It turns out that the discovery that Mark Penn’s use of his Wall Street Journal column to pimp for clients and to trawl for new clients is not an issue for their editorial page.

Not surprising, given that the WSJ has the most venal and dishonest editorial OP/ED section in the United States, though Fred Hiatt and the Washington Post offer some competition in that area.

^*I cannot believe that I just said that.^†
†That may be the first time that I’ve ever said this about a Democrat.^‡
‡But it is Mark “The Human Stain” Penn, so it is not a surprise that he would have earned this distinction.