Pelosi's dubious intelligence test

I’ve known Nancy Pelosi since our early days in the San Francisco Bay Area, I as a reporter and she an up-and-comer rising through the ranks of Democratic politics. Then, as now, she came across as both highly principled and hyper-partisan, two traits that rarely mix well. I’d respectfully suggest that many statements have been proffered during the Obama era that an objective observer would characterize as much more insulting to the intelligence of the American voter than anything said by Netanyahu. Many have come from prominent Democrats. Here are seven examples.

— “I don’t think there’s any ill intent in this,” Pelosi’s fellow San Franciscan, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, told the New York Times in response to revelations about Hillary Clinton’s parallel email system at the State Department.

— “People have different ways of communicating,” added Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin. “I have a granddaughter who does nothing but text.”

— “What matters is that my political opinions have never affected my work.” That’s former IRS official Lois Lerner, claiming her liberal ideological views had nothing to do with her hassling of conservative nonprofit groups.