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The WSJ Does Democrat Propaganda? Posted by Dan Riehl on October 22, 2006 - 01:15. In what looks to be a rather misleading piece of information, reporter Jeanne Cummings of the Wall Street Journal has an article touting the fiscal responsibility of Democrats when it comes to campaign finance management, but the facts don't seem to support that case. via Three Sources it appears that DailyKos, among others, are picking up the theme, perhaps as a way to assure voters that Liberals aren't the poor fiscal managers and tax and spend legislators history has proved them to be. If you scroll down at the WSJ link you'll find a prominently featured pie chart           We call this bull shit pie which actually suggests Democrats have kept operational expenses down. The chart does lend that impression, as it relies on raw expenditure dollar amounts, but everyone, especially the Wall Street Journal should know that those numbers can't be analyzed as raw data. They need to be looked at as percentages of the gross number of dollars raised. Two points - That KOS and democrats would even attempt to make hay out of such an arcane piece of crap is interesting.  That data, even it was true, would not persuade even a single voter to swap sides.  Not one.  It's simply another  naked woman proxy in the great liberal circle-jerk of the self satisfied. The Wall Street Journal, editorial pages aside, has been clocked as more liberal than even the New York Times.