One of the more famous bits of Mitt Romney lore is the tale of his tying the family dog to the roof of the car for a vacation drive to Canada in 1983.
Romney faced some fresh ribbing for the incident this week, when Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod tweeted a picture of President Obama riding with his dog Bo in his limo. “How loving owners transport their dogs,” Axelrod mocked.
For their part, the Romney family says their Irish Setter Seamus was no worse for the wear, and lived to a “ripe old age.”
But a report in the NY Observer cheekily suggests that might not be the whole story. A trusted source tells them two of Romney’s sons actually told reporters in an off the record chat that Seamus ran away when they reached Canada.
