Robert Novak diagnosed with brain tumor
The Chicago Tribune reports that veteran columnist, author, and TV commentator Robert Novak has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. He’s suspending his legendary journalistic work for the time being, but, he says, “God willing,” he’ll be back writing soon. Godspeed, Mr. Novak.
Novak has had a huge influence on my career. During a college conservative journalists’ confab, he urged us to seek metro newspaper jobs, pay our dues, and try to stay out of Washington for as long as possible. I took the advice to heart and left D.C. after a year as an intern at NBC to take my first newspaper job at the L.A. Daily News and then the Seattle Times. “Pundits” and “strategists” come and go, but Novak’s longevity is a tribute to–and result of–his newspaperman sensibilities and investigative chops. The MSM has always shortchanged the journalistic accomplishments of those on the Right. See, for example, how the AP sums up Novak’s career–mentioning only his role in the Valerie Plame case and the traffic accident he was involved in last week. Typical.
There will, of course, be gloating and death wishes on the nutroots side of the Internet aisle. Ignore it all.
Instead, I recommend Novak’s fascinating memoir of his 50 years of reporting in Washington. Get the story straight from the source. That’s Novak’s way.
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Now Robert Novak is a real reporter. Get well soon, Bob.
Prayers up!
All the best, Mr. Novak.
Hateful, ugly rejoicing from the Left in 5…4…3…2…
You bet, and I’m sure it’s already started.
Hope he recovers soon. Keeping fingers crossed.
Best wishes, Mr. Novak, for a quick recovery.
From those “tolerant” individuals?
I can only imagine what it will sound like, after all the vitriol about Tony Snow they spewed. *sigh*
Good Luck Mr. Novak.
I pray for Bob and his family. I do hope it isn’t too bad.
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Oh Lord, please lay Your Healing Hands on Mr. Novak, and make his body whole again.
In Jesus Christ’s Name, Amen.
i wonder if this had anything to do with the accident he had a few days ago? anyway, i wish him the best.
I can only believe that the brain tumor must have played no small roll in his behavior in the accident that struck that pedestrian. I can’t believe he would knowingly drive away after hitting someone. When I first read the accounts of the accident, I said to myself that there was someting amiss with Mr. Novak. I wish him and his accident victim well and hope they recover soon.
Upon hearing the news of Mr. Novak’s brain tumor, leftwing moonbat atheists declare “There is a God!” in …3, 2, 1
Alot of media people are having trouble lately. Sorry to hear it.
I wonder how Debbie Schlussel is going to react to this, given her most recent columns?
My thoughts exactly, Rogue. Poor dear. I’ve added him to my prayer list.
Indeed. All the best to Mr. Novak and my prayers for a speedy recovery.
Here we go again, get out your ponchos.
#10 RC said:
I have been surprised that nobody has been making an association between Bob Novak’s recent vehicular mishap and that of CNN’s Jack Cafferty back in 2003.
Then I did a google search for Jack Cafferty’s 2003 guilty plea to a lesser charge that I remember reading on the ‘Smoking Gun’ years ago, but it looks like most all previous stories have been removed, except for an old post on D.U.! Pretty ironic.
Prayers for the Novak family.
He is a public figure not above criticism, and nobody knew about his brain tumor when she wrote the column.
She was correct about Novak. To drive around in a black corvette dangerously and then to hit a pedestrian and speed off is atrocious behavior. She correctly criticized his lack of support for Israel and his support of Hamas. Again, she brought this up BEFORE the brain tumor news.
So what she wrote was not in bad taste, unlike liberals gleefully pouncing on the fact that Novak has a brain tumor.
It’s nice to know that the Democratic Underground is keeping it classy. /sarcasm off
Ewww. I think I need a hot shower, after going there and reading their rantings. *shiver*
May God bless Mr. Novak and see him through this.
Many prayers to Mr. Novak and his family, and wishes that this trying and stressful time be shortened by a speedy recovery.
And those that appear cynical about the Libs are justified.
