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The story took place in 1983, when the Romney family made a 12-hour pilgrimage from Boston to a vacation home in Canada. Romney, his wife, Ann, and five sons were in the station wagon. Seamus was in a crate, or kennel, on the roof.
At some point possibly in response to the excitement about being passed by tractor-trailers while floating like a furry maraschino cherry on top of the car, Seamus developed diarrhea. And Romney, who had designated all the acceptable rest stops before beginning the trip, was forced to make an unscheduled trip to a gas station. Where he kept the family in the car while he hosed down the station wagon and the dog, then returned to the highway.
It was a tiny preview of a trait he would grow famous for in business: emotion-free crisis management, Swidey wrote.
People, does any of this sound appealing? Elect Mitt Romney and he will take the nation on the road to the future. Some of us will be stuck on the roof. The rest of us will be inside singing camp songs and waiting for the day when the master plan lets us stop to visit the bathroom. Plus, anybody who screws up on the way to the future gets the hose.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/opinion/collins-dogging-mitt-romney.html?smid=tw-nytimescollins&seid=auto
Collins is one of the funniest columnists writing today.
Skinner
(63,645 posts)rofl.
calimary
(81,523 posts)Also enjoyed many of the comments. Some of 'em are really quite clever:
ACW
New Jersey
What a campaign - the field is now narrowed to 'dog on car' guy vs 'man on dog' guy. Corporations are people, but the family pet is just luggage. Welcome to Cloud Cuckoo Land.
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Oh yeah, and one more thing...
I wanna make sure EVERYBODY sees this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002374653
How to fight back at the local radio, with insights from a former radio person. As one of those, myself, I can vouch for the good ideas in it. I have personally personally witnessed how effective these strategies can be.
And here's a link to register a complaint to Armed Forces Radio:
http://www.dma.mil/dma_contact.html