Ann Romney: Dog Seamus ‘Loved’ Abusive Trips Atop Family Car

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From ABC News:

Seamus, Mitt Romney’s Irish setter who traveled with his young family strapped to the roof of their station wagon, “loved” those trips, despite once getting ill, Ann Romney told ABC’s Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview.

Seamus’ 1983 trip from Boston to a summer cottage in Ontario, Canada, inside a dog carrier lashed atop the family’s Chevrolet, has become a regular barb in Romney’s side and is routinely used by his critics to paint him as uncaring.

Mitt Romney told Sawyer that the Seamus attacks were the most wounding of the campaign “so far,” but Anne Romney insisted the dog loved traveling that way and looked forward to trips.

“The dog loved it,” Ann Romney said. “He would see that crate and, you know, he would, like, go crazy because he was going with us on vacation. It was to me a kinder thing to bring him along than to leave him in the kennel for two weeks.”

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  • These people are unbelievable.  Rather than provide a direct answer to Sawyer’s question about whether they would strap the dog to the top of the car on a long-distance trip, Ann Romney has the gall to say that this sentient being “loved” being strapped to the top of the car.  Her response is evasive, disingenuous, and repugnant.  She could’ve said that it was wrong to do what they did — but no, she has the nerve to say this poor dog “loved” it.  What a fraud.  These people lack emotional intelligence, basic humanity, empathy, and integrity.