Big Teddy getting a tumor, the Right goes out of their way to wish him well. Mr. Novak with similar news…just wait and see how vile and loathesome the Liberals around their holes and rocks become.
That is who they are- mean, nasty, hateful thugs.
God’s blessings on Mr. Novak and family. Brain tumors can do some strange things.
Thanks, I had not heard of that one.
Best wishes to Bob Novak and hopes for a recovery. “Treatable” is not the word I want to hear from his doctors; I’d rather hear “curable.”
What are the chances of his recent vehicular incident’s ticket getting a not-guilty verdict or being thrown out altogether as a result of his brain tumor?
On a related note, a friend of mine is in the hospital for the same thing. George is a liberal in his political bent, but he is a very good friend. The two of us will debate with dignity whenever we both have the opportunity.
I oppose him politically, but I like him personally. George is a true friend. I ask this group to pray for my friend George at the same time as Bob Novak.
Thank you.
Maybe this explains the hit and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgHXJeX_Kzc&eurl=http://www.debbieschlussel.com/
I will be praying for Mr. Novak and George and their families. Miracles happen every minute of every day.
This has been an awful three months for newsmen. Russert, Snow and now Novak has a brain tumor? God bless Mr. Novak and good luck. The one thing he has on his side is age. Tumors tend to grow very slowly in the elderly.
Praying for Mr. Novak and his family. My mom had a brain tumor last year and it’s a rough road to travel on. He’s in good hands here in MA.
And prayers for George as well.
I honestly never liked Mr. Novak but I will not get into his negatives here. For those who are curious, I suggest you check our debbie Schlussel’s site where she has a very recent and highly critical post on the man.
As for Novak’s book, I have not read it, but I can tell you Thomas Sowell recommends it. As a rule, anything Thomas Sowell recommends should be seriously considered and viewed as well worth the effort.
Sucks about the tumor, but the man is still a traitor.
Live life to its fullest every day because today is all we have.
My sister just had a brain tumor removed in Feb of this year. It was not cancer and they were able to remove all of it. She is doing great now. I am praying that this is the case with Mr. Novak.
Terrible, terrible news. I’ve watched and read Mr. Novak for decades and will look forward to his speedy return. I wish him and his family all the best.
Debbie Schlussel is certainly not “one of ours” -
one of yours, maybe.
Do you remember what she wrote about Henry Hyde after he died?
She is a perfect example of a fanatic - viciously and personally attacking anyone who differs even slightly on her one and only issue.
I hope that it is benign and can be treated/resected/etc. I am on day 23 of Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for a benign brain tumor. For a variety of reasons, I am not a good candidate for surgery, but it the progress in the areas of neurosurgery and neuro-oncology is amazing. My prayers for his speedy recovery.
Please show some tolerance. She is the best blogger out there, along with Michelle Malkin for defending our country and Israel and our Western values from the Islamic onslaught and the cultural pollution of liberals. She does the work that the MSM and our government refuse to do. If you disagree with her, fine. But at least she defends our democracy, something that socialists, communists, Hamas, and Al Qaeda all want to overthrow.
Gabe, which is your country? I’m getting the impression that it’s not America.
Debbie Schlussel is awesome, and all real conservatives like her defense of our nation’s values. Her movie reviews are great, too. Of course, since you are a liberal, you would not like her defense of America and Israel.
WARNING: Major suicide watch for Flenser, lgm, Rusty, and other liberals:
BWAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAA!
John McCain is AHEAD by 4 points in the newest USA-Gallup poll, and young people are suddenly being turned off by his hype. I’ve said this over and over again, when hype gets to a certain level, Americans get turned off.
To put this in perspective: At this time Dukakis, Gore, and Kerry were all ahead of the Republican.
So, not enough guts to mention what she wrote about the late Henry Hyde?
and young people are suddenly being turned off by his hype
His=Obama
You can focus on whatever you want. She is awesome in the defense of our nation’s values and culture.
People can judge for themselves.
http://www.debbieschlussel.com
You seem rather hung up on Israel, Gabe. It comes up in every comment. Why is that?
