Santorum Team Doggedly Resurrects Romney’s Seamus Tale (Mitt's Cruelty to Animals)

ABC News ^ | 3/19/12 | Amy Bingham

[jimbo123]

Seamus the Irish setter may have died years ago, but the now-infamous story of his rooftop ride has been more firmly cemented into the narrative of the 2012 campaign than his retaliatory excrement was plastered to the back window of the Romney family station wagon during that fateful trip 20 years ago.

The Santorum campaign has referenced Mitt Romney’s treatment of his dog Seamus four times over the past week as an anecdote that purportedly calls into question the former governor’s character.

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“If you can’t be nice to your dog, who are you going to be nice to?”

[cripplecreek]

Same here but I don't make him wear a seat belt. As you can see, I go with the harness over the collar.

[cripplecreek]

I liked Santorum slightly more until I heard his views that the role of the federal govt was to police the internet for porn. Now I think he is an idiot and a danger to our country.

Does buying into the media spin make you or him the bigger idiot? (He said our government should enforce our existing laws)

[Dr. Sivana]

Santorum is a PETA guy

Source?

[Clintonfatigued]

Seamus could be the most important pet dog since Roosevelt’s pet Scottish Terrier Fala became an issue in 1944.

[Dr. Sivana]

Seamus could be the most important pet dog since Roosevelt’s pet Scottish Terrier Fala became an issue in 1944.

Nah, Checkers by a landslide. What other speech named after a dog is firmly entrenched in the history books? Oh, and that dog that LBJ picked up by the ears should probably be a runner-up.

[cripplecreek]

As far as I can tell, they say it because he supported one of the anti puppy ranching bills. Its not really a conservative vs liberal issue. I’ve got mixed feelings on it myself.

I’ve seen good dog breeders and bad dog breeders.

[altura]

I call it Seamus’ revenge.

[altura]

Are you sure about that (Santorum a Peta guy) or are you just tossing it out.

And did Santorum really bring up this story or did someone bring it up to him.

We really need to cool it.

[jimbo123]

You can tell a lot about a man by the way he treats his dog.

[hinckley buzzard]

You are forgetting Checkers. The dog that won a vice presidency.

[annieokie]

Rick?? You are such a damned bore. Of all the things you could be talking about and you choose this, just stupid.

Stuff like this may give some buyers remorse.

Guess Newt has not given you some new issue you can use, explains a lot.

I'm with NEWT who speaks on issues.

[Dr. Sivana]

Do we really want a repeat of LBJ?

[Varda]

Use any search engine. PETA and HSUS both have sent funds to Santorum for good reason. He's promoted their legislation. Here's one article from Forbes.

"Is Rick Santorum a Closet Animal Rights Activist?

Santorum did more than back animal-rights legislation; he even held a press conference in 1995 in which he was pictured alongside Wayne Pacelle, an animal-rights activist who now heads the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). For those of you who don’t know HSUS, its positions are similar to PETA’s and no, they don’t run your local pet shelter; in fact, HSUS doesn’t run a single pet shelter in the U.S. and only gives about one percent of its money to pet shelters. What HSUS does is spend its money on anti-farming and anti-hunting campaigns."

The rural vote is Republican here in Pennsylvania many here simply refused to vote for him in his last Senate race. Part of the reason he lost

[stars & stripes forever]

Bill Clinton got a dog named Seamus too.

Maybe it is Seamus.

[Verginius Rufus]

I don't get this. Has anyone asked Seamus' opinion? Maybe he wanted to ride on the roof.

[BansheeBill]

From the June 1936 issue of Popular Mechanics:

There were a number of inventions like this in 1930s to 1940s Popular Mechanics and Mechanix Illustrated magazine, which showed ways to travel with your dog in some sort of cage on the running boards, atop the rear bumper, and on the roof. This was from an era where many people who kept dogs never let them in their home, They stayed outside their whole life and slept in a dog house. There was a time in this country when most people did not condider their dogs to be "fur kids".

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Dr. Sivana]

I read the article. HSUS is not PETA.

If you think HSUS is so damning, say HSUS.

P.S. I live in Illinois and didn’t like the bill that closed the horse slaughterhouse. I am a Santorum supporter who never claimed he was perfect. I am happy to support the best candidate who did not push an individual healthcare mandate. Santorum is so much better than Romney. The job is to STOP ROMNEY.

I told people in Georgia to vote Newt. I told people in Virginia to vote Paul. In Illinois and Wisconsin, the best way to stop Romney is by voting Santorum. Several Newt delegates in IL switched to Santorum because they realize that truth,

Vote whichever way slows Romney down. We no longer have the luxury of getting every single detail right. Romney will be the end of the conservative presence in any meaningful way in the Republican party. He will credential an entire new generation of RINOs.

[Dr. Sivana]

Oh, and regarding the press conference, that is no different than Pat Buchanan appearing with Lenora Fulani (which doesn’t make Buchanan a Black Power Marxist) or Sean Hannity with Dennis Kucinich, praising Kucinich for demanding that Obama get congressional approval before heading into any more countries.

In any event, SANTORUM IS NOT PETA.

[Tench_Coxe]

The broader phrase:

“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”

James D. Miles