t
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 12:04 AM
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98. OMG!!! Exactly what I was thinking!
Edited on Thu Jun-28-07 12:05 AM by EOO
This incident is eerily similar to that scene from Vacation! :rofl:

He's still a huge fucking douchebag for doing that though.
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AndreaCG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:28 PM
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4. This sounds like a hoax to me
I'd wait for confirmation it isn't a joke blog.
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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:32 PM
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9. here is the source, not from the kids blog (my bad) but article at Boston.com
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part4_main/?page=1

(I read the subject line on the like from Atrios and confused myself! Sorry. Still, unless Mitt denies it, looks real to me. http://atrios.blogspot.com/2007_06_24_archive.html#3856392735009470748
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:44 PM
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28. I couldn't read all of it...she should've married Cameron.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:51 PM
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34. And this idiot wants to be President? All the $4000 suits won't be able to cover-up
this stupidity.
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:21 PM
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92. What an asshole. I hope this story gets LOTS of attention.
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:33 PM
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13. Time Magazine is quoting story in Boston Globe
Sounds true to me.
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file83 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:34 PM
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15. Right there with you - this sounds too much like "Family Vacation" with Chevy Chase.
"Poor little mut. Probably tried to keep up with you for a mile or so."
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:41 PM
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69. Nah, it was the dead aunt that was tied to the roof of the car. n/t
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AndreaCG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:36 PM
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20. OK I read the links
He was an authoritarian idiot.
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Truth2Tell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:09 PM
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90. Was? nt
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 09:27 PM
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86. Here's the link from Time
Romney's Cruel Canine Vacation

The reporter intended the anecdote that opened part four of the Boston Globe's profile of Mitt Romney to illustrate, as the story said, "emotion-free crisis management": Father deals with minor — but gross — incident during a 1983 family vacation, and saves the day. But the details of the event are more than unseemly — they may, in fact, be illegal.

The incident: dog excrement found on the roof and windows of the Romney station wagon. How it got there: Romney strapped a dog carrier — with the family dog Seamus, an Irish Setter, in it — to the roof of the family station wagon for a twelve hour drive from Boston to Ontario, which the family apparently completed, despite Seamus's rather visceral protest.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638065,00.html
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susanna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 11:20 PM
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93. Egads, me too.
That's just twisted.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:29 PM
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6. OMG that is disgusting
and could be illegal in some states.
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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:29 PM
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7. Fucking asshole.
:grr:
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:30 PM
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8. Damn
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:35 PM
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17. This cannot be true, can it?
Can anyone be this stupid and cruel? If this is true, I don't see how anyone could vote to nominate a person that stupid and cruel. It's a hoax, right?
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:43 PM
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26. We'll see... he'll either deny or confirm it now that it's out there
if it is - Damn


here's the story here
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part4_main/

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.
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countingbluecars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:32 PM
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10. Cruel n/t
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:32 PM
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11. I thought this was satire!
The only good republican is a torture lovin' republican.
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:33 PM
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12. Utter fucking sleaze
:grr:
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:33 PM
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14. Cold-hearted bastard. That poor dog was probably so frightened--for HOURS!
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:29 PM
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44. Irish setter too. It probably didn't stop shaking for week afterwards.
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:06 PM
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55. Yep--I have a weimaraner--similar high-strung temperament.
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:35 PM
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huh?
:wtf:

If I saw a dog tied on the roof of a car I would call the police. Please tell me this isn't real and that his kids are just making crap up.
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:35 PM
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16. It's OK, they converted the dog, so it's going to heaven. - n/t
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Toasterlad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:09 PM
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56. I Thought ALL Dogs Went to Heaven?
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:41 PM
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68. Yes, but the ones who aren't Mormon have to be quiet...
...because the Mormons think they're the only ones there.
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ClassWarfare2008 Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:57 PM
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75. Did they give the dog the special secret Holy Flea Collar?
(doggie equivalent of the Mormon Holy Underwear)
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 09:04 PM
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85. If they did, they can't talk about it. - n/t
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:35 PM
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18. Nothing short of disgusting
at least he should never be elected to anything after that gets out.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:36 PM
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19. This isn't an Onion type
article? Cause, this just reeks of "nobody would be that fucking stupid" except maybe a candidate runner for repuke pres in 2008.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:37 PM
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21. dum dum dum
dum dum dum
dum dum dum
dum dum dum

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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:38 PM
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22. "This story explains the manly musk that Chris Matthews was smelling."
I saw that in the comment section in case you missed it.

