Robert Novak died. . .DU PLEASE STAY CLASSY!

Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times Columnist, "Prince of Darkness" died Tuesday
By Lynn Sweet
on August 18, 2009 10:43 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

WASHINGTON--Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak, one of the nation's most influential journalists, who relished his "Prince of Darkness" public persona, died at home here early Tuesday morning after a battle with brain cancer.

"He was someone who loved being a journalist, love journalism and loved his country and loved his family, Novak's wife, Geraldine, told the Sun-Times on Tuesday.


Novak's remarkable and long-running career made him a powerful presence in newspaper columns, newsletters, books and on television.

On May 15, 1963, Novak teamed up with the late Rowland Evans Jr. to create the "Inside Report" political column, which became the must-read syndicated column. Evans tapped Novak, then a 31-year old correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, to help with the workload of a six-day-a-week column.
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http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/08/robert_novak_chicago_sun-times.html

was that classy enough? I have zero compassion for traitors.

lol

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and coworkers.

Brace yourself.

May you encounter a better piece in the after life - if you believed in one - that you gave and received in this life.

As a guru of elections and macro-political trends, he was excellent.

Last of the investigative journalist breed, in the Jack Anderson mold. That he was so wrong about so much during his lifetime doesn't detract from his accomplishments as a reporter who transcended media (newspaper to TV).

He opposed the Iraq invasion, lamented his role in the Plame affair, got increasingly bitter and mean in recent years. The glioma likely prevented him from fully comprehending how far he had fallen at the end.

Prayers to his family.

Jon Stewart always enjoyed poking fun at him.

When he walked off the set of CNN in a huff, Jon had a ball.

I have no sympathies, but hope his family is well.

That's all I'm going to say.

No, there's a special place in hell for that evil motherfucker.

May he rest in peace now.

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His reactionary body kept on for years later.

I guess he thought that might save his soul.

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what we do.

When are the apologists going to realize that turning the other cheek only works when it's their own cheek? That's the ONLY thing you are responsible for.

Death doesn't pardon the damage.

He is an Angel compared to Tom DeLay --- I wish Tom DeLay died instead (or perhaps be eaten by wild dogs)

:P

on "Dancing With The Stars!"

At a minimum, he will make a total ass of himself-- in fact, he already has just by agreeing to be on the show.


As for Novakula, he was a bad person and now he's dead. Sad for his family, but otherwise no loss to this world.

Kingsley is seriously ill.

.."Douchbag of Liberty."

A title bestowed on the most deserving person.

then that is his mistake but wishing death on anyone and enjoying it does nothing for you or me as people. It changes nothing about who the person was or how they acted. Many of us here chose not to be for the death penalty.

I am sad for his family. That is about as far as I can go.

....of despicable people who have worked to destroy democracy?

Family members have profited from that labor, haven't they? They knew what was happening, didn't they?

Are we expected to hush up about Dick Cheney's life when he goes in order to protect his wife and daughters? Well? Well?

It's a silly expectation. And it's wrong. And it perpetuates attacks on the democratic process and the American people.

gloating has nothing to do with it

Since when?

Maybe people ought to think about how their acts will be reported while they are alive and before they do bad things.

and the right hates Teddy probably more than we hate Novak. I will be truly upset if he gets this kind of reaction from the right as we are giving Novak. Don't get me wrong, I hate Novak's views, but he has a family that is sad right now, and they don't deserve this. Add to that I'm really glad that Eunice Shriver got the respect she deserved upon her death. You don't need to respect the man, or honor him at death, but his family is still alive and grieving.

Condolences to his family.

...unrepentantly. I don't wish death on anyone..even on those who have helped bring death to others.

I'm sorry for the suffering he and his family must have had to endure. I wouldn't have wished him to feel any pain other than the pain of confronting exactly what he is.

but then so was Mr. Novak. Nevertheless, RIP.

