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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPresident Obama went there today: "I know he's had other things on his car."
Seamus is the gift that keeps giving.President Obama went there today, mocking opponent Mitt Romney over a 1980s incident in which he ferried the family dog atop his car during a vacation trip.
Speaking in Iowa, Obama noted that Romney criticized the usefulness of wind energy projects by saying "you can't drive a car with a windmill on it."
Ad-libbed Obama: "I know he's had other things on his car."
On the second day of a three-day bus tour of Iowa, Obama again called on Congress to extend a program of tax credits for wind energy manufacturers.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/08/obama-makes-dog-on-top-of-car-joke-about-romney/1#.UCqKaFZlQts
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)He should have not gone there. Let other people tell it.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I think he put his toe-toes right on the line and let the audience "go there" in their own minds.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)This story's been around since 2007. Lighten up.
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)DearAbby
(12,461 posts)Hardly worth responding too.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)In a culture that uses dogs as meat animals. It's not like he tortured and then ate the neighbor's pet, and it's nothing like an adult choosing to put a dog on a rooftop carrier for hours on end.
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)But it'll turn into , "Living in a Muslium country while attending a Madrasa, Obama...". He didn't have to go there, let other people do it.
EOTE
(13,409 posts)And watch him get eviscerated because of it. Romney's pretty fucking clueless, but I can't imagine he'd be THAT clueless.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)as an adult man deciding to strap his dog to a car roof. I wouldn't worry about it.
EOTE
(13,409 posts)Well then, Mitt Romney is more than welcome to bring up times Obama nearly killed his family pets by acting like an elitist asshole. In fact, I'd encourage him to do so.
Bake
(21,977 posts)And a pretty darn good one, too! Way to go, Mr. President!
Bake