US Election 2012: Mitt Romney faces question over dog strapped to roof

In a high profile interview with ABC News last night, Mr Romeny was asked
whether he would put the dog on the roof if given the chance to take the
trip again. “Certainly not with the attention it’s received,” he replied.

His wife, Ann, tried to come to his rescue, telling Diane Sawyer telling that
Seamus “loved it”. But when pressed on the dog’s sickness, Mrs Romney
strayed into territory rarely visited by potential First Ladies.

“He ate the turkey on the counter,” she offered as explanation. “I mean, he
had the runs.”

She insisted that Seamus loved his rooftop travel, saying he would “go crazy”
when he saw it because it meant he was coming on holiday with the family.

The long-deceased Seamus continues to haunt Mr Romney’s campaign. One
dog-loving superPAC, entitled “Mitt is Mean”, plans to spent $1 million
publicising the incident and campaigning against the former Massachusetts
governor.

Aides to President Barack Obama mischievously circulated a photograph of the
Commander-in-Chief and his dog Bo sitting the back of a presidential SUV.
“How loving owners transport their dogs,” tweeted David Axelrod, Mr Obama’s
top strategist.

https://twitter.com/#!/davidaxelrod/statuses/164083085799981057

In one of the running jokes of the American political world, New York Times
columnist Gail Collins is said to have developed a borderline obsession with
the Seamus story, mentioning the dog more than 50 times in columns and
interviews.

In a famous New Yorker cartoon cover, a grinning Mr Romney is shown driving
the family station wagon with a haples Rick Santorum strapped to the roof.

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