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traitor on every web site in the world. Its cast about about so much the word is losing its value.

Just because Bob Novak was a douchebag and traitor that the world will not miss is no reason to use a condolence thread to pander for money. Show a little respect for this dead Nosferatu will ya.

in a thread referencing Mr. Novak's death from brain cancer.

I had a brain tumor removed earlier this year. Even though it was benign, recovery has been emotionally difficult. I wish peace to Mr. Novak's loved ones.

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jon rocks

Hope he enjoys rotting in hell.

May he rest in peace.

He had a brain tumor. Was it the same type as Teddy's? I wonder how he's doing since he didn't attend his sister's funeral.

:(

To be so ill and then have your last remaining sibling die must have been extra tough to take.

:(

I think that I may need that banky now......

;(


Take care!!!

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and offer his advice on treatments and doctors. However, Novak had had a cancerous tumor on his kidney a few years ago, perhaps weakening his body and making it more difficult for him to fight this latest round.

That damn disease is everywhere!! I've seen too many people get cancer in the last few years and none of them are/were old. I know someone at work who is 44 and has cancer of the tongue. The even sadder part is that she's never smoked. Is there a cancer epidemic in this country?

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or, perhaps in so cases people are living longer. But, in the case of your friend at work, 44 is way to young to have to deal with this terrible, terrible disease.

So RIP to all the good people, and RIP to the one bad person who will no longer be able to spread his bullshit.

I guess professional courtesy ain't what it used to be.

Either way, we're rid of him.

but I'm sure the world is rid of one less prick.

Actually, for some reason I thought he was already dead. I guess I was thinking of when he was diagnosed.

Bye Bob. Condolences to his family and friends.

Years ago I thought Richard Perle held that moniker, then Dick Cheney, and also Novak. In any case, though I disagreed with most of what Novak said, I always enjoyed him and Michael Kinsley on Crossfire. Novak actually had a pretty good sense of humor and was entertaining.

And the coffin he rode in (and out) on.

For the Dark Prince:

Hear the tolling of the bells--
Iron bells!
What a world of solemn thought their monody compels!
In a silence of the night
How we shiver with affright
At the melancholy menace of their tone!
For every sound that floats
From the rust within their throats,
Is a groan:
And the people--ah, the people--
They that dwell up in the steeple,
All alone,
And who, tolling, tolling, tolling,
In that muffled monotone,
Feel a glory in so rolling
On the human heart a stone--
They are neither man nor woman--
They are neither brute nor human--
They are Ghouls!
And their king it is who tolls;
And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls,
A paean from the bells!
And his merry bosom swells
With the paean of the bells!
And he dances and he yells;
Keeping time, time, time
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the paean of the bells--
Of the bells;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the throbbing of the bells--
Of the bells, bells, bells,
To the sobbing of the bells;
Keeping time, time, time,
As he knells, knells, knells,
In a happy Runic rhyme,
To the rolling of the bells,--
Of the bells, bells, bells--
To the tolling of the bells,
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells,--
To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.

Have a nice stay.

if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.













































That is all.

If you can't say something nice....











come sit by me!

I think I like that better. :)

She was a pip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Roosevelt_Longworth#cite_note-salon-4

Wow. I heard he had cancer, but I didn't know he was that sick. Condolences to his family.

Don't speak ill of the dead, folks. It only makes you look bad.

and I feel a little better today for it.

:puke:

RL

Therefore, I will say nothing.

Even evil people sometimes have beloved pets:)

God knows we have adversaries, but death is not the time to gloat and do high fives. We, as Dems, should be above that - our compassion sets apart from the knuckle dragging rethugs. I did not like Novak, and took issue with everything he said, but he is gone, cannot speak for himself, and his family is in mourning. Because we are compassionate people, that needs to be respected.