The dog was just another varmint,
good grief, I thought the story was a joke at first.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:41 PM
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24. Gen 1:26 & let them have dominion over the fish of the sea... &over the cattle, &over all the earth
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.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part4_main/?page=1



1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/gen/1.html




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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:28 PM
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43. "Some people say we should not have runny dog shit streaming down from our roof"
But I say we should have DOUBLE runny dog shit streaming down from our roof!
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:42 PM
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25. All because he was in too much of a hurry to stop
and walk the dog. Having it in the car would have reminded him that living things have bodily needs.

He and Frist make a wonderful pair, don't they?

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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:44 PM
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29. I'd think the dog might have freaked out about being on top of the car!
stopping to walk the dog might not have helped.

sheesh
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:58 PM
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35. No, what I'm saying is that he didn't want to stop
so he didn't want the dog inside the car to remind him (by whining or pissing and shitting all over everybody) that it really might be a good idea to stop for a potty break...for everybody. He probably figured the dog could do its business in the crate and he wouldn't have to see it or smell it until they got where they're going.

If he was going to walk the dog, the crate probably would have been on top of the car...empty.

This really upsets me. We travel with 2 large dogs and plan our routes with rest stops and walks in mind. You just don't expect an animal to be able to work on the same schedule as an adult human. In fact, he was abusing the kids by letting them know he wasn't going to stop to let them go, either.

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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:43 PM
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27. This guy wants to be president?
no-way.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:45 PM
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30. i wish i could say i was surprised
nothing surprises me about these people anymore. nothing.
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WildEyedLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:46 PM
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31. The comments on the Time blog are priceless
Posted by Hedley Lamarr
June 27, 2007


"Seriously--how could you strap your dog to the roof of your car? Honestly? This is just plain weird, and not "effective crisis management"."

It's called Republican crisis management.
First, you create a crisis ("who could have foreseen that a dog kept in a carrier on the roof of a car for hours on end would take a dump?").
Then you "manage" it by doin' a heckuva job hosin' off that roof.
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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:00 PM
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37. loved this one:
Only liberal weenies worry about strapping dogs to the roofs of cars. Conservatives (i.e. real Americans) understand that such enhanced canine transportation methods are vital tools in the global war against the varmofascists. Besides, as ex-governor of Massachusetts (a.k.a. the Communist Republic of Harvard) Mitt isn't actually part of the executive branch, and therefore isn't subject to the state's laws against animal so-called cruelty.

I mean ask youself: Would Jack Bauer strap a dog to a car to save Boston from nuclear annihilation? Well, no, not as long as that gay marriage law stays on the books. But still, Mitt's clearly on the side of the angels here, even if he is a follower of the Morman Anti-Christ.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:33 PM
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81. When I read willard
strapped the family dog on the roof of his car I didn't consider it was in a carrier..I thought the genius just strapped the dog on his belly with all fours flat out.

I couldn't wrap my brain around that one. It still smacks of not seeing the big picture.
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:47 PM
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32. If he did it, and the people get wind of it in large enough numbers
he can kiss any chance at the Presidency goodbye.

