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

In The Washington Spectator's animated video series, A Brodner Minute, illustrator Steve Brodner skewers the 2012 candidates and other delicious targets.

In "Romney's Dog: The Last Interview," Seamus the Irish Setter (R.I.P.) reflects on the notorious roof-strapping incident, in which happy, singing Romneys on a road trip seem to forget all about the cherished pet just inches above them. Meanwhile, who else is strapped to Mitt Romney's campaign car?

Steve Brodner, the award-winning satiric artist for The New Yorker and other publications, has been skewering the famous and infamous for the last three decades. His work has appeared in most major publications in the U.S. Since 2008, he has produced animation for The New Yorker, PBS, and Slate. He lives and draws in New York City. His website is brodnersbicycle.com.

 

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Comments

[telephonemanray]

02:36 PM on 02/24/2012

This happened almost 30 years ago. How many stupid things did you (or for that matter ) Obama do 30 years ago. Give it a rest.

[Aubreyd]

01:11 PM on 02/29/2012

Yeah he mistreated an animal 30 years ago. He it doesnt matter anymore...no I dont think so.

[docsgirl]

10:50 AM on 02/23/2012

You can tell a lot about a person by the way he treats his pet(s). Just saying.

[AG creative]

04:26 PM on 02/22/2012

To me, that was animal cruelty of the highest order.... Torture. Criminal even.

His nonchalance in describing the situation displays heartlessness and disqualifies Romney as a candidate.

Humans love dogs. Robots, not so much.

[Steve Brodner]

03:30 PM on 02/22/2012

How about we say it's bad to smoke in front of your kids (or smoke period) and bad to abuse your dog. How hard is that?

[mrjonesstephen]

09:08 AM on 02/22/2012

This story reminds people that this multi-millionaire, Mitt Romney goes on family vacations by car and tried his best to include the family pet in the 1983 vacation. Sure B.O.'s dog gets better treatment left behind cared for by the professional White House staff as his family jets around the world on Air Force One. The love for pets is best demonstrated when people include them in their plans.

[Karen Medlock]

11:37 AM on 02/22/2012

Does "including pets in their plans" include sticking you pet in a box and tying the box to the roof of a car? If you cannot safely include you pet, you should leave the pet in the care of someone else.

[Caroline Crowe Bristol]

02:44 PM on 02/22/2012

Dog on a Hot Mitt Roof: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/53560172-82/bagley-cartoon-dog-facebook.html.csp

[AG creative]

04:28 PM on 02/22/2012

Makes sense:

Romney doesn't care about the poor because they have a safety net, much like he didnt have to care about his dog on the roof, since he had a cage.

[hicksticks2001]

04:02 PM on 02/21/2012

Cool Video. I hope they do another one that is from the perspective of Obama's kids where they can talk about the health problems they developed from the second hand smoke they got from their father's cigarettes.

[Okiemama]

09:13 AM on 02/22/2012

LOL! Then you can talk about the fact that the only state in the nation where not one county went for Obama in 2008, Oklahoma, has the most female smokers in the nation and is fifth for men. In fact, the red states lead the nation in smoking. And knowing Michele Obama, Barack Obama was not allowed to smoke anywhere near those girls. And he probably knew better than to do so. Now in Oklahoma, you see pregnant women smoking.

[hicksticks2001]

03:05 PM on 02/22/2012

So you know for a fact that Obama didn't ever expose his children to second hand smoke? I'd like your source if you don't mind.