Sliming Pelosi-Political Fact Check

I read an article on the Political Fact Check website I thought was entertaining. Some anti-Pelosi attacks were issued through claims in chain emails and on wikipedia claiming many alleged things.First, her husband owns a 17 million dollar stake in a company that she tried to exempt from minimum wage laws. Second, she demands to fly in a 757 air force issued jet everytime she flies. Third, that that she's calling for a 100 percent "windfall" profits tax on stock profits or retirement savings and last (and most entertaining) that that she couldn't figure out that the voyage on which Captain Cook died was his last. These attacks increased after the democrats won majority in the house after the action last year and supposedly were written by a conservative. What I wonder about all of this is, when did celebrity rumors and government start mixing? It has seemed to me for a long time and especially here recently, that the people we have running our country have reached celebrity status. With all the silly rumors going around, it wouldn't surprise me to hear about our leaders on TMZ or Perez Hilton! It is no surprise that Obama has become a pop icon but now is it trickling down to people in his cabinet? Why did they allege that a conservative wrote all of these things? Because it makes good news. I think whoever wrote this about her needs to grow up because all of the time that was spent clearing up these allegations (and that goes for any political leader that has been targeted), could have been spent on figuring out what we are going to do about the economic situation in this country.