GOP hypocrisy on spending and debt

Republicans have been whining like babies over government spending and debt. The GOP response to Tuesday's State of the Union Address emphasized those things as well.

But I ask them this:

Where were these fiscal watchdogs when George W. Bush launched that unnecessary and unprovoked war on Iraq, and kept it going, to the tune of some $700 billion (and counting)?

And where were these fiscal watchdogs when George W. Bush was busy turning Bill Clinton's record surplus into a record deficit?

I don't recall the same kind of complaining back then.

The only difference I can see is this: Now there is a Democrat in the White House.