Obama On Letterman: 'Not Sure How Much The Debt Is'

Obama's headline appearance on the Late Show with Dave Letterman, Sep. 18. Too scared to say '$16 trillion' on national television, the Deficit President plays dumb on the debt. All politicians should be required to wear clocks around their necks displaying a running tally of the national debt.  Something like this: Letterman:  "Here’s what I found troubling at the GOP convention.  They had the clock, the debt countdown clock and, I mean, this thing is moving like crazy and it’s several trillion dollars.  Now, what is that?" Obama responded with a recent history of government spending. Then Letterman went back to the tally: "Now, do you remember what that number was?  Was it $10 trillion?" Then came the payoff, as the president made clear that he really didn’t want to say the word '16': "I don’t remember what the number was precisely." O...