# Romney a dog abuser? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 15, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720 "2011-10-15T05:56:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beast\_Model](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@Beast\_Model](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beast_Model)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/1 "2011-10-15T05:56:14Z")
Did Mitt Romney really drive 300 miles with a dog tied to the roof of his car? ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/2 "2011-10-15T06:14:27Z")
[Yes](http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part4_main/?page=1), [he](http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638065,00.html) [did](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/13/gail-collins/mitt-romney-and-dog-car-roof-one-columnists-obsess/). He also punched Marty Moose at Wally World. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/3 "2011-10-15T15:55:54Z")
Has no bearing on whether he’s a good President or not anymore than Clinton’s adultery (which is certainly morally worse). Just an excuse to smear Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/4 "2011-10-15T16:07:22Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Has no bearing on whether he’s a good President or not anymore than Clinton’s adultery (which is certainly morally worse). Just an excuse to smear Republicans. It reflects poorly on his character and judgment. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/5 "2011-10-15T16:08:10Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Just an excuse to smear Republicans. Well, that, plus smearing his dog across six lanes of super-highway. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/6 "2011-10-15T16:14:35Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > It reflects poorly on his character and judgment. And so does Bill Clinton’s adultery except X1000. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/7 "2011-10-15T16:18:41Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > And so does Bill Clinton’s adultery except X1000. I’d say Mitt Romney’s transgression trumps Clinton by infinity +1. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/8 "2011-10-15T17:35:55Z")
Unless Clinton tied Lewisnsky to his roof and drove 300 miles before she blew him. Which, incidentally, I wouldn’t put past him. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/9 "2011-10-15T17:37:27Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > I’d say Mitt Romney’s transgression trumps Clinton by infinity +1. No it is not. If Romney cruelly tortured his dog to death maybe but up until the last few decades this wouldn’t have batted an eye while adultery has always been one of the gravest moral transgressions one can make (as seen in Scripture). ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/10 "2011-10-15T17:42:10Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > No it is not. If Romney cruelly tortured his dog to death maybe but up until the last few decades this wouldn’t have batted an eye while adultery has always been one of the gravest moral transgressions one can make (as seen in Scripture). Well I don’t live my life according to Scripture, so I reject your definition of what is moral and substitute my own, and I say putting your dog on the roof of your car and driving 300 miles is a much more immoral act than cheating on your wife. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/11 "2011-10-15T17:43:23Z")
Oh, who gives a shit about Scripture? You weren’t alive in the 70’s, the decade of decadance, swingers and key parties. Clinton boning Lewinskey with Hilary watching wouldn’t have caused a ripple in your average suburban living room back then. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/12 "2011-10-15T17:45:12Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Oh, who gives a shit about Scripture? > > You weren’t alive in the 70’s, the decade of decadance, swingers and key parties. Clinton boning Lewinskey with Hilary watching wouldn’t have caused a ripple in your average suburban living room back then. And through most of history tying a dog to the roof of your car wouldn’t have a caused a ripple either. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/13 "2011-10-15T17:47:44Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > And through most of history tying a dog to the roof of your car wouldn’t have a caused a ripple either. Yeah, because snorting cocaine and abusing your pets was the big fad during the hedonistic 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/14 "2011-10-15T17:48:11Z")
There were cars throughout most of history? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/15 "2011-10-15T17:49:53Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > There were cars throughout most of history? No, but if you beat your dog or horse or whatnot a hundred years ago, nobody would care. Seriously people, does this in anyways affect your decision in supporting or opposing Romney? ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/16 "2011-10-15T17:51:06Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Seriously people, does this in anyways affect your decision in supporting or opposing Romney? It makes him seem like more of a Martian. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/17 "2011-10-15T17:52:11Z")
“What? I cannot place my dog upon the roof of my conveyance? Your customs are strange to me, human. I will now eat toilet paper and think on this.” ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/18 "2011-10-15T17:57:31Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Has no bearing on whether he’s a good President or not anymore than Clinton’s adultery (which is certainly morally worse). Just an excuse to smear Republicans. So…do you still beat your dog? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/19 "2011-10-15T18:05:13Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > So…do you still beat your dog? No, and this is not comparable to beating a dog. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720/20 "2011-10-15T18:15:20Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > No it is not. If Romney cruelly tortured his dog to death maybe but up until the last few decades this wouldn’t have batted an eye while adultery has always been one of the gravest moral transgressions one can make (as seen in Scripture). Scripture says you can marry a virgin you rape for a 50 shekel fine. The humans who wrote it were primitive assholes. So you’ll pardon me, I’m sure, if I don’t take your acceptance of it as the final word on morality as anything but a moral failing on your part. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720.md?page=2)