Ann Romney / Image: DonkeyHotey-Flickr
It would seem that the track record of Mitt and Ann Romney with animals is less than appealing. I, personally, look at it as an indication of character, which at this moment, seems less than stellar.
We all know about the Romneys’ dog, Seamus, who was strapped to the top of a car for hours on end during a family trip in 1983. It terrified the poor animal to the point where he defecated on himself uncontrollably and was very probably traumatized.
I have always regarded people who can treat animals in such a cruel way as something to be feared, because it speaks to a type of personality that is best steered clear of.
Now we have a new story making the rounds that would seem to reinforce that belief.
Ann Romney, as some of you may know, is in to horses and the sport of dressage. She has a horse headed to the Olympics this year, but before her current horse, Rafalca, there was Super Hit. And last year, she was sued for fraud over Super Hit.
She and her trainers, Jan and Amy Ebeling, sold Super Hit to Catherine Norris, and during the pre-sale examination of the horse, it was found that Super Hit was massively drugged up with four pain killers in her system. It was alleged by Norris that Romney and the Eberlings drugged the horse to cover the fact that the horse was incapable of preforming dressage, due to a chronic joint injury that resulted in several bouts of lameness between 2003 and 2008.
The veterinarian examining the records of Super Hit was seemingly shocked by what he found. Three of the drugs found in Super Hit’s system were Butorphanol, Delomidine, Romifidine, and Xylatine, three of which were sedative pain killers, and the other of which was a narcotic pain killer:
“In my 38 years of practice, I have never come across a drug screen such as this where the horse has been administered so many different medications at the same time. Super Hit’s drug screen finding would raise a significant concern for any veterinarian as to the way the horse presented during the examination on that day.”
It would also raise significant concern over the people who owned the horse. An animal is a living thing, but to someone like Ann Romney, it’s a commodity to be traded, and if that can’t be done above board, it’s hardly surprising that she would take the other route. And to me, that’s an indication of the type of person she is.
So, now we have two instances of animal cruelty from the Romneys, neither of which is any small affair, and they both beg the question:
What kind of inhumane and cruel human beings are these people?
About Beth
Thankfully she’s doesn’t play pro football. if that were the case the public would be screaming for the death penalty!
I’ve read various accounts of this story, and I believe the author of this piece got on detail wrong. The drugs were not found during pre-sale examination, they were found after the sale. Had they been found pre-sale, the sale would not have gone through and there would have been no law suit.
It is standard practice to take the blood samples during the pre-purchase exam. The sale is contingent on the horse being drug free. The results of the drug screen do not come back until several days after the pre-purchase exam. Typically, the purchaser takes the horse after the pre-purchase exam and before the drug screen results come back from the lab. I assume that the sellers were banking on the drug tox screen NOT being done. So the sale “fell through” when the drug screen came back, days after the sale, as being positive for several drugs.
Seamus has run away twice. He’ll make it someday.
The Romneys aren’t just associated with abusing animals — appears as though some of their buddies get a kick and a lot of money from abusing kids too:
http://wwaspsurvivors.com/mitt-romneys-special-interest/
Animals, kids, workers, non-wealthy homeowners…I think there’s a trend here.
The Romneys come from a Pioneer Mormon family. Mr. Romney is a High Priest within the Melchizedek priesthood and has been to the temple. The Church requires honesty in dealing with others, but, also requires of a person wanting to go the the temple to receive their own endowments or to do work for the dead to be interviewed by a member of the Bishopric of their Ward or Branch and then a 2nd interview with a member of the Stake Presidency. That interview consists of questions regarding the members loyalty to the First Presidency of the church and obedience to local authority. It also asks about the honesty in dealing with others. However, no questions are asked pertaining to treatment of spouses, children and animals.
It would be assumed that anyone desiring and considered worth of attending the temple would never abuse anyone or anything.
However, we are talking about an ultra wealthy and ultra powerful couple with ties to other ultra wealthy and powerful people and organizations. It should come as no surprise that such people write their own rules of decency and behavior that are conducive to maintaining their power and wealth.
I wonder how long it has been since “Brother Romney” has read the church’s version of creation and that of the animals, birds and fish of the sea.
Like the dopes that run the catholic church, most of the mormons at the top don’t buy into any of their beliefs, they just use them to move the sheep around and bring in the cash (and power).
