What, me lie?

Cognitive dissonance is that uncomfortable feeling caused by holding conflicting ideas simultaneously. I wonder if the White House resident, or any of the loopy people in congress, understand you cannot on the one hand double the national debt in 2 years, and propose another doubling in the next 2 years and at the same time sincerely state you propose to cut the very deficit you are ramping up.

From the Washington Post "Americans may ask which is the real Obama, the politician who embraced the biggest stimulus package in the nation’s history, a bailout of the banks and a takeover of the automobile industry, or the one who on Friday hailed the new budget deal as including “the largest annual spending cut in our history.”