So your dog rides in a doggie seat until he is 2, when he gets a booster seat, and then after that he’s buckled up?
Yes.
Which has fuck all to do with his skill (or lack thereof) at presidenting.
You ever been tied to the roof of a car going 90+ ?
OK, neither have I. I would imagine, however, that it’s pants wettingly terrorizing.
More to the point, I don’t think that’s what a random sample of the population would do, or would even come up with. I’ve travelled with dogs, even with big dogs. You either give the dog a seat, or if there’s no room you take it on your lap. That’s what you do. Dog’s part of the family. That’s what normal people do. Only a weird, “dog’s just another bit of furniture” kind of person would get the idea to just put it on the roof and hit the gas.
Now, whether this has thing one to do with his political bonafides, I have no idea and don’t give much of a shit either way. But conversely, you don’t handwave that shit just because the guy is on your political side if you have any ounce of principle. And you certainly don’t handwave it away with a fucking tu quoque.
It betrays a profound lack of humanity and common sense that I wouldn’t want in a president. Hell, I wouldn’t even let him be a school principal.
Good judgment has fuck all to do with being president?
He didn’t just “put it on the roof”.
And there were 7 people in the car, with luggage. It wasn’t a toy poodle that you could just put it “on your lap”.
Certainly not optimal, but seems like a reasonable plan given the circumstances.
A reasonable plan if the suffering of animals means nothing to you.
Cite?
Call me crazy, but wouldn’t putting the luggage on the roof seem a more sensible plan?
Aw come on, the original plan was to tie his leash to the car and have the dog run alongside it, for three hundred miles.
Quite reasonable. After all, the luggage must be protected from the hardship of travelling on the roof.
As I said, I did travel with big dogs. All 80 pounds of a St Bernard’s hindquarters on your legs for 12 hours isn’t pleasant, for sure. But it’s what you do if you care for Beethoven at all.
Judgment towards animals ? Yeah, I’d say fuck all. Humans, rightly or wrongly, are quite apt at establishing such boundaries. And of course, Hitler loved Blondie, so there’s that.
Godwinized in 71. Shit, I had my money on 87.
I can’t believe I share a party affiliation with people who would D.Q. a horrible candidate for unkindness to a pet, or a worse candidate for showing a scintilla of understanding for illegal immigrants’ children, but handwave away their genuine horrors as candidates. These are putrid, vile utterly disgusting suits-and-haircuts pretending to have a clue to national and economic policies here, and that doesn’t seem to disturb the party a bit.
Oh, wait. I don’t share a party affiliation with them. But now I can’t believe I share a species with them.
How else do you explain Qin Shi Huangdi’s conception?
Wasn’t he the child of a nun that was gang raped by the violent mental ward full of killers for a few days?
Or shit, was that Freddy Krueger? I get them mixed up. I just have to remember, Krueger was the one with a moral compass.
I’m just demonstrating that the way one acts towards animals isn’t indicative of how one acts towards humans and vice versa.
It’s generally well known in psychology that cruelty to animals is a sign of sociopathic tendencies. Of course, so is being Republican, so…
Cite that the dog and car were given a gentle wash with a garden hose on loan from a friendly stranger? Are you certain we cant assume Romney hosed off dog and car at a carwash?
Ever seen a rancher with dogs in the back? They don’t look terrified to me. But I’m terrified for them, because they just might jump out. Not so a dog in a carrier. We’re also talking about an Irish Setter–not exactly renown as the Einsteins of the canine world (although compared to Dalmatians, they definitely could be.). I believe the only fear a Setter has is not being fed.
Yeah, let’s place 100 pound warm, humid sack on your lap for 12 hours–Puleeze!
A closer reading of Politifact presents evidence that suggests that Seamus, the lovable Irish Setter, did enjoy the upper tier while traveling (Mitt built a special wind shield for the carrier).
It also suggest that the dog suffered from diarrhea–so I’ll cut Mitt some slack here.
I see no reason why this would disqualify him from the presidency–the story is 25+ years old…and for crying out loud, this isn’t Glenn Beck who, rumor has it, was alleged to have raped and killed a girl in 1990.
Or was it Mike Godwin? I can’t keep up.
I came here for the mockery. I’m staying for the flaming.
Ha. That evidence is Mitt Romney said so.