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Obama times: Yes, we draw. Bars as long as they just are. No problem at all in Obama country:

The Wall Street Journal paints them over the whole page (click for complete view).

In the German newspaper Die Welt, flashes hit the charts (left: original, right: me). The flash makes the chart go absurd. A table would be better. On the right I drew a correct one.

Wall Street Journal, 2006–11–21, p. C4; Die Welt, 2008–08–13, p. 26.