Dog abusers are on a par with carjackers in many Americans' opinions.
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pretty_lies Donating Member (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 05:50 PM
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33. Isn't This Illegal?
If it isn't, it OUGHT to be. Jesus.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:00 PM
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36. If this is true, Romney's goose is cooked
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DemGa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:01 PM
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38. Disgusting, but not surprising n/t
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:02 PM
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39. OMG, I thought this was a joke post. I can't believe he did something like that. How thoughtless.
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lostnfound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:18 PM
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60. I thought so too! Some reference to Family Vacation or something. nt
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ReadTomPaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:04 PM
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40. Sounds like he and Bill Frist have something in common. n/t
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:05 PM
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41. Wow...I hope this sinks him!
What an asshole!
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:08 PM
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42. This tells me far more about the man than any of his pre-fabricated PR
image that's been constructed for Mitt. That's a pretty cruel way to transport an animal....do we want a person using this kind of judgment as POTUS? We're dealing with one now that used to delight in putting firecrackers in frogs' mouths just to see them blow up....
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Island Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:31 PM
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45. Great. Just what we need in the White House.
Another emotionless prick. Anyone who will do cruel things to animals (see: gerogewbush) will also do cruel things to human beings. Double Guantanamo indeed, Mitt.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:32 PM
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46. Good God, I don't think even Bush or Cheney ever did something like that to their own dog.
It can't be true. Every time one of them sinks deeper into the muck another one of them sinks even further. Amazing.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:39 PM
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48. They had -- Bill Frist - Cat Killer -- for that!!!
Edited on Wed Jun-27-07 06:53 PM by Breeze54
:P

Bill Frist - Cat Killer - Daily Show Clip

Jon Stewart does his usual classy job of making light of the horrible truth about Republican
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (the quote below is from Frist's own autobiography):



High Resolution
http://www.lisarein.com/videos/tvclips/fristcatkiller-hres.mov

Low Resolution
http://www.lisarein.com/videos/tvclips/fristcatkiller-lres.mov

Maybe Frist and Romney were pals back then!

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dweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 09:43 PM
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87. hell, Cheney
would just shoot it.
*moron would have dropped it somehow from the moving vehicle.


problem solved.
dp
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:35 PM
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47. What a fucking bastard.
:grr: How can you treat your own dog like that? :( Romney has always given me "severely creepy" vibes - now it seems he is not only creepy, but a cold-hearted, disgusting piece of shit, too. x( That poor dog...
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:41 PM
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49. What a toast fucker! nt
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judaspriestess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:42 PM
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50. just solid proof he truly is a fucking idiot
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wakemeupwhenitsover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:42 PM
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51. This must be satire, right?
If it's not then put a fork in him 'cause he's done. We're a nation of animal lovers.
Americans may not know much about history or geography & most of us couldn't explain the difference between a Sunni & a Shiite, but we love, love, love our Fido.
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:45 PM
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52. If true, this will dog Mitt for a long time.
I had to post it.
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mcg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:18 PM
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91. It will bite him on the ass
and I hope his dog does too.
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:51 PM
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54. The story is in the Boston Globe.
It seems to be one the family is proud of! It show's Mitty's "emotion-free crisis management".
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Glimmer of Hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:50 PM
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53. What an idiot-freak. And this is a little snippet they willingly shared?
Edited on Wed Jun-27-07 06:50 PM by Glimmer of Hope
Can't imagine what they are not sharing.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:10 PM
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57. HOLY CRAP! This is a real story? Un-freakin-believable. recommended.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:13 PM
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58. Can this psychopath please GO AWAY now?
This non-candidacy is a joke. It's almost as bad as Hillary's.
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judaspriestess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:17 PM
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59. here is a precious response
"I cannot vote for a Mormon, but, regarding this story, I find no fault with the man. Have you never seen a dog joyfully ride in the back of a pickup truck, or sticking its head out of a car window to catch the breeze? Putting the dog on top of the car saved the inside of the car from getting the greeting card the dog was going to deliver. It is a DOG for Christ's sake! Here in China we put 'em in a wok. This is about the most stupid "issue" I have ever seen raised during an election, and it looks like the mob is eating it up AGAIN!"
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:25 PM
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62. There's a substantial difference between the bed of a pick up truck
and "the fucking wind-torn roof" of a car!!!

