Author Peter Schweizer, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, has researched the insider-trading of many members of Congress, Republicans and Democrats. But no one abused the system more than former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Her reaction to a devastating “60 Minutes” report based on Scweizer’s book, Throw Them All Out, was predictable: Blame the messenger:
“It is very troubling that ‘60 Minutes’ would base their reporting off of an already-discredited conservative author who has made a career [out of] attacking Democrats,” Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said in the statement.
This is a one-time thing for Pelosi, being the object of the reporting of “an already discredited conservative author who has made a career of attacking Democrats.” But conservatives put up with “already discredited left-wing authors who have made a career of attacking Republicans” every day. It’s called the mainstream media.
