Why would this surprise us??

Oh my imagine that -- a politician found a loop-hole they could exploit!
C'mon ... yes she's a total hypocrit, but why would that surprise anyone? Any person who would declare themselves as the 'most powerful woman in the nation' is more than likely knee deep in muck & graff!

Washington Times - EXCLUSIVE: Pelosi paid husband with PAC funds:

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has directed nearly $100,000 from her political action committee to her husband's real estate and investment firm over the past decade, a practice of paying a spouse with political donations that she supported banning last year.

Financial Leasing Services Inc. (FLS), owned by Paul F. Pelosi, has received $99,000 in rent, utilities and accounting fees from the speaker's 'PAC to the Future' over the PAC's nine-year history.

The payments have quadrupled since Mr. Pelosi took over as treasurer of his wife's committee in 2007, Federal Election Commission records show. FLS is on track to take in $48,000 in payments this year alone - eight times as much as it received annually from 2000 to 2005, when the committee was run by another treasurer."

So if the rules of the use of PAC monies allow such payments, what's the rub? its the fact that Pelosi is one of the biggest perponents to get rid of PAC monies.

"Last year, Mrs. Pelosi supported a bill that would have banned members of Congress from putting spouses on their campaign staffs. The bill - which passed the House in a voice vote but did not get out of a Senate committee - banned not only direct payments by congressional campaign committees and PACs to spouses for services including consulting and fundraising, but also "indirect compensation," such as payments to companies that employ spouses. "

This is definitely a case of 'never mind what the naughty hand is doing' ... we might as well have David Copperfield in charge of things (you know, the slight of hand guy?)