He was misquoted. What he actually said was “I didn’t know I hit anybody important. Otherwise, don’t bother me peasant.”

Who’s surprised?  Note: Denying the obvious is considered something of a virtue in his sphere.

Um, sobriety test?

Holy crap this is Ted Kennedy at chappaquidick all over again.

First, Novak needs to have his licence suspended pending a re-test or at least an eye exam if we are to take him at his word. What’s the age that mandatory annual re-testing takes place? (and does it in Washington)

Second, if the press can dig up an article where he talks about hating pedestrians within a 2 hour span, why can’t they manange the same degree of research when talking to the men who are running for president?

If the eyewitnesses are on-the-mark, he needs to be charged with attempted vehicular manslaughter in addition to leaving the scene of an accident.

What’s the age that mandatory annual re-testing takes place? (and does it in Washington)

Actually, it doesn’t any more—that requirement was eliminated last year.  Never mess with the senior citizen’s lobby.

One small correction: the word is, the person Novak hit was a pedestrian (crossing at a crosswalk with the walk sign); the bicyclist in the story was a bike commuter who chased down Novak to tell him to stop.

These right-wing scumbags will say or do anything at any time to maintain what they perceive as their comfort. Fucking shitheels.

Hopefully the pedestrian wasn’t seriously injured, and Novak will be prosecuted for his attempted crime.  What the hell, he thinks he can get away with anything, and when he gets caught, he just claims ignorance.  I’m beginning to see a pattern.

I suppose if Novak gets indicted, Bush can pardon him.  Rule of law, my ass.

How many times has an insect splattered on your windshield without your being aware?  Robert Novak is a national treasure- lay off!

The degree of these guys NOT being in the reality-based community is scary.

Nice to know he brings to his personal life every bit of the honesty and scrupulous concern for others that he practices in his journalism.

Well, he didn’t shoot somebody in the face, and despite the obvious reckless disregard for a human being and gross negligence on his part, I’ll lay five to one odds that he’ll totally get away with it and his insurance company will pay a pittance to the poor victim who will probably be left with a lifetime injury.

My God, some of the Politico comments are disturbing.

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I see the Liberal Blood thirty smell the fresh blood lap dogs as usual are out there blasting Novak or any Conservative no matter what thee issue small or large . Even before the facts are known . Even by a Liberal former Proscesutor here ..... He reminds me of the liberal DA in the Duke Players were not Guity scam to get relected in a black n-hood . DC is all Libearl ! If Novak is guilty .......fine . Clinton should have kicked out for lying like Nixon was !!! This reminds me of the MAIN STREAM MEDIA TELLING US Bush , Chaney , Scooter Liddy and Karl Rove outed the meaningless CIA office worker when it was always Colon Powell’s lap dog Dick Armitage known for a year before the Special JERK OFF was hired . He was gotten for a mis-statement among Thousands , 78 Million dollars later and three years . No liberal in the media said I am sorry . Wouldn’t it be interesting if the man he hit was a J walker I see in DC all the time personally . I don’t believe Novah hit him on purpose because he thought he was a Oboma supporter ! “

“If this had been a certain ultra-liberal Democratic senator instead of Novak, the headline would read: “Obama raises pedestrian from the dead”.”

“Citations are issued, in this country, with the presumption of innocence.

Mr. Novak, if he desires, will have his day in court where he’s presumed innocent unless (not until) he’s proven guilty, oh thou of the left-wing lynch-mob.

Nooses are unacceptable unless fashioned for white (or red-) necks, is that it?” <—Except that the presumption of innocence does NOT apply outside a court of law.

Isn’t Novak a bit…OLD… to have an obvious mid-life crisis car like a ‘Vette???

So what, Dana?

The newspaper reported that a fire department representative  stated that the victim sustained minor injuries.  Is a fire department representative a medical doctor?  Where did the fire department representative get his information?  The EMTs in the ambulance?  They’re not doctors either, and not in possession of all the medical facts so soon after an accident like this one.

Returning to the point, I’d just like to mention that just because someone doesn’t have any visible injuries on the outside of their body (lacerations, contusions, profuse bleeding from an exposed wound, etc.) by no means negates the possibility that the person could be suffering from serious internal injuries that can only be detected by extensive medical testing.

On a more personal note, when a relative was struck by an SUV whilst crossing a city street, she didn’t have so much as a bruise on the outside of her body, yet, some CT scans discovered a very serious hematoma, such that her brain was bleeding and the pressure was causing brain damage that manifested as seizures.  She couldn’t work for almost four months, and her hospital bill alone was nearly 72K.

This is not to say that I don’t think Novak’s insurance won’t pay for the victim’s medical expenses, but he strikes me as the type who would make someone sue him civilly to recover all the lost wages, pain and suffering, loss of consortium, and other damages that he inflicted, even if he did so strictly through his inattention.

Count Novakula seems like the type that thinks that pesky things like “laws” are for the little people. I’ll be interested in checking out the video where someone said he looked out of sorts.

Novak: “He’s not dead, that’s the main thing.”

I’ve been hit by a car in a very similar situation (crossing at a crosswalk where I had the right of way) and I can testify that to the victim, not being dead is most certainly not “the main thing.”  It is NOT FUN to be hit by a car, regardless of how minor your injuries might be.  It is scary and it has a long term emotional effect.

Oh Dana, you are so cute when you turn into an apologist for the lamest sort of privilege on the right.

If it was your mother, father, daughter, son, wife, grandparent ... would these specious and tortured excuses still apply?

Didn’t know he had hit someone?  Oh puhleeze.  If so, then he is unfit to drive in any case.

Quite a few olagers have struck pedestrians.  The police usually remove the license on the spot.  Guess being Novak means Bush has your back.

Either he is lying or he didn’t know.  Either way, he should be taking the bus from now on.  Perhaps his wifey (23 yo cheerleader) can drive the car now.

Mr Novak said that he hadn’t known that he struck the pedestrian, but in no way denied that it occurred.

So what you’re saying is, he was denying it until the press, and a witness, got involved.

Since it’s impossible he didn’t know he’d hit a guy, to say that he didn’t know is, in fact, a denial.

If not having been convicted is sufficient moral qualification for high public office, why shouldn’t not quite having committed vehicular homicide be a sufficient qualification for being a pundit?

What Caren said, Dana; people who pay attention whilst they’re driving simply don’t have these sorts of accidents because they do things like slow down or take action to avoid the person entirely, thereby not striking the person with the vehicle.  It’s called an “exercise of reasonable care.”  The opposite of negligence.  Look it up sometime.

Oh, and I don’t care for the way that you refer to Pam as “Miss Spaulding.”  In public discourse nowadays, we refer to all women as “Ms.” whether we know their marital status or not.  The fact that you refer to her as “Miss” when she has made it amply clear in previous posts that she is married seems condescending…the way middle-aged white men in the south used to refer to adult African-American women as “girl.”  Kindly cut that out, please.  Kaythanxbai.

Novak will probably point out that the pedestrain/victim is but one individual in the “nation of whiners” that Phil Gramm talks about.

Quitcher bitchen’ and walk it off! Be thankful that my paint can be rubbed out.

Mr Novak said that he hadn’t known that he struck the pedestrian

Get real, Dana. You don’t hit a person on a bicycle and have them on your hood without noticing. Don’t you consider it undignified to say nonsense like that?

Unfortunately, it now turns out that Novak may not have seen the bicyclist depending on what kind of brain tumor he turns out to have.  It’s entirely possible that his vision is impaired because of it.

Novak may be a douchebag, but I wouldn’t wish a brain tumor on anyone.