Not exactly in those words, but based on his accusation that President George W. Bush was “unpatriotic” for running up $4 trillion dollars in debt over eight years – too much, to be sure – Obama is essentially saying that he is unpatriotic for running up over $5 trillion dollars in less than four years.
When you consider his talent at spinning bad news – usually passing the blame from himself to someone or something else – I’m sure we’ll hear very shortly how this is somehow Bush’s fault.
Actually, if you look at it that way, you could say that Obama’s back-breaking deficit spending is proof that Bush is unpatriotic.
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