https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/20/in-defense-of-romneys-gift-remarks/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 07:45:40 -0400<![CDATA[At least two important points are being missed in the discussion of Romney’s remarks. First, there’s a double standard at work. When reporters suggest that donors to Republican causes are motivated by self-interested desire to keep their taxes low and their businesses unhampered by environmental or labor regulations, that’s groundbreaking investigative journalism. (See, for example, The New Yorker magazine’s Jane Mayer on Charles and David Koch.) Yet when Romney suggests that Democratic voters might have been motivated by self-interest, his comments are condemned.]]>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:10:03 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/20/in-defense-of-romneys-gift-remarks-n97635