NYTimes Covers a Dozen People in Silly Protest of Romney's Crate-Gate; Ignored Massive Pro-Life March
Wednesday’s New York Times devoted a short “Caucus” article, “‘Seamus on the Roof’ Prompts Howls of Protest,” to a mocking protest against Mitt Romney by a “dozen people” representing the canine community, insulted by Romney's treatment of family dog Seamus, who he once strapped to the roof of the family station wagon on vacation. (The Times loves tiny liberal protests, but manages to completely ignore enormous conservative ones, such as those involving tens of thousands of pro-life activists marching in D.C.)
Columnist Gail Collins will be happy, given she is the media’s lead point-person on crate-gate, having mentioned the incident 28 times in her column through December 2011.
Excerpts from the online version (the print version is shorter) by Emma Fitzsimmons and Nick Corasaniti:
Mitt Romney may have a new constituency to worry about: dogs and dog lovers.
The group “Dogs Against Romney” held a protest outside the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York on Tuesday afternoon to bring attention to the story of how 25 years ago, Mr. Romney drove from Boston to Canada on vacation with his dog, Seamus, in a carrier strapped to the roof of the family station wagon -- a tale that political commentators and opponents have seized on it as a window into Mr. Romney’s character. About a dozen people stood outside Madison Square Garden with signs reading “Mitt is Mean.”
Tate Hausman attended the protest with his dog, Sake, an 8-year-old pug.
“Certainly, this is a tongue-in-cheek event, but I’m definitely serious that I wouldn’t want someone who has that kind of judgment running my country,” he said.
As for his dog? “She’s not usually an activist, but this really hits her where she lives,” he said.
As for the dog tale, Mr. Romney said Seamus liked to ride that way, but others have said the tale exposed Mr. Romney’s callousness. Either way, the episode continues to spur revisions of the original narrative.
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Oh shut up, NYT.
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 8:28am.
You can't be taken seriously any more, as if you ever were.
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
NYT
Submitted by oldfart on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 9:48am.
I made a post one time about using the NYT for toilet paper so it could be properly recycled.
Another person made a more appropriate comment that they stopped using the NYT for toilet paper when it started to stink up the pile at the bottom of the outhouse.
Moronity on display
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 8:55am.
“Certainly, this is a tongue-in-cheek event, but I’m definitely serious that I wouldn’t want someone who has that kind of judgment running my country,” he said.
Well, which is it, Mr. Hausman, tongue-in-cheek or definitely serious?
The New York Times is NOT a
Submitted by John21 on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 9:01am.
The New York Times is NOT a news agency, It is a liberal advertising agency.
There is nothing in this product (refuse to call it a newspaper) that is worthy of comment. They have only the credibility that the liberals assign them. They produce and defend the liberal talking points and nothing that an intelligent human being needs, The New York city area is one of the least politically informed group of citizens in the country, and is why many of the polls that they quote are taken there.
“How do you tell a communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.” Ronald Reagan (1987)
and that is EXACTLY...
Submitted by spepper on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 9:25am.
...how NYT "journalists" (or perhaps more accurately, PROPAGANDISTS) should be driven: locked in PET CARRIERS strapped on the roof rack......
NYT
Submitted by NVRAT on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 10:07am.
A waste of human time and resources.
I'm sure all those dogs will
Submitted by shirtsbyeric on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 11:02am.
I'm sure all those dogs will be voting for Obama...again.
Reminds me once again
Submitted by KornKing on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 11:42am.
Rush Limbaugh speaks to a sold out auditorium, no mention of the 10 or 12 thousand in attendance, local TV stations cover the 4 or 5 wackos standing out front with their signs.