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Mitt Romney sporting pickup truck at fundraisers (RINO alert!)
Fox Boston ^
| 8/6/10
| Joe Battenfeld
Posted on 08/06/2010 1:59:19 PM PDT by jimbo123
A pickup-driving image helped put Scott Brown in the U.S. Senate, so is Mitt Romney hoping it will drive him him to the White House?
The 2008 Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor drove a beat-up pickup to a New Hampshire fundraiser last night. He's also driven it to other political events as he weighs another run in 2012.
Spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom says Romney has owned the Chevy since 2002 and uses it for errands around his New Hampshire lakeside vacation home.
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxboston.com ...
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To: texteacher
I remember that. Too bad more people didn’t see that.
That one motion of his arm wrote his autobiography for me.
Not ever.
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posted on
08/06/2010 2:13:53 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Our margin of victory this November MUST ALWAYS BE greater than their margin of fraud.)
To: truthguy
When Algor’s son got busted for drugs, someone from the family picked him up at the courthouse in a Maseratti Quattroporte.
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posted on
08/06/2010 2:16:49 PM PDT
by
DBrow
To: jimbo123
A shallow, insecure poser.
23
posted on
08/06/2010 2:20:03 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
To: jimbo123
If Mitt drives up to Dixville notch, he can borrow Lamar’s plaid shirt, which is in a glass case at the inn there.
And he should shoot a video of him canoeing in New Hampshire, too, like Algor.
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posted on
08/06/2010 2:25:34 PM PDT
by
DBrow
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Most politicians in either party have absolutely no shame and will do virtually anything to garner the so called working mans vote. The sad thing is that it often works. This cult religion RINO is probably the phoniest candidate Ive ever seen and if he is the GOP candidate in 2012 I wont vote for him.
25
posted on
08/06/2010 2:30:27 PM PDT
by
mono
To: jimbo123
The new car will eliminate the Seamus stories.
And, somewhere, Seamus must be very happy with the new, clean car.
"But the details of the event are more than unseemly they may, in fact, be illegal.
Massachusetts's animal cruelty laws specifically prohibit anyone
from carrying an animal "in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel
or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the
animal carried thereon." An officer for the Massachusetts Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals responded to a description of the situation
saying "it's definitely something I'd want to check out." The officer,
Nadia Branca, declined to give a definitive opinion on whether Romney broke the law
but did note that it's against state law to have a dog in an open bed of a pick-up truck,
and "if the dog was being carried in a way that endangers it, that would be illegal."
"Dog on Roof? What Was It Like for Romney's Pooch?
Scientists Say Dog Likely Experienced Wind-Whipped, Uncomfortable Trip
"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.
e'd built a windshield for the carrier, to make the ride more comfortable for the dog," read the article.
Jordan Kaplan, the owner of Petaholics, a dog walking service in New York City,
and a lifelong dog owner and dog lover, said Romney's actions were uncalled for.
....What Happens to a Dog on a Roof Traveling 50 MPH?"
"Romney's dog - This is a distinction Mitt Romney probably could do without, but he is surely
the first presidential candidate to be attacked for putting a dog with diarrhea
in a carrier and tying it to the top of a station wagon.
Romney's defense: Seamus liked it. "He scrambled up there every time we went on trips,"
the Republican said during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh. "He got in all by himself and enjoyed it."
"As the oldest son, Tagg Romney commandeered the way-back of the wagon,
keeping his eyes fixed out the rear window, where he glimpsed the first sign of trouble.
''Dad!'' he yelled. ''Gross!'' A brown liquid was dripping down the back window,
payback from an Irish setter who'd been riding on the roof in the wind for hours.
As the rest of the boys joined in the howls of disgust,
Romney coolly pulled off the highway and into a service station.
There, he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car,
then hopped back onto the highway."
"Story about dog on car roof comes back to bite Romney
Critics, jokesters make issue of tale
TIME.com's Swampland blog has been flooded with more than 200 comments
from readers complaining of animal cruelty"
Romney's bad behavior Exposed by Seamus
"Romney Loses Nomination Over Dog Abuse?
Romney was traveling that summer with his wife, five sons, and Seamus to his parent's cottage on Lake Huron.
But hours into the ride, Seamus apparently suffered diarrhea,
which ran down the back window of the car. Romney's sons, all under 13, howled in disgust.
Romney pulled off the road into a service station.
There, he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car, and they drove on to Ontario.
.....David Kravitz wrote on BlueMassGroup, a liberal blog.
"It also strikes me as classic Romney: it solves a problem efficiently,
in a business-like manner, and with no regard whatsoever
for the suffering that the solution may cause."
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posted on
08/06/2010 2:31:12 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(“Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God” - Thomas Jefferson)
To: Diogenesis
Go Mitt Go! Just don’t go so fast - that dog might fall off.
To: jimbo123
IMHO, Romney was finished as a Presidential candidate the moment Obammycare was passed.
Mitt has his Romneycare in Massachusetts, which has been an expensive disaster.
This pickup story reminds me of him getting a Life Membership to the NRA after lambasting them for years, just to appeal to the conservative Republican base - something only a RINO would do.
He doesn’t get it, but his ambition causes him to lingers on.
To: mono
The RNC seems to be on their usual course of picking a lesser evil than the democrat candidate and counting on us to panic at the last minute.
I won't play that game ever again.
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posted on
08/06/2010 2:42:53 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
To: jimbo123
Mitt Romney: Mayonnaise sandwich on white bread.
30
posted on
08/06/2010 2:44:33 PM PDT
by
Mortrey
(Impeach President Soros)
To: Mortrey
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posted on
08/06/2010 3:06:22 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(“Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God” - Thomas Jefferson)
To: jimbo123
Didn’t he poke fun of Fred Thompson for the same thing?
To: jimbo123
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posted on
08/06/2010 3:21:48 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Lord help our Armed Service members that they not become pawns in Hussein's quest to destroy America)
To: MarineBrat
John Effin Kerry pretended to go hunting
Pretended? Nah.
Poor JohnnyK. His resume was so thin he had to borrow some accomplishments of Senator Bob Kerrey to pad it.
34
posted on
08/06/2010 3:39:38 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: Astronaut
What a fake and hypocrite.
Hey! It took SEVERAL focus groups to come up with the right color, make and model!
lol
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posted on
08/06/2010 3:41:23 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: jimbo123
Mitt makes John Edwards and Barry Obama look genuine.
To: jimbo123
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Now if he would fly in an old DC 3 maybe I might vote for him.
To: jimbo123
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posted on
08/06/2010 4:51:05 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: TomGuy
Pretended? Nah. Well, there's hunting, and then there's dressing up and playing hunter to try and fool people into thinking you're manly. We all know where Hanoi John stands.
I wonder if he's got that 'spensive huntin' outfit broke-in yet? I bet it's still at the dry cleaners. :)
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posted on
08/06/2010 4:57:20 PM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
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