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OldTowneTavern
08/18/09

In reply to Robert Novak, Columnist
I remember when he joined The McLaughlin 5, moonwalked across the stage and leaked CIA agents with tilted hat. It was magic.
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BlinkyMcChuck
08/18/09

@OldTowneTavern: And then he shook out his coat, bats flew up into the rafters and he laughed like Bela Lugosi.
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Swordfish
08/18/09

In reply to Robert Novak, Columnist
Good Night, Dark Prince.
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gawkimo
08/18/09

In reply to Robert Novak, Columnist
Let us all join in posthumously slaying the messenger!

The Bob Novaks and William F. Buckeys of the world are just representatives of something far more evil than they -- or any single person -- could ever be. Don't give him too much credit. Unlike his brain tumor, Novak was a symptom of the disease, not the cause. At the end of it, he died an old man who devoted his life to being good at shmoozing the right people and sniffing the right thrones inside the Beltway. (They say doing that for too long can cause cancer.)
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scroll_lock
08/18/09

In reply to Robert Novak, Columnist
Poor cancer- afflicted with Robert Novak and all.
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wrongneighborhood
08/18/09

In reply to Robert Novak, Columnist
I keep reading on some conservative and liberal Web sites that he was the "last, great journalists."

I'd like those people to say that to the face of Christiane Amanpour, Bob Woodward, and hundreds of anonymous local reporters who are trying their damnedest to be great journalists.

Journalism is dead, long live better journalism.
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RonMwangaguhunga
08/18/09

In reply to Robert Novak, Columnist
Robert Novak was a sour man. He had a fixation on three-piece suits and capital gains tax cuts. Novak often spat when he talked. He must have been thoroughly unpleasant company if you did not agree with him philosophically. These factors made him ripe for satire. Robert Novak looked and acted like a Dickensian villain come to life.
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Magister
08/18/09

In reply to Robert Novak, Columnist
I'm a liberal Democrat, but I always liked that Novak didn't hide the fact, it was all bullshit. Throughout his television career, he had his talking points in order, he'd deliver his lines and then go home.

Perhaps a lot of what he said infuriated me, but you could tell that he didn't necessarily believe, half of what he said; I've always kind of respected that.
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The Tipping Pint
08/18/09

@Magister: I kinda see what you're saying. But the problem is, he helped usher in an era of TV in which **everyone** talking about politics talks like that. We're way worse off as a result, no?
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Magister
08/18/09

@The Tipping Pint: I don't really have much of a problem with the old "point/counterpoint" kind of discussions. At the end of the day, you kind of got the idea that nobody really believed everything they were saying, the participants would sometimes go out for a drink afterwards and there was plenty of evidence of them socializing at the same functions.

Personally, what I think has been more "damaging" to our political discourse are the "all-knowing" folks; Those who think they're smarter than everyone else and all other opinions be damned.
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Nicolarz
08/18/09

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Time wounds all heels.
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The One
08/18/09

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"He also used his column to advance a conservative political agenda"

He was a longtime registered Democrat who was an early and vocal opponent of the Iraq war, and supported Ron Paul for President.

More of a paleocon than an actual conservative.
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badasscat
08/18/09

@The One: He was an opponent of the Iraq War because he believed it was instigated by Israel. Not for any sort of legitimate reason.
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The One
08/18/09

@badasscat: Yes, that's true. It also ties in nicely with his support for Ron Paul.
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Peter Feld
08/18/09

In reply to Robert Novak, Columnist
...or here in the comments... I'll always miss the glory days of "Novakio" sparring with Jack Germond in the early years of the McLaughlin Group. RIP.
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dado
08/18/09

In reply to Robert Novak, Columnist
I would like to posthumously ascribe a quote to Bob. "They bought their tickets, they knew the risk...I say let 'em crash."
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Astigmatism
08/18/09

@dado: This is the best one-liner I've read on Gawker in a month.
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KosarSoze
08/18/09

In reply to Robert Novak, Columnist
Bummer; hopefully his eulogy is shouted by John McLaughlin.
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Perhaps Not
08/18/09

In reply to Robert Novak, Columnist
Prince of Darkness, meet Prince of Darkness.
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PaisleyPajamas
05/26/09

In reply to Soledad O'Brien's War Against Flatulent Dogs Suffers a Setback
Soledad O'Brien = The Paula Abdul of CNN

That is all.
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BookishLookish
05/26/09

In reply to Soledad O'Brien's War Against Flatulent Dogs Suffers a Setback
This reminds me of a hilarious passage from Chip Kidd's book "The Learners," 'cept it features a Great Dane. Anyone who has ever worked in advertising should read it immediately.
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