After Running Up the National Debt, Republicans Are Now Worried About It

With the announcement the other day the national debt had topped $14 trillion, Republicans again used it to ridicule President Obama. It's convenient to now blame the current president for the debt situation since he is not a member of the GOP. There's no doubt that if John McCain had won the GOP and its usual round of deficit frauds would never mention the huge debt. Since a Democrat is now in power, Republicans have all of a sudden become fiscal conservatives again and gravely worried about debts and deficits.

While Republicans are busy worrying about the national debt, someone should remind them that over 75% of that $14 trillion comes from Reagan, George H.W. Bush and the Great Fiscal Conservative himself George W. Bush.

Needless to mention, or maybe it's only fitting and proper to mention that Barack Obama inherited a national debt that was over $11 trillion and rapidly counting when he took office and the $3 trillion or so that has been added to it since comes mostly from Bush's 2009 budget.  For Republicans, though, it's easier to pretend none of that ever happened.