There's no #retroactively scrubbing the five-year record Gail Collins has created of Seamus Sure, it's suddenly all the rage to mention Seamus the dog. Tuesday, President Obama made a sly allusion to the story. And now, iconic 1980s band Devo is back with a new hit, "Don't Roof Rack Me, Bro!" that spoofs the Seamus dust-up. But let's have a round of applause for a woman who's worked tirelessly for years to keep this story in the public eye: Gail Collins, of New York Times. Collins has made it her personal mission to ensure that no Times reader misses the story of Seamus the dog.
In case you need a primer on what all the fuss is about, here's Gail's synopsis from her earliest known mention of it, in her Aug. 8, 2007 column, Haunted by Seamus:
Every time I see [Mitt Romney], all I can think about is Seamus the dog. Seamus, in case you missed the story, was the Romneys' Irish setter back in the early 1980s. Mitt used to drive the family from Boston to Ontario every summer for a vacation, with the dog strapped to the roof in a crate. As The Boston Globe reported this summer, Romney had the entire trip planned so rigidly that every gas station stop was predetermined before departure. During the fatal trip of '83, Seamus apparently needed one more than the schedule allowed. When evidence of the setter's incontinence came running down the back windshield, Romney abandoned his itinerary and drove to the closest gas station, where he got a hose and sprayed both dog and station wagon clean. ['] Romney has already come under considerable fire from animal rights groups over the Seamus incident. 'They're not happy that my dog loves fresh air,' Romney snapped back. He said that just recently, in Pittsburgh, although Seamus had actually long since shuffled off this mortal coil. Is it possible that Romney is trying to dodge the Republican YouTube debate because he's afraid someone will ask him about his method of transporting dogs across long distances? (Haunted by Seamus, 4/8/07, whole column dedicated to the Romney dog story)Collins has gone on to mention or allude to Seamus no fewer than 62 times. Follow me below the fold for a baker's dozen of choice selections.
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