Posted on 08/27/2007 6:52:11 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
Fresh off his underwhelming multi-million dollar victory in the Iowa straw poll Saturday, Mitt Romney's campaign is once again being dogged by, well, dogs. Appearing on Fox News with Chris Wallace, Romney was forced to once again defend his past penchant for rooftop canine waterboarding. At least Romney can take comfort in the availability of the perfect running mate for his White House run: Michael Vick.
Given the universe of Romney's failings, Fox host Wallace took Mitt to task for taking family vacations with his Irish Setter Seamus in a kennel tied to the roof of his car. After an incredulous Wallace said of his own Yellow Lab, "I would no sooner put him in a kennel on the roof of my car than I would one of my children," Romney claimed ignorance of the Massachusetts law he had violated:
"I wasn't familiar with that in terms of Massachusetts law. Love my dog. We've had a lot of dogs over the years. Love them. Seamus, as his name is, climbed up there all by himself, enjoyed his ride, and whether you're in the back of a pickup truck or in the rooftop carrier, it was a good ride. And all I can tell you is I didn't know that there was any problem with that in terms of the law. And he was a good friend of the family. We love our pets."
All of which puts Mitt Romney in good company with the indicted dog fighting impresario, Michael Vick. Vick, the Atlanta Falcons star quarterback, was indicted on July 17th on charges he used his property to train and fight pit bulls. In April, Vick denied any involvement in the case involving his cousin, claiming he too was ignorant of any criminality:
"I'm never there. I'm never at the house. I left the house with my family members and my cousin. They just haven't been doing the right thing."
On July 30, Vick in his first public interview proclaimed not only innocence, but that he was a man of faith [you really should read the rest of this - click below]
great humor and worth a read
IB4Z...
Dang it, Corin! You made me spray this monitor with coffee!
Ann Romney, Christmas 2006 sure looks like a lot of dogs are ill treaded here!
http://mitt-tv.mittromney.com/?showid=115212
LOL!
I’d ride with Mitt before I’d take s spin with Teddy Kennedy...
Vick’s lawyer consoled him this morning with this; “Just think Vicky, while you are at the Federal Hylton Hotel you can star in the re-make of “The Longest Yard” and recoupe that 22 million.
R,
you do realize this is just humor??
Ah yes, the “it’s just a joke” defense. Attack, then claim it’s all just intended as humor. Like when Larry Flint claimed that Jerry Falwell had sex with his own mother and then claimed he was “satirizing” Mr. Falwell. I gotcha. Great minds think alike, I guess.
Reaganesque,
I posted it under “Humor” as the topic.
How much more explicit can it be??
take a deep breath and don’t take life so seriously,
ampu
It’s not funny, and it’s just a subtle hit piece. Enjoy your teenage humor, but really, it’s not funny. It’s just a below the belt punch hiding in the guise of humor that doesn’t exist, except for amongst the Romney haters. And if you can’t see this, you aren’t particularly politically astute.
Thanks for your comments. I find it very funny, like
any political cartoon. Sorry your sense of humor doesn’t
like this one - but maybe it’s because your guy is the
target of the humor? In any case, good luck.
ampu
“Sorry your sense of humor doesn’t
like this one - but maybe it’s because your guy is the
target of the humor? In any case, good luck.”
I never said Romney was “my guy”. I just don’t like dirty pool, regardless of the candidate being attacked. It’s just a rotten thing to do, especially when hiding under the guise of humor. I love humor. This isn’t it.
flaglady47,
You should probably stay away from the humor topic.
It would surely offend you. Or go to Wikipedia and
read about satire. It is a whole new area of humor.
ampu
“You should probably stay away from the humor topic.
It would surely offend you. Or go to Wikipedia and
read about satire. It is a whole new area of humor.”
Still not funny. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. Not funny, not humor, not satire, just a slimy attack using humor as its guise, to pull in suckers like you appear to be that don’t know the difference. But, each to their own.
you do realize this is just humor??
Its not funny.
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