Topic: Seamus the dog

Montgomery Burns Keeps Binders Full of Women Too

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The Simpsons' resident evil zillionaire Montgomery Burns decided Mitt Romney needed his endorsement on a day where the President got the call from The Economist and Michael Bloomberg.

By Elspeth Reeve

Aug 24, 2012

A Guide for Defending Mitt Romney's Birther Joke

Whether you're a a conservative deeply invested in Mitt Romney's election, or a reporter deeply invested in maintaining your pox-on-both-their-houses objectivity during this campaign season, you'll need to compare Romney's birther joke to something President Obama's done.

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By Connor Simpson

Aug 14, 2012

Seamus the Dog Gets a Revival Thanks to Devo and Obama

Remember when Mitt Romney's old roof-riding, diarrhea-suffering dog, Seamus, was a thing? He even made the cover of the New Yorker! He got a small revival today thanks to a speech President Obama gave in Iowa, and Devo. Yes, Devo.

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By Eric Randall

Apr 26, 2012

Remembering When Santorum Was in the Driver's Seat

As originally designed, Bob Staake's delightful March 12 New Yorker cover featured Santorum driving a car with Romney strapped to the roof.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Apr 18, 2012

Outrage Watch: Ted Nugent Is a 'Black Jew'; Obama Ate a Dog

The general election hasn't even officially started yet, but the 2012 races has already scaled some pretty lofty heights of ridiculousness. 

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By Elspeth Reeve

Apr 13, 2012

Why Can't People Forgive Fred Malek for a Little Dog-Roasting?

It's not that there are no second acts in American political life, it's more like the second and third acts are littered with what comedians refer to as "callbacks," allusions to jokes from Act One.

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By Dino Grandoni

Mar 20, 2012

Stat of the Day

62% of Voters Are Unfazed by the Seamus the Dog Story

There's some sad news for Gail Collins this morning. While 68 percent of voters agree with The New York Times columnist that it is not "humane to put your family dog in a kennel on the roof of your car for a long car trip," 62 percent also say they wouldn't hold it against Mitt Romney.

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By Eric Randall

Mar 8, 2012

Why Gail Collins's Crate-Gate Crusade Won't Die

Some say that by devoting her entire Thursday column to the tale of Mitt Romney driving to Canada with his dog on the roof of the car, The New York Times's Gail Collins has finally (finally) found the line past which readers would no longer tolerate her many mentions of the story. But don't underestimate the persistence of Seamus: This old dog still has some bite.

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By Eric Randall

Jan 31, 2012

'Crate-Gate' Plot Twist: Did Seamus Run Away?

PolitickerNY has a report out Tuesday that Seamus, the dog Romney famously put on the roof of the car when the family drove to Canada in 1983,  may have actually run away once the Romneys reached the Great White North.

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By Eric Randall

Jan 11, 2012

How Romney's 'Crate-Gate' Jumped the Shark

Before the holidays New York Times columnist Gail Collins defiantly noted that she wouldn't stop mentioning the time Romney made his dog ride to Canada on the roof of the family car no matter what her critics said, but since then we fear "crate-gate" has gone and jumped the shark.

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