OMG this man is a monster with a family of clueless pod people. :grr: :thumbsdown:
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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:27 PM
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64. I'm thinking the comment was...a joke?
the "here in china we eat dogs" seemed a bit over the top.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:33 PM
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67. If true, the guy's a FREAK. You can tell a great deal about a person's character by
viewing how he/she treats helpless and/or domestic animals. :thumbsdown:

I don't care if you choose to WOK your dog in China, one thoughtful thing about the good old USA is that we "at least in theory" do NOT condone cruelty to animals.

Sorry but this is so Un-Sat it makes me wish ole' Mitt could ride on a wing of a small prop plane to get "the feeling" that poor dog felt by his dumb ass cruelty, i.e., unbridled terror. :grr:
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:56 PM
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74. It might have been satirical but if so, it was done really shitty.
:eyes:
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:53 PM
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73. I'm sure YOU know this but thousands of doggies have been killed and injured
from being allowed to do those things. It is easy for a dog to lose an eye from getting hit by an insect in the wind and they will often jump from a truck for many reasons...seeing a cat, etc. I almost lost one of mine when I stupidly let him ride in the back of my pickup, it had a camper top and I left up the window never dreaming he would ever hop out but he did right on a busy highway. LUCKILY I noticed instantly and managed to stop and get him out of the traffic.
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blondie58 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:14 PM
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78. and I will never get out of my mind
the sight of a dog, whose owners had put it in their truck carrying a horse trailer- who being hung by his leash, as he hung off the side of the truck. As to whether he jumped or fell, I don't know, but he was in bad shape.

I turned around to alert them, but by that time they had figured out that there was a problem. I saw them put the dog in the cab- and amazingly enough, he was alive. I hope that he didn't have any permanent damage.
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:50 PM
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84. People who mistreat defenseless animals are the lowest form of scum on the earth.
What a horrible thing. :cry:
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:23 PM
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61. "Holiday roaddddddddd, holiday road"
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and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:26 PM
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63. PIECE OF SHIT HE IS!!!!
NO PREACHERS FOR PRESIDENT!
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ordinaryaveragegirl Donating Member (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:31 PM
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66. Are you EFFING SERIOUS???
Trying to assert his "manliness" or "power" by doing that to an innocent animal.
:wtf:

Methinks Romney needs some obedience training himself. Or maybe a little house call from the local ASPCA. Looks like he's gonna be the one in deep doggy doo now!!!
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:41 PM
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70. Aunt Edna? n/t
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:42 PM
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71. Is this for fucking real? He need to be prosecuted!
Edited on Wed Jun-27-07 07:43 PM by lonestarnot
If it is true.
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:47 PM
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72. I wonder what Annemarie Lucas would think of Mitt.
   

Not okay, Mitt. Not okay, at all.
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jasmeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:03 PM
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76. Read this on Wonkette today. So upsetting! How could anyone
think that was okay??? Is he trying to demonstrate to people he can be tough on 'terrorists' by being heartless. I hope his dog bit his ass!
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:07 PM
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77. He just lost 12% of the solidly Kool-Aid addicted 33% of Americans.
:puffpiece:
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:28 PM
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79. Will turn up on US Corp News TV
If not, most people will never hear about it.
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:32 PM
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80. FReep responses
To: van_erwin

If that’s the worst they can come up with...

4 posted on 06/27/2007 5:29:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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I’ve tied dogs in the back of my truck before. Just enough chain for them to take a step or two but not enough to try to jump out.

11 posted on 06/27/2007 5:33:44 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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To: van_erwin
Twenty-five years ago? And as National Lampoon pointed out in their movies, these vacations are pure hell to begin with.

To be truthful, it's actually kind of funny to me.
15 posted on 06/27/2007 5:34:59 PM PDT by George W. Bush (Rudi & McVain: tough on terror, scared of Iowa)
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The dog probably had a great time. Have you ever seen the look of pure joy on the face of a dog riding in a car with its head sticking out the window, with the wind rushing over its face? Dogs LOVE this. They could have boarded him in some cramped kennel instead of taking him along to romp outdoors with the family on vacation, and then nobody would be whining about it, but I’m sure the dog was happier being taken along.

