[dinopello]

Fellow doomer, Robert Novak died yesterday at 78 from a brain tumor. He was a hard nosed, no holds barred kind of conservative media person with more integrity than the new breed like Hannity IMO so I thought I would recognize that.

Most recently, he was cited for running over an 87 year old homeless guy with his car who turned out seemed somewhat pleased to be struck by such a well known Washingtonian.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he homeless pedestrian who was struck by a car driven by syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak said in a radio interview yesterday that he is "doing fine," recovering from a dislocated shoulder, and voiced surprise and amusement that the prominent political pundit was at the wheel of the Chevrolet Corvette that hit him.

"Bob Novak is the one that hit me?" said 86-year-old Don Clifford Liljenquist, sounding astonished when WMAL (630 AM) reporter Troy Russell told him that the driver was Novak. "Well, everybody knows who Bob Novak is! He's a famous journalist! . . . I was struck by Bob Novak? . . . Well, I think that makes it a great story!"...

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'A')nyway, they called him Prince of Darkness because he had little hope for civilization at an early age so I thought he would fit right in here.

[BigTex]

I used to love watching his grouchy butt on Crossfire back in the day.

[vision-master]

Was he like this arse-hat?

[TheDude]

Crossfire was great fun when it was ex-spook Tom Braden vs. Buchannan or Novak. I switched the thing off when they replaced Braden with that spineless little twit Michael Kinsley, who was a precursor to Alan Colmes; as Al Franken set out the type in one of his books:

Hannity and Colmes

Probably you can cue up some video of Braden on YerTube.

[Jellric]

I liked Bob also. He was a principled Conservative and that is rare these days. He made Crossfire required viewing in our household especially when paired with Braden. They would actually debate the issue of the day back then instead of focusing on polls and fluff.

Btw, four days after hitting the homeless man and driving off without stopping his brain tumor was discovered. I knew something had to be up because as much as he loved to play up the "Prince of Darkness" image he actually did have a heart. Turns out "hospital residents check for brain tumors in patients who didn't realize they struck something in a car accident, as this can be a focal neurologic sign."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Novak#Car_accident

RIP Bob.

Man, a LOT of famous people have died lately. Today it was Don Hewitt of 60 Minutes fame. More of a behind-the-scenes guy to most people but still a heavy hitter in journalism.

[pedalling_faster]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jellric', 'I') liked Bob also. He was a principled Conservative and that is rare these days.

[FoolYap]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pedalling_faster', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jellric', 'I') liked Bob also. He was a principled Conservative and that is rare these days.

[DantesPeak]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')ost recently, he was cited for running over an 87 year old homeless guy with his car who turned out seemed somewhat pleased to be struck by such a well known Washingtonian.