I wish someone would explain the Mormon belief that powerful men become GODS when they die, flesh and blood, with working male body parts to impregnate their many ‘celestial’ wives with ‘spirit children’ .. How the hell does that work, and who PRAYS to a flesh and blood God.. one of zillions it seems… that is busy having sex? Seems women in the ‘afterlife’ are nothing but vessels to make spirit children. And if the children are ‘in spirit’ why isn’t God? The whole Mormon thing is very very creepy to me! And THAT tidbit is only the tip of a very big iceberg!
Romney’s amazing hypocrisy… TWO LYING BIGOTS IN ONE HOUSE….OOPS THEY HAVE FIVE HOUSES! SUPER RICH LYING BIGOTS WHO HATE POOR PEOPLE….
NOT SO SOFT AND CUDDLEY!
No wonder I had a gut feeling that the Romneys were just WONG for this country.
I cannot imagine anyone even considering selling a crippled horse, his PAIN masked with DRUGS DRUGS and more DRUGS, to a trusting horse lover/rider! The Romneys LIED to her or had the trainer LIE to her. Tying the dog crate to the top of a car going 65 mph for 12 hour trips in ALL kinds of weather..is cruel and dangerous to the dog and every other driver on the ROAD. This was not once but OFTEN! Anne said they did it ‘all the time’ and the ‘dog loved it’. First Mittens Romney said they built a windscreen (a friend said it ‘blew off’), then he said about PETA complaining “they don’t like the fact the dog liked fresh air’ and then on Chris Wallace (who was flabberghasted!~) Romney said “it was an AIRTIGHT dog kennel’ and since SEAMUS spent ‘most of his time at home IN the same dog kennel’ one would wonder how the dog survived.. or how the diarreah flowed outside and down the window… and how Romney rinsed the car and the dog off ‘while in the kennel on the roof r’ with a gas station hose (he was bragging about never losing a minute off his strict schedule) in an ‘airtight’ kennel. LIARS are bad enough.. those with NO empathy or compassion or concern for the animals in their care and control … especially with money being NO object which makes this mistreatment WORSE… is flat out disgusting. To have NO honor, even with OTHER horse people… and to sell a crippled horse to an unsuspecting buyer , committing FRAUD and dishonoring the horse that had served Anne well (and that SHOULD have been retired with dignity to pasture or in a family for kids to walk around on.) …….is absolutely inexcusable!
So Obama admitting to haven EATEN a dog isn’t abuse?
Oh, Sherri, that’s just silly and you would know how ridiculous your snarky question is if you took off the tinfoil hat and stepped away from Fox News. (We know, you’ll deny you watch it but we can see the signs).
Barack Obama was 7 yrs. old when a custom in Indonesia dictated that he “try” (sample) dog meat that was served at a family function.
Now, we understand that when someone (perhaps like you) lives their whole life in one spot, surrounding themselves in a closed world with no exposure to other religions, traditions and cultures, it’s hard to understand why a child would be expected to eat anything other than KFC or pork rinds, but we assure you that it’s a big world out there and not everyone looks, acts, thinks, or behaves like you.
A 7-year-old child rarely has the option of refusing a parent. And most children are intelligent and aware enough of their surroundings to know when it’s respectful to submit to a custom.
Now, go and spread your subtle racism and idiotic comparisons of a drugged defenseless horse owned by a wealthy woman to a little boy who eats a nibble of dog meat. I’m sure Rush Limbaugh would love to hear your thoughts on the matter.
Thanks for your input.
Peace be with you poor child.
I believe this. They are arrogant, “entitled” people who care for nothing but themselves and meeting their perceived needs. However, I have family members who refuse to believe anything unless they see it themselves or see it documented in several mainstream media outlets.
Are there any links to any “official” news site with this story? I really want to open my family’s eyes to these assholes asthey WILL be voting for Mitt unless I can convince them that Obama is not a “mooslim” terrorist, born in Kenya, who secretly plans to blot out Christianity from the face of the earth. Sigh.
Pray for me.
Ann Romney would never buy a horse or hire a trainer without a full
resume.
The horse business is full of swindlers , horse insurance killers
and all kinds of swindlers. But she expects us to employ our
leader with much, much ,much, less information than she needs for her
horse business. Get real your husband is running for President and
not looking to be anointed king