Romney Sought Millions in Earmarks for Salt Lake City Olympics

Earlier this month the Romney campaign released an ad slamming fellow GOP candidate Rick Santorum for supporting earmarks. Ironically, it was Romney who, as head of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee and as Governor of Massachusetts, sought millions in earmarks. In fact the federal government paid a record $1.3 billion in taxpayer money to the Salt Lake City Olympics — money that was used for parking lots, sewer systems, and a horse adoption program.

Washington Post's E.J. Dionne sees this as an example of the ideological hypocrisy that characterizes the Republican presidential candidates in general.

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