That said, if he was to be resurrected tomorrow, game on.

to say about him, so, I'll kick and unrec'......:puke:

One Sunday morning Novak lost his eyebrow in a cup of coffee, funniest dang thing on political tv, his reaction (or lack of) was worthy of an Oscar. We junkies were fewer and farther between back then, does anyone else remember that happening?

My condolences to his family.

Thanks for sharing. :)

I don't think I ever agreed with Novak but his crossfire antics back in "the day" actually inspired me to become the concerned citizen I am now. So RIP, Bob. ... and Thanks.

I didn't like his politics or his attitude many times, but he was very good at what he did.

I'll miss those touching personal moments:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4012204120234151270&ei=eBeLStmCB4brlQeChvSYCA&q=robert+novak

And the musical tribute:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4012204120234151270&ei=eBeLStmCB4brlQeChvSYCA&q=robert+novak

People despised the man and his lack of integrity during his life, and are now all wishy-well after he's died.

It may not be so classy to dance on the guy's grave- but some of the comments we've seen here are even worse.

is that I thought he was wrong in everything but I used to love seeing him debate Bagala. I've seen what cancer can do and I don't wish that on anyone whatever political stripe he is.

....good.

mark

and Russert would lead them into telling political stories, historical stuff etc. I love a good story and he told some good ones. They seemed to have lots of fun doing it, sure it would be a little fluffy and wasn't exactly hard hitting stuff, but it was in good fun.

45. Robert Novak

Charges: The absence of charges, for one. While the Valerie Plame leak scandal has taken down one prominent reporter and tarnished the reputation of several others, Novak—the one who actually printed the leak—remains inexplicably unscathed, unless you count the profane bout of crankiness that got his satanic ass bounced to Fox News, where, after all, he really belongs. Either Novak has secretly revealed his sources, damaging his already dubious journalistic credibility, or he is simply so well ensconced in the Washington power structure that he can’t be removed, like a metastasized tumor.

Exhibit A: The sheer, dreadful, angler-fish ugliness of the man, which can only be explained by the gradual accumulation of several lifetime’s worth of misanthropy, or possibly possession by demonic entity.

Sentence: Finds himself chained to a desk with James Carville; figures out he’s in hell only after several weeks pass without winning a single argument.

http://www.buffalobeast.com/91/50.htm

I see no reason to pretend that it does.

Everyone dies. I mourn nice people, not rats like Novak.

Aren't you being a bit harsh? Politics aside, what exactly do you have against this man? I have differences with many people too, but I don't hate them because they do not see things as I do.

I suppose you think Hitler was swell, too.

Afet all, he believed he was a good German who loved his country.

Novak was a propagandist for an anti-democratic plutocracy.

He committed treasonous acts against this Nation and I stand by my opinion that he was a RAT and a traitor.

It truly is sweet revenge for Novak to finally get his pizza.

I hated everything that he stood for and was appalled by his behavior in the Plame case.

But his colleagues insist he was a nice man personally.

Condolences to his family.

My condolences to his family.

RIP.

You treasonous, lying bastard. You lived 78 years too long.

No need to embalm Novak, no self-respecting maggot would touch him.

Classy?

FR did when Obama's grandmother passed just before the election?

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is never anticipated. I agree with you, stay classy DUers. We are better than them!

as someone who watched Novak for years, just how classy was he? Not very. Ever. So I'll follow your lead and content myself that you and I are much better people than he could ever hope to be. May heaven have mercy on him.

That said, let me deliver my personal eulogy for Robert Novak...


















































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I hope you enjoyed it.

see my post below...I didn't see yours first...wb

My sympathies to his family. I have no sympathy for how he lived his life and what he did in this world. He stood for and aided everything I am against.

but as funny as I find that moe-ism, it just doesn't seem adequate in many circumstances.

Maybe it's adequate - I feel nothing on Novak's passing. I don't feel any satisfaction, but I sure as hell don't wish him well. The hell with him.

then simply say nothing...so I'm saying NOTHING...wb