Why is there so much hate for her to the point of animalistic bloodthirst?
It's mostly Republicans who loathe Pelosi, and it's because she has been so effective for so long.
Sure, some Democrats also don't like her, but a lot of that is envy or thinking it's their turn or they could do it better, easy to say since they don't have to prove it yet...
She's a powerful woman in the public arena. She will not shut up and sit down. She knows how the House works, how the Senate works, how the White House works and she's a buzz saw with pearls and nice clothes and a polite way of saying "I'm not done talking yet." She has a thick skin. She doesn't whine, she gets even.
She became the first female Speaker of the House, which position is third in the line of succession in the US presidency. A prolific party fundraiser. A cheerleader in the best sense of the word, i.e. proving that good legislation is never dead in the water because it can be revived in a following term.
She has been an effective party leader --liberal but shrewd and pragmatic-- with consummate skills in vote-counting, herding cats, knowing when to give a congresscritter a waiver on a tough vote, and when to haul one in for a little chat.
On her own votes in Congress she has raised plenty hackles amongst Republicans, voting in favor of the
Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 and to override Reagan;s veto of it. She voted against the war in Iraq. She supports LGBT rights, voted against the
Defense of Marriage Act, and worked on increasing
Aids research funding. She voted against displaying the
Ten Commandments in public buildings, including schools. She favored the increase in education spending that was incorporated in the
No Child Left Behind Act.
She has been a architect of major legislation and driver of getting it passed ever since the 1980s: Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Affordable Care Act, Wall Street reform and Consumer Protection Act, repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell Act, American Clean Energy and Security Act (blocked by the Senate but it sent a message that the USA is serious about renewables, and it has served to underwrite successive efforts to overcome the petrol lobby for two decades and counting).
Pelosi is a devout Roman Catholic AND she understands that the USA does not permit establishment of a state religion, and so she has helped shepherd legislation through Congress that Americans largely favor even when the Church opposes it.
She
believes in the idea of a common good, in public service, in equality of opportunity, in caring for US veterans, the elderly, disabled, kids mired in poverty... and gets legislation passed to prove it.
So on balance who'd be surprised if the Republicans viscerally loathe her? Everything she has ever helped convince the House of Representatives to pass is something the GOP would like to roll back.
First off, don’t listen to the King of Political Manipulation for the gullible.
