Or is that too much to ask, Mr. Delecto?
Posted on 05/28/2024 7:33:18 AM PDT by billorites
Mitt Romney may have infamously tied a dog in a kennel to the roof of his car for a cross-country trip but at least he didn’t shoot it, the Utah Republican senator said, as outrage over the South Dakota governor, Kristi Noem, telling her story of killing a 14-month-old hunting dog continued to ripple through US politics.
“I didn’t eat my dog. I didn’t shoot my dog. I loved my dog, and my dog loved me,” Romney said, on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, as reported by HuffPost.
Noem’s story of killing Cricket the dog – and an unnamed goat – is contained in her forthcoming book, the now somewhat ironically titled No Going Back.
The Guardian obtained a copy of the book and reported the story of the dog and the goat last week, setting off a political firestorm and casting into doubt Noem’s chances of being named Donald Trump’s Republican presidential running mate in this election, despite being one of his most enthusiastic acolytes.
“I hated that dog,” Noem wrote, after describing how Cricket, a female wirehair pointer, ruined a pheasant hunt and killed a neighbour’s chickens.
Noem wrote that she took Cricket to a gravel pit and shot her. She then killed the goat – with two shotgun blasts separated by a walk back to her truck for more shells – in the same pit, because the goat smelled bad and was aggressive because it had not been castrated, the governor said.
Romney was the Republican nominee for president in 2012. During the campaign, he was dogged by controversy over the story of how he once transported a family dog, Seamus the Irish setter, on the roof of his car on a 12-hour trip, terrifying the animal.
His remark this week about not having eaten a dog
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No. He just terrified it enough that it ran away and died.
Perhaps not, Mittens, but how many people did you de facto shoot when you were with Bain? What’s worse?
What do you want, a cookie?
Putting down a dog yourself used to be how it was done. Those days are gone.
One good thing happen. She crumbled under the pressure before being selected as a running mate.
Her way was more humane.....................
The fact that Romney is even addressing this story tells me that he is quite worthless as a senator, he has as much gravitas as a snail.
Way to comment on hot button current events, there Mitt.
Only 3 weeks late.
Well, whose do suffered the most?
Or is that too much to ask, Mr. Delecto?
This is the kind of stuff for which he should be remembered. When his time comes, it should be prominent in his obituary.
This is a new low for even a sniveling * like Milt.
Getting funny right?
Reminds me of Liz on the way out.
Mitt loved his dog.
It was the Irish he hated.
I didn’t know that Mitt Romney’s dog was named Scandal?
Robert A. Heinlein, in Starship Troopers.
Today, people who shoot their own dogs when it needs to be done are vilified and ostracized.
We country bumpkins know that when a dog becomes dangerous and is unable to be controlled it is time to put it down. We don’t like the idea of a family member, neighbor, friend or child being mauled by a dangerous dog. Get over it folks.
Why are we obsessing over lawfully killed dogs when the USA is on a downhill slide?
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