Will Anyone Call him on it?

Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa was busy telling lies again in the last 24 hours, but I wonder how many in the media will call him on it. Here is part of what Harkin said during a blast at the GOP for opposing a raise to the debt ceiling without spending cuts.
"Democrats are willing to do whatever is necessary to raise the debt ceiling, not for future borrowing but to pay the debts that we racked up in the past. Which, mostly was racked up by a Republican House, a Republican Senate and a Republican President in the last 8 years. Yet, they're not willing to pay the bills."

So let's look at the lies. During the last 8 years, Democrats controlled the Senate for 4 and a half years and Republicans for 3 and a half years. Democrats controlled the House for 4 years and Republicans controlled the House for 4 years. During those eight years (which run from October 1 2004, to September 30, 2011) the total deficit of the federal government was just undr 8.5 trillion dollars. That's right, during the last eight years (including the projection to the end of the current fiscal year in September) the federal government spent 8.5 trillion dollars more than it took in. During the time that the Republicans controlled the House and the Senate, the total deficit was just under 2.25 trillion dollars. In other words, during the time about which Harkin was speaking, the Republicans ran up only about a quarter of the deficit and the Democrats were responsible for three quarters. In English, these figures mean that Harkin is a blatant liar.

I will wait to see if anyone in the media takes on Harkin for such a blatant lie. I don't expcet to see anything, however. Under the new doubletalk from the Democrats, they are suddenly the party that is responsible about spending. Curiouser and curiouser.