I see you did not answer this;
Nice try! As if one is a big supporter of Israel, then one is an Israeli. That is like saying if a foreigner is a big supporter of America, then that foreigner is an American.
I live in Northern Virginia and was born in Georgia. I’m a true American, and my religion is Catholic, which is why I so strongly oppose Islam and support the Jewish religion and Israel. We orthodox Catholics have learned from history and know the true nature of Islam, unlike liberals.
Ignore flenser-troll. Not an American, and hates Jews.
I didn’t say it was in bad taste although she isn’t one to mince words. I wondered what her reaction would be to the news of his illness, given what she’d written about him today. Timing is everything in life.
Sigh
Gabe:
As much as I am tempted to rejoice over the polls you linked, I am very wary of them.
I don’t trust the media at all anymore. We don’t know HOW, or WHERE, or WHO, or WHEN any of this was conducted.
Of the media, my dad used to say to me, (and I would roll my eyes), “Believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you read”. I think he was right!
We’ll just have to wait until election day to find the truth.
Ignore atheling troll. Not an American, and loves Jews.
That makes no sense. Catholicism is not especially pro-Jewish or pro-Israel. To put it mildly.
Too bad you’re not more pro-American.
When did California secede? Or are they sitting it out in ‘08?
Robert Novak was fighting the good fight when outnumbered and surrounded by lib journalists years ago on tv. He’s paid his dues for that. I remember
Atheling…my father said the same thing verbatim:
love2rumba:
And you know what? My Dad told me that it was his Dad who told him that!
Something to say about previous generation’s wisdom, eh?
Good luck and Godspeed, Mr. Novak. And strength to your family and friends…
Get well soon Mr. Novak.
Dang it.
Gook luck, Robert Novak.
Some folks obviously haven’t looked at the Hot Air thread.
Debbie attacked Novak over at Hot Air. Some things are just incredibly predictable.
I pointed out that Henry Hyde was a vehement supporter of Sami Al-Arian and other jihadists and that he and his staff harassed me endlessly for writing a column about the campaign contributions Hyde took from the Al-Arians and how he constantly held hearings to help them out.
Not sure how this is a “vicious attack.” It was and remains fact, facts–his support of jihadists and Islamic terrorists–that needed to be mentioned, but weren’t by any of the slobbering revisionists who wrote about Hyde like he was some sort of saint. He was not.
When Jimmy Carter dies, I’m sure you all will remember him fondly with nothin’ but praise and goodness, right? You’ll never mention his horrid presidency, his absurd lust for Palestinian terrorism, etc. Because that would be a “vicious attack,” right?
As for Bob Novak, what I wrote about him was before I knew he had a brain tumor. But it does not change the fact that he has spent his life defending jihadists and engaging in Jew- and Israel-hatred and saying he’s a supporter of HAMAS. If you have a problem with me disagreeing, today, with Ed @ Hot Air that this is “incisive commentary,” then that is your problem. Whether or not someone is sick or dead, does not change their record or make it that I must take down past posts about them.
Again, when Jimmy Carter dies, I will see what kind wonderful things you have to say about him. I won’t be joining you in that endeavor, in which you, yourself, also won’t be engaging. Also, I look forward to your kind, love-filled remembrances of Bill and Hillary Clinton and Al Gore. Won’t be joining you in those either.
txvet, regarding your claim that timing is everything, reading the correct time is even more important. And you did not correctly read the time on my post on Novak, which was dated early Friday afternoon, not today.
Get well, Bob, we need you. Good thoughts to the family and close friends through this demanding time.
It’s a terrible situation for anyone to develop a brain tumor. But I will never give my support to anyone, regardless of what political faction they claim to belong to, who supports terrorist groups like Hamas.
Thanks again, DS, for showing the true stripes of a fanatic.
Thanks Debbie, keep up the good Job.
corona!, “Stripes” maybe she is a tiger as opposed to you, testosterone lacking troll.