Cnn s jeanne moos explains.
Romney dogs on roof.
But the story of his.
But the story of his.
Romney ties his dog to the roof of his car in an airtight kennel.
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.
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.
In june 1983 the romney family left their belmont massachusetts home on their way to romney s parents cottage in beach o pines ontario for an annual vacation along the shore of lake huron.
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.
Their dog seamus rode in a carrier on the roof of the family s chevrolet caprice station wagon for the 12 hour trip.
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.
But the tale of seamus the irish setter who got sick while riding 12 hours on the roof of mitt.
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.
It happened more than a quarter century ago at the start of a romney family summer vacation.