Hey, Big Spender.......

When [George W.] Bush ran for president in 2000, he described his Democrat opponent, Vice President Al Gore, as a reckless high-roller who would unbalance the federal budget. ... Five years later, what is over is the GOP reputation for fiscal sobriety. Republicans today are simply the other big-government party -- just as capable of squandering public funds, and just as eager to fill barrels with pork, as their fellow-spendthrifts across the aisle."

---Jeff Jacoby

This is sadly so.