When one speaks the truth, it is not a smear. How about Nancy Pelosi being a hypocrite.
I don’t know about that, ironsides, I suppose most politicians are guilty of hypocrisy to some extent (it is only when it becomes egregious, like with Gingrich or Limbaugh, that it gets to be a problem).
I was referring to her being called a bitch, a hag and a prostitute. That was clearly the politics of personal destruction, nothing else.
As to 47 % disapproving of her, I am not sure that the number is all that significant. It depends upon how the Democratic Party performs in 2010. If they maintain control of the House, she remains the Speaker.
Remember how unpopular Gingrich was with American public? It got so bad that Clinton only had to point out that Gingrich supported something, 55% of Americans automatically would be opposed to it. Yet he remained Speaker for a long time, until he was drowned in his own hypocrisy.
Pelosi’s future depends upon factors beyond her control, like how Democrats fare in 2010.