31 posted on 06/27/2007 5:56:34 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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My lab rides in the back of a flat bed pickup. She loves it. No crate either. If I don’t tie her to the rack, she jumps out at red lights and runs around, then jumps back in when I start rolling.

37 posted on 06/27/2007 6:01:20 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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more…
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857407/posts
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riderinthestorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:38 PM
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82. This has got to be an onion piece.
Please tell me this is an onion piece.

Dogs DO love to ride with their face to the wind, for short bursts, and then they bring their heads back into shelter to breathe and re-group.

To be forced to endure the kind of wind velocity driven off the hood of a car onto the roof, for any length of time, without respite, is inhumane!! That dog must have been out of his fucking mind with fear and anxiety!!!

Dem or Rethug would lose my vote instantly for doing such a despicable deed with an animal as tying their crate to the roof of a moving vehicle.
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:47 PM
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83. what a shitty story
:puke:

I wonder how many times the Romney family has re-told the story and laughed about it at family gatherings over the years. Emotion-free crisis management? :puke:
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Melynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:02 PM
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88. How freakin' sick
Ronmey is either clueless or a sadist.
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slj0101 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:04 PM
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89. What a fucking douche.
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 11:21 PM
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94. Well, this is the guy who wants to double the size of Guantanamo . . .
So I can't say I'm surprised, per se.

What a fartknocker.
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shance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 11:30 PM
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95. Why are these men who are so abusive, sick and sadistic in leadership positions?
Edited on Wed Jun-27-07 11:32 PM by shance
Who are these people that abuse animals and children, violate every letter of the law and laugh about getting away with it, lie, cheat, create wars and send our children over to fight them, and scapegoat Muslims for the crimes they commit?

What normal human being would do something so sadistic and cruel to an innocent animal?
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 11:43 PM
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96. Probably won't be needing these then.


This has got to be a hoax.
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bamacrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 11:57 PM
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97. And he called for doubling Guantanamo.
Hes fucking crazy, America might become more of a war mongering theocracy if he were in charge.
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 03:49 AM
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100. links
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=romney+dog&btnG=Search+News

A Cruel Ride for Romney's Dog
TIME - 10 hours ago
The incident: dog excrement found on the roof and windows of the Romney station wagon. How it got there: Romney strapped a dog carrier — with the family dog ...


Boston Globe Romney dogged by animal cruelty charge
Boston Globe, United States - 11 hours ago
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. ...

Romney campaign goes to the dogs
Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog, WA - 9 hours ago
How it got there: Romney strapped a dog carrier — with the family dog Seamus, an Irish Setter, in it — to the roof of the family station wagon for a twelve ...
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 07:11 AM
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101. Good Gawd - how cruel
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Pawel K Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 10:52 AM
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102. You're kidding me, this can't possibly be real?
Please tell me this is a joke, a lie. There is no way in hell anyone could be that evil.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 10:56 AM
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103. I guess Grandma decided to stay home that year.
Otherwise there wouldn't have been room for the dog.
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momster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 04:27 PM
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104. On the ride back....
did he do the same thing? If it was a family vacation, from Boston to Ontario, how did they get the dog back from Ontario? Same way?

What a barstid!
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 04:35 PM
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105. People also cruelly put their dogs in plane cargo holds
In a cargo hold, pets can be subjected to temperature extremes which may include excessive heat or freezing. Pets have been known to die in the intense heat of the closed hold while planes wait to taxi down the runway. In a cargo hold with imperfect climate control, the hold can also reaching freezing temperatures very quickly once the aircraft is in flight, which could be fatal. It is also possible for the cargo hold to lose pressure, and some cargo holds have imperfect air circulation systems, meaning that your animal has a chance of suffocating from lack of oxygen.

Strapping a carrier to the roof of the car on in a plane cargo hold is unacceptable, imo.

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