Mitt Romney Dog

Why Can't Mitt Romney Admit a Mistake?

Rick Newman | Posted 05.16.2012

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A humbler Romney would have acknowledged his role in the abuse, indicated his regret, and apologized to the victim in a meaningful way. Most Americans would buy that. Who hasn't done stuff as a teenager that they later wish they hadn't?

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Romney Heckled Over Dog-On-Roof Story

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.01.2012

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney can't even grab some pizzas without being reminded of how he treated his dog nearly 30 years ago. As ...

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Obama Ate Dog, And He'd Do It Again To Remind You Of Seamus Romney

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney and Hunter Stuart | Posted 04.30.2012

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WASHINGTON -- When conservatives discovered that President Obama admitted to having eaten dog meat as a child when he lived in Indonesia, they vowed t...

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In Dog We Trust: U.S. President or Dogcatcher?

Sandip Roy | Posted 04.24.2012

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Sandip Roy

The photo-op with the dog makes perfect sense in the hurly-burly of American politics. American presidents tend to be elected on the likeability factor. The dog is the ultimate likeability accessory.

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A Brief History of Pet Transportation Makes Romney's Dog-on-Roof Method Seem Almost Humane

Anna Jane Grossman | Posted 04.23.2012

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I love my dog. I've never put my dog on the roof of a car. But I'm not sure he'd totally mind it. Have you ever seen a dog stick his head out of the side of a car?

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Good News! Mitt Romney Never Ate a Dog

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 04.20.2012

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The Republican world was all a-twitter Tuesday with a story on the far-right website, Daily Caller. It quoted President Barack Obama's autobiography about his stepfather having served him dog meat when he was nine in Indonesia.

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Friends Explain Why Romney Looks So Stiff

The Washington Post | Spencer S. Hsu, Jennifer Jenkins and Ted Mellnik April 18, 2012 | Posted 04.18.2012

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Nearly three decades ago, Mitt Romney left his office on a Friday afternoon, gathered his wife and kids in the family station wagon and drove out to s...

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Animal Lovers Against Romney Super PAC Set To Launch

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.28.2012

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A longtime Democratic donor is launching a million-dollar super PAC devoted to telling the story about Mitt Romney's act almost three decades ago of p...

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"B**ches Against Romney": Female Dogs Unite To Protest Mitt Romney's Shocking Mistreatment of Seamus

Nancy Wurtzel | Posted 05.21.2012

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The Seamus story seems to have pushed Mitt to the edge. Insiders say he is growling mad about the continuing media coverage. His newest super pack (sic), Let Sleeping Dogs Die, is poised to go on the attack.

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Arthur Delaney

Voters Think It's 'Inhumane' To Put A Dog On Top Of The Car

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Most voters think it's "inhumane" to put the family dog in a kennel on the car roof for a long trip as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Ro...

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Santorum Spokeswoman: 'If You Can't Be Nice To Your Dog, Who Are You Going To Be Nice To?'

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.19.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Journalists keep asking Rick Santorum's campaign if it's really fair to bring up how Mitt Romney treated his Irish Setter 30 years ago, ...

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Friday Talking Points -- Seamus, That's the Dog, Was Outside

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2012

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Chris Weigant

Sometimes I'm just astonished at the inability of political campaigns to do a simple Web search. Case in point: the story about Mitt Romney's dog Seamus.

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Arthur Delaney

Mitt Romney's 'Responsible Dog Ownership Month' Proclamation

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.16.2012

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Many dog lovers hate presidential hopeful Mitt Romney because of how he treated his dog in 1983, but Romney has done more for dogs than just strap the...

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Santorum Campaign Continues To Discuss Romney's Dog

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.15.2012

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Rick Santorum campaign honcho John Brabender said Thursday that Mitt Romney's mistreatment of the family dog 30 years ago shouldn't be the focus of th...

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Santorum Campaign Plays The Seamus Card

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.14.2012

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A top adviser on Rick Santorum's campaign said Mitt Romney's bizarre treatment of the family dog 30 years ago shows the former Massachusetts governor ...

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'Dogs Against Romney' Founder Fired Up For Home State Primary

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.13.2012

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Scott Crider, founder of "Dogs Against Romney," said he's fired up for the Republican primary in his home state of Alabama. "Dogs Against Romney i...

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Jason Linkins

Gail Collins Is Apparently Not Allowed To Write About Seamus The Dog Anymore

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.09.2012

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Over at BuzzFeed, McKay Coppins rounds up a bunch of reactions to Gail Collins' most recent New York Times column, and how much people hate her for writing it. Why are they dogging out Collins?

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NYTer's Ultimate Mitt Romney Dog Column

Posted 03.08.2012

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On Thursday, New York Times writer Gail Collins wrote what might be considered her column of columns about her long-running obsession with the infamou...

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'Dogs Against Romney' Reenacts Roof Ride

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.27.2012

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A member of the emergent "Dogs Against Romney" protest movement has filmed a reenactment of the infamous 1983 incident in which Mitt Romney drove from...

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Mitt Romney's Dog Speaks! Infamous Car Roof Incident Explained

Washington Spectator | Posted 04.22.2012

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Jason Linkins

'Son Of Detroit' Romney Tools Around Michigan In Car Manufactured In Canada

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.16.2012

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Having seen Mitt Romney tool around the Greater Detroit area in two campaign ads in which he nostalgically recalls his childhood and his love of cars,...

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Jordan Zakarin

WATCH: Dogs Protest Against Romney In New York City

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Zakarin | Posted 02.14.2012

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Dogs (and their owners) howled their disapproval of Mitt Romney in New York City on Tuesday. Dogs Against Romney, a Facebook-based protest group, d...

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PHOTO: Confused Police Pull Over Romney Protester

Posted 02.07.2012

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In 1983, when Mitt Romney took his family on a 12-hour roadtrip to Canada, he strapped his Irish setter to the roof due to a lack of space inside the ...

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WATCH: Maddow Revisits One Of Romney's Most Notorious Incidents

Posted 03.14.2012

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Rachel Maddow revisited one of the most notorious episodes in Mitt Romney's life on her Thursday show: the dog incident. Romney's travels with his ...

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Romney's "Dog on Car Roof Story" Won't Go Away

Lanny Davis | Posted 03.13.2012

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It might be unseemly to bring this up just as Mitt Romney celebrates his win in New Hampshire on Tuesday night and seems to be a strong front-runner f...

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