What kind of “ties” to Marriott? Is he an investor? Does he have Marriott in his stock portfolio?
He was on their Board of Directors at one time, but resigned in 2002.
http://www.timesharebeat.com/2002/htl/apr/0429-01h.htm
He was drawing 100K/yr while an active member of the board ... he took the money some of which came from sale of porn in the hotels he helped to keep operating and selling the smut, and he knew where the money came from.
Folks, it might be just as easy to actually read the material posted, which answers all questions asked so far and rebuts most if not all false assumptions posted in the comments:
Christian Broadcasting Network:
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/188311.aspx
USA Today:
http://blogs.usatoday.com:80/onpolitics/2007/07/romney-on-marri.html
MSNBC News:
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/03/255163.aspx
Yahoo News:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20070703/cm_rcp/the_daily_200865
One could ask the same of those who are making the assertions.