Fear the Turtle, Especially in First Class

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Fear the Turtle, Especially in First Class

By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts
Tuesday, November 22, 2005; 1:33 AM

Don't mess with columnist Bob Novak when he's on his way to a Maryland basketball game. Novak, the enigmatic center of the CIA leak scandal, was headed to Hawaii Saturday morning to watch his beloved Terrapins play in the Maui Invitational tournament when he tangled with a fellow traveler.

According to our unofficial mascot on the flight, Novak was boarding an American flight to Chicago when he cut in front of another passenger while entering first class. The guy protested and laid a hand on Novak -- who responded by socking him and threatening to knock his teeth out.

Not mild-mannered Bob? We reached Novak in Maui, just minutes into yesterday's game. "Some guy pushed me and I pushed him back," he said, shouting into the phone from the stands. "That's all there was to it." Both offending parties were scolded by airline staff and huffed to their respective seats.

And did you learn something from this experience, Bob? "No, nothing."

Didn't he punch out some guy in New Hampshire during the primary a couple of years ago? Perhaps the pressure from other "journalists" for singing to the Fitzgerald GJ is beginning to get to him. This story was on KO last night and they also mentioned that CNN had quietly allowed his contract to lapse. The bad part about that is now we won't get to see his ultimate meltdown on TV>

feel they are SPECIAL.

I hope the guy he slugged hauls Novak's skanky lying ass into court for assault.

Please go to the back of the line and take your rightful place, Novak. You are not special. You are a liar, and a cheap-shot palooka.

Between screaming bullshit and storming off the CNN set, and getting into these dustups, ya gotta wonder what gives with him? Hell, he broke a hip last year, he shouldn't be getting in these "put up yer dukes" scenarios at his age and stage.

It makes you wonder if he is suffering from some sort of brain insult.

Yes....it's called "conservativism".

then ask a question or tell him to step off when cutting in line.

I mean, you get to board before everybody else anyway, and there's really not that many who ride first class.

OK, rhetorical question. Novak is the kind of jerk who would do that.

why was he allowed to board at all? hey, If I slugged someone I would have gotton tossed

what a total POS, what a total waste of space

he should be in a mental ward

:eyes:

and not allowed to fly..