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Right Winger a Serial Dinger

Posted Jul 24th 2008 1:35PM by TMZ Staff

Robert Novak, the conservative columnist who hosted a CNN show on politics, is a safety risk in Washington, D.C., at least according to a lawsuit we turned up.

As you know, Novak struck a pedestrian yesterday in D.C. while driving his Corvette. By the way, apparently the guy isn't doing so well.

Back in 2004, Novak was cruising along when, according to the suit, he "failed to obey a red traffic light ... entered into the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and 6th St. at a high rate of speed and violently struck the motor vehicle being operated by Plaintiff Chad Clarke."

The suit, which settled in 2006, claims Clarke suffered "severe, painful and permanent injuries of body and mind."

Clarke sued for $100,000. The terms of settlement were not disclosed.

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16. Novak is a Good Reporter and Joe wilson is an anti-American pundit whi Lied about his findings because of his Left wing political bias.

Posted at 4:50PM on Jul 24th 2008 by Novak is a good reporter

17. Novak is a Good Reporter and Joe wilson is an anti-American pundit ,who Lied about his findings because of his Left wing political bias.

Posted at 4:49PM on Jul 24th 2008 by Novak is a good reporter

18. Maybe this treasonous baastard will finally end up in prison where he belongs.

Posted at 4:03PM on Jul 24th 2008 by TMZhires13yearolds

19. accidents happen when you have to spend every waking moment trying to keep all of your lies and betrayals straight!

it's called KARMA, a-hole, and yours AINT GOOD loser!

Posted at 4:27PM on Jul 24th 2008 by kim

20. How is this possibly considered Celebrity News? And by the tag line, it's obvious that this story is posted simply because it involves a Republican. Careful, your political bias is showing.

Posted at 5:25PM on Jul 24th 2008 by thereisnopleasingme

21. #18 and 19-saying that twice doesnt make it true. Wilson voted for Bush the first time and was a Republican up until the time the adminstration decided to throw his wife under the bus because he wrote an article disputing having found any evidence that Hussein was seeking yellow-cake as suggested by Bush in his speech which the CIA had asked him not to do-I don't believe they were trying to out a covert agent in the attempt to discredit Wilson but they did. I wish people would watch C-Span or programming with actual news before forrming opinions.

As for Novak being a great reporter- I never saw a great reporter have an on-air cussing tantrum and stomp of his show like a two year old the way Novak did.

Posted at 5:27PM on Jul 24th 2008 by em

22. #10.... The Republicans I know, including me and my husband, are mostly all in our 30's, hard working, normal people who chose the Republican Party because we believe the money we earn should be ours and not given to the lazy welfare baby factories... and we believe that in order to defend our families from criminals AND the government we have the right to lawfully own guns or any other weapon we choose. We also acknowledge that war sucks but that our country is as great as it is BECAUSE of the wars our past heroes have fought for our freedoms.

If you want to give your money to the goverment for redistribution, if you want to rely on the government for every possession and freedom you have, and if you want to try to play nice with terrorists and simply ask them to 'be nice'... I suggest you move to another country.... that's not the way America does things.

Posted at 5:34PM on Jul 24th 2008 by Just Sayin'

23. Jordan... You believe everything you hear on FOX and CBS -- by the way... did you notice how CBS edited McCain's interview to lose the blatant mistakes he made? Liberal media? You are an idiot.

Posted at 5:56PM on Jul 24th 2008 by Dang

24. OMG 23, CBS is so not right wing... thats funny! Fox, yeah, they lean to the right... CBS, never.

Posted at 6:52PM on Jul 24th 2008 by Grudge

25. What is an effete snob like Robert "Roadhog" Novak doing "driving" a Corvette? I guess he didn't learn from his prior encounter with another vehicle several years ago. I suppose as long as no one dies, he believes he is good to go as exemplified by his incogitant remark regarding the homeless pedestrian, "at least he isn't dead". The victim was a hood ornament for God's sakes. Novak would have been better off if he had pulled an old man's Irkle, "Did I do that?"

Posted at 4:32PM on Jul 25th 2008 by Jim Mason

26. Richard Armitage "outed" the CIA wannabe. But, because he has a (D) at the end of his name he is free and clear. You idiots need to keep up on the talking points sent out by the Daily KOS, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC etc...Remember...at one time you blamed Bush. When that fell through, you blamed Cheney, when that fell through and the REAL culprit was found out, it was dropped. C'mon...keep up!!!!!

Posted at 4:32PM on Jul 25th 2008 by Michele

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