As if. I've spent the last decade we have known each other speaking against both R and D spending. Spending drives taxation, there is no getting around that. You can try to push it off to the future by using debt, but the reality of it is this election is about the spending.
Actually, as the OP makes quite abundantly clear, a big part of this election is about taxes. You want to pretend people give a shit about future taxation when really they think their taxes have already been increased and that's what they're pissed about.