History News Network REPUBLICANS, THE PARTY OF FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY

also blogged the Washington Post editorial and added -

Once again, W and the boys are proving they're incapable of basic math or are too dishonest to admit they've done the math but don't give a damn. As I've said many times before, the Republicans are the party of fiscal irresponsibility billing itself as the party of fiscal responsibility. It's this party that gives you the deficits that the Democrats will then, dutifully, try to get rid of in a few years.