A college professor says Republicans are attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, in the same way Democrats went after Newt Gingrich as speaker.
Posted on 09/04/2009 10:12:49 PM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON – Personal attacks against Nancy Pelosi may have hit a low point in August when Fox News host Glenn Beck joked about adding poison to the House speaker's glass of wine.
"Drink it! Drink it! Drink it!" Beck urged as a staffer wearing a Pelosi mask sat next to him holding a glass of red wine to her lips.
As opponents try to defeat President Barack Obama's health care plan, the California Democrat has emerged as their top target. In the latest sign, the GOP is prominently featuring Pelosi in advertisements, putting heat on conservative Democrats by reminding voters their party's boss is a liberal from San Francisco.
Republicans are trying to cash in on Pelosi's unpopularity. While she's the most well-known member of Congress, only 19 percent of Americans give her positive marks, and 48 percent disapprove of her performance, according to a Harris Poll released Wednesday.
Thad Kousser, associate professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, said similar strategies have worked in the past, noting Republicans are going after Pelosi in the same way Democrats criticized Republican Newt Gingrich when he became House speaker after the 1994 election.
"Attacking moderate members based on who they elected as a leader has a long and venerable tradition in politics," Kousser said. "The leader of a party is almost always more extreme than the most vulnerable members of the party, so tying them to the person they voted for in leadership is almost always a political winner."
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A college professor says Republicans are attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, in the same way Democrats went after Newt Gingrich as speaker.
Nancy Pelosi is deeply disturbed.
...and deeply disturbing.
Is it possible to turn Botox Brain, I mean Paralysis Puss into a figure of sympathy?
Yes she is a deeply disturbed individual.
She probably cheers for the Borg when watching a STNG rerun.
Yea...Beck’s obvious joke about poisoning Pelosi was bad, BUT...
liberals never do it...
except, oh...
http://hotair.com/archives/2006/10/10/video-kerry-jokes-about-killing-bush/
And this blog is amazing to throw at liberals who are upset about right wing danger, guns and violence at townhalls.
http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=621
Pelosi IS the weakest link.
I think Nanny and her “gal pal”, Dingy Harry, might have “overreached”. LOL!
She’s finished.... I can’t wait to see her get the boot. That day can never come too soon.
Hell yes..me too...South African Alice Krige always nailed that part
She will go into a total meltdown. She is a walking Personality Disorder. I can’t wait to see the sympathetic media coverage. &*%$ing screwball commie!
Bringing her down would be the most spectalular gift to Americans.
She has nothing to offer America.
I remember Tom Foley and the de-foley-8 campaign. Good times.
You've got that right!
Our FRiend SmithL is now a shock image spammer ; )
Go to the box and feel shame now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGKdle1bbvo
We need a public option to stop the astro-turfing of faces!
I think I saw her on an episode of Supernatural. Sam and Dean were trying to send her back to Hell.
Making Pelosi the poster child for the dems in 2010 is a no-brainer.
Nationalize the congressional elections, “don’t send another vote to San Francisco Nancy”
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