Nancy Pelosi's Animal House

Is this what happens when the generation that produced Bluto and Otter grows up?

The Wall Street Journal notes that the House of Representatives is a lot like Delta House.

In the movie "Animal House," the fraternity brother known as Otter reacts to the Delta House's closure with the classic line, "I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part." To which Bluto, played by John Belushi, replies, "We're just the guys to do it." The movie ends by noting that Bluto becomes a Senator, so perhaps this explains the meltdown among Democrats on Capitol Hill.

If, as Paul Begala says, George Bush is less popular than venereal disease, then what does Nancy Pelosi deserve a comparison to?

Is Nancy Pelosi less popular than leprosy or famine?