The GOP runs up the deficit and debt, and attacks Democrats for not doing more to fix the problem of the debt and deficit.

there's so much evidence showing how hypocritical they are.

During the bygone era of the Tea Baggers, there was NOTHING more important than the budget deficit, and the horrible burden we were laying on our children and grandchildren. It was far preferable to have our citizens starving, homeless, in the street than to add one more dollar to the national debt.

So, the Obama administration hamstrung itself, reined in spending, did what it could to collect revenue, and brought the budget deficit down to about a half trillion a year. Heck, the Clinton administration had actually turned a surplus by the end.

Now? Nobody in the media seems to remember fiscal responsibility or budget discipline as the Republicans once again empty the Treasury into the overstuffed pockets of the wealthy. Our people die for want of even the most basic medical care because it's unaffordable, yet another round of tax cuts for the richest of the rich is the nostrum that will cure everything that ails our country.

... GWB.

Deficits don't matter, we have a war to fight.

And Republicans always like to claim they care about balancing the budget. They would take steps to balance it, if they had the votes to eliminate welfare, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. And, with some moaning, they'd eliminate the V.A.

the debt and deficit will suddenly become huge problems for the GOP

Why would he ever care about debt or deficits? Unless of course, its Putin that he owes.