Obama Eats Dog

Shame on the Democrats for digging up a story about Mitt Romney and his dog from 30 years ago.

What is this? The next lame outrage? The Republicans' War on Dogs?

Let's get serious. This campaign is about the future of the country, our future.

Rather than talking about the economy and all the wonderful things Obama has done since taking office, the Leftists are yipping and yapping about a 1983 story.

That, of course, is because Obama has to run away from his Jimmy Carter-esque record as president.

From Jake Tapper, ABC News:

Much has been made about Mitt Romney, in 1983, putting his family dog Seamus in a kennel on top of his roof and driving from Boston to Canada, with said canine Seamus making his displeasure known in a rather scatological way.

Democrats have signaled they have every intention of making sure the American people - especially dog-lovers - know the tale. In January, senior Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod tweeted a photo of the president and Bo in a car, with the snide observation: "@davidaxelrod: How loving owners transport their dogs."

Pathetic.

Is this really an issue critical to the lives of Americans struggling to find work and keep their homes?

Crazy.

Diane Sawyer, interviewing Mitt and Ann Romney, brought up the dog story.

Transcript:

DIANE SAWYER: As we move away from this primary campaign into the next phase-- again, on Yahoo, we got two questions most often, first about Seamus-- which as you know is out there forever-- would you do it again?

MITT ROMNEY: Certainly not with the attention it's received.

DIANE SAWYER: You said it was the most wounding thing in the campaign--

ANN ROMNEY: It's crazy.

DIANE SAWYER: --so far.

ANN ROMNEY: The dog loved it. The dog was, like--

DIANE SAWYER: But the dog got sick, right?

ANN ROMNEY: Once, he-- we traveled all the time and he-- he ate the turkey on the counter. I mean, he had the runs. But-- 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 t-- in-- in-- in a kennel for two weeks, so.

More on the dog--

From the Boston Globe:

Ann Romney tried Monday to defuse lingering criticism of her husband’s decision to put their dog in a car-top carrier for a 12-hour drive to Canada, saying their Irish setter, Seamus, loved it and knew it meant he was going on vacation with the family.

“It was, to me, a kinder thing to bring him along than to leave him in the kennel for, in a kennel for two weeks,” Ann Romney told ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer during an interview with her husband at Fenway Park.

The episode has become something of a measuring stick for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s human compassion, with critics saying it showed heartlessness and supporters disputing that or saying it shows Romney’s problem-solving ability.

One Democrat has even promised a super PAC to raise money for ads to highlight the incident with Internet ads in 10 battleground states.

Asked if he do the same thing again, Mitt Romney said, “Certainly not with the attention it’s received.”

Ann Romney labeled the scrutiny, which stemmed from a 2007 Globe article detailing the 1983 incident, as “crazy.”

I agree with Ann. This is crazy.

Team Obama and his flock must be truly desperate if they have to focus on Seamus, the Romney's dog, to sway voters.

Is this really the best they've got?

What I love is that Romney's camp is fighting back, fast and furious.

(How many Americans know about Romney's dog but not Fast and Furious?)

Tapper writes:

The Romney campaign tonight signaled tonight that they are not about to cede any ground when it comes to a candidate's odd past with man's best friend.

The Daily Caller noted that in President Obama's best-selling memoir, "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance," the president recalls being fed dog meat as a young boy in Indonesia with his stepfather, Lolo Soetoro.

"With Lolo, I learned how to eat small green chill peppers raw with dinner (plenty of rice), and, away from the dinner table, I was introduced to dog meat (tough), snake meat (tougher), and roasted grasshopper (crunchy)," the president wrote. "Like many Indonesians, Lolo followed a brand of Islam that could make room for the remnants of more ancient animist and Hindu faiths. He explained that a man took on the powers of whatever he ate: One day soon, he promised, he would bring home a piece of tiger meat for us to share."

...The discovery that the president had eaten dog meat prompted wise-cracks on twitter (hashtag - #ObamaDogRecipes) and this tweet from Romney strategist Eric Fehrstrom, who re-tweeted Axelrod's original message with a different take on the picture of the president and Bo.

"@EricFehrn: In hindsight, a chilling photo," he wrote.

Yes, I think Seamus was a much happier dog than the one/ones Obama ate.

Our president ate dog meat.

Obama eats dog.

Jim Treacher, The Daily Caller, writes:

“So what? It was a long time ago,” you say. “He was a lot younger. Customs are different there. He was just doing what his stepfather told him. And hey, you can’t even prove that the dogs were ever left on top of a car, you racist.”

Hey, whatever you have to tell yourself, libs. Say what you want about Romney, but at least he only put a dog on the roof of his car, not the roof of his mouth. And whenever you bring up the one, we’re going to bring up the other.

It’s no fun when we push back, is it? That’s why it’s so much fun.

Update: I know the Secret Service has a lot to deal with right now, but are they protecting Bo? From Obama, I mean.

Great line: "Say what you want about Romney, but at least he only put a dog on the roof of his car, not the roof of his mouth."

Obama loses this one.

Obama is on the record for loving dog but hating Fox. #obamadogrecipes ht @mathewburke

— Shiggz Rocketsurgeon (@ShiggzKenobi) April 18, 2012