Celebrity Justice
Novak Veers Too Far Right, Hits Pedestrian

Posted Jul 23rd 2008 12:05PM by TMZ Staff

Robert Novak, the really old dude who writes a syndicated column and is a talking head on all the cables, nailed a pedestrian in DC this AM in his black Corvette.

But wait, it gets a lot better. According to WJLA TV and Politico, Novak didn't even stop, reportedly saying, "I didn't know I hit him." He finally pulled over after pissed off witnesses started honking like crazy.

Novak, who hosted a show on CNN, was put in a police car but not arrested and finally cited for failing to yield.

Novak is known for being an aggressive driver, telling the Washington Post's Reliable Source column back in 2001, "I really hate jaywalkers. I despise them. Since I don't run the country, all I can do is yell at 'em. The other option is to run 'em over, but as a compassionate conservative, I would never do that."

The pedestrian, a man in his 60s, was taken to George Washington University Hospital with minor injuries.

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1. Freakin idiot... in DC pedestrians have the right of way ALWAYS

Posted at 12:11PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by pimp

2. That is true, it's a law in DC to yield to all pedestrians. How can you not know you hit someone??? This guy is a world class a-hole.

Posted at 12:25PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by JennInDC

3. RELAX PEOPLE, THIS GUY IS A FILTHY POLITICAIN LIKE LARRY CRAIG. THEREFORE HE ESCAPES ARREST AND YOUR 60 Y.O. INNOCENT DAD GETS RAPED. ANOTHER POLITICIAN ESCAPING RESPONSIBLITY.

Posted at 12:28PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by questor

4. He should be sentenced to drive a golf cart for a year. If the pollution doesn't get him, the cab drivers will.

Posted at 12:31PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by Kay

5. was the guy jay walking? maybe Novak was aiming for him

Posted at 12:36PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by cheap tart

6. Here's a link. Says pedestrian was "splayed across his windshield" and there was no way Novak couldn't have known. Uh huh. I hope the pedestrian sues the crap out of him!

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0708/537957.html

Posted at 12:46PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by JennInDC

7.
first and foremost, driving is a
privilege, NOT a right in this country.

simplicity says that one can apply for a driver's
license at 16 and it SHOULD expires at 66;

end of story.

a person gets 50 years to do
their damage, so to speak.

as many folks up over 60 have had surgeries, on medication,
and/or are just plain slow , while senility starts creeping in........




Posted at 12:59PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by william richard bradford

8. When you first got out the police car you said you did not know if it was a man or a women then when asked if the person was ok you sayed HE'S not dead HE'S in the hospital,some one is lying.

Posted at 1:07PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by LAWYER

9. How do accidents happen? Gee, I dunno... Maybe he accidentily hit someone and for some reason it felt like a normally encountered DC pothole. Who knows? We weren't there. If he wasn't sited for hitting someone and driving away it implies there's reason to believe he didn't know, or that no witnesses claimed it was anything other than a no-fault accident.

If I saw the guy driving towards me I'd stay out of his way, but until we know we don't know - ya know?

Posted at 1:11PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by Chuck

10.
" the pedestrian was a man in his 60's "

novak was just going out of his
way trying to sway the man's vote........

Posted at 1:48PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by william richard bradford

11. Novak probably thought "Oh, I can hit anyone. I'll just say he was a liberal, and Bush will pardon me.".

Posted at 2:03PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin

12. Novak is a Legimate Media Reporter , with not much of a political agenda. TMZ why do you Slander him.

Posted at 2:28PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by Novak is a good Media Reporter

13. Other accounts show that the light was against Novak, the pedestrian was not jaywalking.

According to witnesses, Novak swerved the car to pitch the man off the hood.

Novak then left the scene.

He should have been cited for leaving the scene of an accident and hit-and-run. He sure tried.

Makes you wonder how much road kill he's left behind, doesn't it. He needs to trade the muscle-car-corvette in for a golf cart.

Posted at 4:00PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by operations

14. WTF!!! This guy is a total non-feeling A-hole!!

Posted at 5:08PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by ZELISA

15. God, the harpie trying to badger the man in to saying something juicy is annoying as hell. What an obnoxious cow. I pity the viewers in her locale! Ugh.

Posted at 10:51PM on Jul 23rd 2008 by del

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