Liberal Democrats fancy themselves generous humanitarians with greater concern for the common man than those greedy, country clubbing Republicans.

But facts are sticky things. TaxProf put together this chart

As we’ve noted before, Senator Joe Biden has averaged $329/year in charitable gifts over the past decade. Cheap bastard.

Not on the chart are Dick and Lynn Cheney, who donated 75% of their 2007 income — nearly $7,000,000.