My Seamus Epiphany - Seamus Is All You Need To Know About Mitt

[jberryhill]

A couple of months ago, it seemed to me it was all-Seamus all the time here on DU. At least three threads a day, funny graphics, the works.

"Okay, I got it, he put a dog on the roof," I thought, "That's not going to win or lose a presidential election."

What has finally hit me like a ton of bricks is that Seamus is not some stupid thing he did long ago, it is the essence of this man.

This guy thinks putting the dog on the roof and hosing it off was a good approach to the problem of taking the dog on vacation.

He wants to decide our budget priorities?

This guy not only thought it was a good idea - he bragged about it.

He wants to appoint Supreme Court Justices?

He thought it was a stellar example of how he can solve a problem.

He wants his finger on the nuclear button?

This guy probably had more regard for that dog than he does for a vaguely-defined 47% of this country.

It's not about some silly thing long ago. Every time this guy reveals more of his character, it becomes apparent that the Seamus story is not about something he did - it is about who he is!

Remember folks - He LIKED the dog, and he has less regard for dang near everyone else. Do you really want to let him drive this car for the next four years?

[KT2000]

1. Letterman said it from the get-go

He put his dog in a crate on top of the car - that is all you need to know.

[jberryhill]

3. Everything else just fills in the detail in that frame

[Whisp]

2. Zombney is dead in so many ways. n/t

[central scrutinizer]

4. Seamus was probably just careless douche-iness

but assaulting his classmate and cutting his hair was intentional bullying and the act of a spoiled, privileged asshole. That's the one that I think shows his true nature.

[rsweets]

5. +1

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. Letterman called this a while ago.

And I agree - it says all you need to know about his character, IMO.

[Chiyo-chichi]

7. I just had a thought about Mitt & Seamus yesterday.

I would be willing to bet that Mitt didn't particularly even want to take Seamus along on that trip, but that he was too cheap to PAY to board Seamus in a kennel.

He could have bought every kennel in the eastern US... and then closed them down afterward and fired the kennel workers....

but I'll bet he just didn't want to spend money on boarding a dog.

[Corgigal]

8. and also somewhere inside that story

is the one about small young boys being loaded in the back which weren't allowed to stop for bathroom breaks unless Dad (Mitt} had it scheduled. Mom (Ann) didn't put a boot up her husbands ass just for that stupidity. I know vacationing with young children can be stressful but they are still children.

[ecstatic]

9. And Ann.

I dated someone like him, and at first I shrugged his idiosyncrasies off, but then I came to realize that it wasn't as simple as him just being "weird." Every decision that man and Mitt make is based on a flawed/ improperly functioning reasoning center. A rotten/dysfunctional core that leads to decisions that can be described as cruel or indifferent towards others. I'm not sure if his defect is due to brain damage or being spoiled by his parents, but Ann is just as sick as Mitt for staying with him for so long.

[eShirl]

10. We are all Seamus. n/t

[hamsterjill]

12. There you go!

That pretty much sums it all up. We are ALL Seamus.

Thanks for stating this so eloquently.

[Whiskeytide]

11. We need a cartoon...

... with Mitt asking for the keys to the bus so he can put the 47% in a crate on top.