Comments on: Robert Novak, RIP

By: AlexK

AlexK — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:17:44 +0000

Thank you very much for mentioning my name in such esteemed company! I truly appreciate it.

By: Amorak

Amorak — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:56:43 +0000

Novak was smart and informed, but mostly he was a pretty cool Dude. All of you stupidly adherent right and left wing followers should take a lesson from Novak, stop lining up with “your side” and start thinking issues out. Sometimes the Right has the answer, sometimes the Left has the answer and sometimes it falls between. This Canadian thinks that America runs the risk of total failure unless you Americans start to work together to fix your country. It’s getting pretty evident that the rest of the world is beginning to think that way,too. Novak, a conservative, knew that, and his voice is already missed.

By: nwahs

nwahs — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:13:51 +0000

I’ve read some very ugly things written about Bob Novak today, because of his views on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. I’ve been called a terrorist apologist for saying he is entitled to his honest views. So many people in this world advocate honesty, but when they are confronted by it, there first reaction is to strike it down. Novak may have been completely wrong about the conflict. He didn’t fund HAMAS. He didn’t kill anyone. He was a reporter, an honest reporter. He stated his honest views, and some would like to send him to hell for that. What a weird world we live in.

By: ottovbvs

ottovbvs — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:37:28 +0000

midcon // Aug 18, 2009 at 6:34 pm

………Obviously another conservative who didn’t get the memo…you can’t make this stuff up

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/18/hitler-israel/

By: barker13

barker13 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:15:12 +0000

It’s a sad day. RIP Robert Novak.

(And thank you for providing the tribute, Mr. Guardiano.)

BILL

By: ottovbvs

ottovbvs — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:58:11 +0000

1 midcon // Aug 18, 2009 at 6:34 pm
” In fact, I wonder now if it ever existed or did we just think it did?”

………Lippman, Alsop, Reston and a couple of others whose names elude me, were journalists with integrity, they’d champion a position but when it was apparent water wasn’t running uphill they’d say so which is why if Lippman said something politicians trembled…….it also explains the phenomenon of Cronkite…..basically people believed him apart from an ugly fringe which was still dancing on his grave a couple of weeks ago….it existed alright

By: ottovbvs

ottovbvs — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:49:11 +0000

midcon // Aug 18, 2009 at 6:34 pm
“Since when is being “critical of Israel” non-conservative position? One can’t criticize Israel and be conservative? Well I wish I had been told that. ”

……….You obviously didn’t get the memo

By: midcon

midcon — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:34:14 +0000

Interesting essay John. I assume the phrase “secret budget tribunal” is yours? High level budget discussions have been happening since before there was a Pentagon. Most of the time some official leaks aspects of the discussion usually because they were on the losing end of the battle. In this one instance, the officials (both military and civilian) were told that there will be no leaks period. Why should this discussion regarding the the military mission and the resources have gone on in public? The results were made public. It’s the DoD position. Do you think the media should have been fly on the wall?

Since when is being “critical of Israel” non-conservative position? One can’t criticize Israel and be conservative? Well I wish I had been told that. I hope there aren’t too many more of those “secret” convservative positions one must hold to be a conservative.

And finally, does anyone not believe unbiased journalism is dead? I have left channels and right channels. Gone are days when there was unbiased straightforward journalism. In fact, I wonder now if it ever existed or did we just think it did?