Feed

Crate Gate

Crate Gate

Mitt Romney petting a dog during a campaign stop in 2008. (Photo: Getty)

Mitt Romney’s Dog Debacle Debated in Oregon Court

The infamous incident where Mitt Romney put his dog in a crate tied to the roof his station wagon during a family road trip in 1983 made a surprise appearance in an Oregon courtroom last week. A defense attorney representing one of two men who was charged with animal abuse after they dragged a pitbull behind a car for several hundred feet after tying the dog to the outside of the vehicle and forgetting to let it back in before driving off invoked Mr. Romney’s story to argue everyone makes mistakes sometimes.

“Our presidential candidate tied up a dog and drove off with him for quite a while,” the lawyer, Lisa Pardini, said. Read More

Crate Gate

Dogs Against Romney poster (Photo: Dogs Against Romney)

Dogs Against Romney Asks: ‘Should We Have a President Who Isn’t Even Qualified To Adopt a Pet?’

Dogs Against Romney, the stealth PAC backed canine-inspired protesters hounding Mitt Romney for once strapping his dog to the roof of his car, unleashed their newest salvo at the presumed Republican nominee this morning with a web video highlighting Mr. Romney’s presence in databases of animal users.

“Abusing animals has consequences–consequences not even Mitt Romney can avoid. In the wake of his campaign’s 2007 revelation of the ‘dog-on-roof story,’ Mitt Romney’s name was listed by two national animal cruelty registries used to track animal abuse offenders,” the Dogs Against Romney statement announcing the video said. “Both registries are maintained so that animal welfare organizations, Humane Law Enforcement officials, animal shelters, rescue operations, and breeders can share information about animal abuse offenders and conduct background checks before allowing people to adopt or purchase a pet.” Read More