Santorum voted for earmarks he criticized

[highplainsdem]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/20/santorum-voted-for-earmarks-he-criticized/

(CNN) - Rick Santorum suggested on Saturday that Mitt Romney was hypocritical to bash the practice of earmarking federal legislation, while also touting his leadership of the Olympics – which benefitted from earmarks.

But a review of Senate shows that earmarks which funded security at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics – headed by Romney – were supported by Santorum, then a senator from Pennsylvania.

Santorum cast "yea" votes for legislation with three earmarks totaling over $81 million in earmarks supporting the games, which occurred a year after the Sept. 11 attacks. A majority of the funds went to security, and a small portion to drug testing.

He called the federal funding for the games a "bailout" when speaking to voters in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday.

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[Thinkingabout]

1. Seems like earmarks is a requirement of Congressional members past and present

Ron Paul was one of four Republicans attaching earmarks in 2010 and then he would vote against them.

[provis99]

2. Mr Morality is a hypocrite?

say it isn't so!