debt hypocrisy from Tea Partiers?

I don't think so.

From many Republicans? Yes. But few of them are fiscal conservatives and were quite content with the Bush presidency and the GOP Congress.

Here's a letter to the editor in the C-J that fails to see this distinction...

Question for Partiers

I just have one question for the Tea Partiers. Where was your outrage when Reagan, G.H.W. Bush, and G.W. Bush administrations were running up a $9-12 trillion in debt? Why didn't you protest then? Someone tell me what I am missing!