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1. #1
   On August 4th, 2008 at 2:43 pm, hadsil said:

   One less anti-Israel pundit to kvetch about.

2. #2
   On August 4th, 2008 at 2:45 pm, letget said:

   I just saw this on Fox. I am sorry to hear of the serious nature of his illness. I pray God will be with him and his family.
   L

3. #3
   On August 4th, 2008 at 2:47 pm, John Ansell said:

   Good luck to him and his family.

4. #4
   On August 4th, 2008 at 2:51 pm, hadsil said:

   Let me emphasize I don’t wish him ill will and am saddened for his sickness; I’m just not bothered he’s retired.

5. #5
   On August 4th, 2008 at 3:03 pm, Barry F. said:

   Best wishes to Mr. Novak and his family.

6. #6
   On August 4th, 2008 at 3:10 pm, xler8bmw said:

   I admire Mr. Novak he is an excellent journalist. Best wishes in his recovery.

7. #7
   On August 4th, 2008 at 3:10 pm, d1carter said:

   I met and had dinner with Mr. Novak and other Washington news people at a conference years ago at the Willard Hotel. It was a delightful dinner and he was much different than his public persona. May God comfort him and his family and friends. End of era, indeed!

8. #8
   On August 4th, 2008 at 3:14 pm, conservativehomeschooler said:

   How very sad! There is an excellent blog called 38 Lemon done by a guy with the same kind of tumor that Kennedy has now.

   Thoughts and prayers going out for him right now!

9. #9
   On August 4th, 2008 at 3:15 pm, ajmontana said:

   hadsil, now ask any of us if we care about what you think…

10. #10
    On August 4th, 2008 at 3:27 pm, Scooter36 said:

    good riddance…

11. #11
    On August 4th, 2008 at 3:28 pm, Bachbone said:

    Best wishes to him and his family. Sad that one of the few people left who was willing to shove back when provoked by the demagogic congressional slime will no longer be there to shove. Let’s hope another miracle happens.

12. #12
    On August 4th, 2008 at 3:40 pm, RedDog said:

    Shame on you ignorant dolts who would dismiss a man that way. Get off the thread please.

13. #13
    On August 4th, 2008 at 4:32 pm, deedledee said:

    God bless him and his family as he goes through this difficult time.

14. #14
    On August 4th, 2008 at 4:45 pm, Rodent said:

    I pray for his recovery, and for G-d to comfort him and his.

15. #15
    On August 4th, 2008 at 4:55 pm, purplepeep said:

    hadsil said:
    Let me emphasize I don’t wish him ill will

    Let me emphasize that from the anticipatory delight you took – right outta the box – in a man’s suffering from a dire illness runs counter to that self-protestation.

    I wish Novak & his family well in the upcoming days and hope he bears up well under the treatment course (which can be misery in and of itself).

16. #16
    On August 4th, 2008 at 5:35 pm, meatpieandtatters said:

    Praying for Mr. Novak because he has cancer? Hmmm…We’re all slowly dieing every day. We only hope that we live a long and healthy life but there are NO guarantees. As with Randy Pausch and now with Mr. Novak, every day is to be cherished. If there is to be praying, pray for those who are truly suffering every day under the oppression of tyranny, poverty or natural disaster. They will never know the success or comfort Mr. Novak has enjoyed. Living every day as if it’s our last is the best revenge against the reaper. Pray that everyone, when he comes calling, beats the reaper over the head with his own scythe.

17. #17
    On August 4th, 2008 at 5:55 pm, Rusty said:

    I disagree with Robert Novak on most issues (except for his opposition to the war on Iraq, he was spot on there), but I always enjoyed his columns every Monday and Thursday. I felt he got a bad wrap during the Valerie Plame debacle. A journalist should never be blamed for reporting what he/she gets from his/her sources.

    (Although, if he turned in his anonymous sources as was widely rumored, that’s an insult to his occupation.)

    I am going to greatly miss his work.

18. #18
    On August 4th, 2008 at 6:04 pm, hadsil said:

    “Let me emphasize that from the anticipatory delight you took – right outta the box – in a man’s suffering from a dire illness runs counter to that self-protestation.”

    Uh, no. I took “delight” out of his retirement, not illness.

    Not sorry to burst the “Everyone here loves Robert Novak” bubble.

19. #19
    On August 4th, 2008 at 6:27 pm, Boomer said:

    I watched my mother-in-law (whom I loved dearly), and a young NCO two houses down pass on due to rapid growth brain tumors over the last couple of years. It is nothing I would wish on even my worst enemies. I will keep Mr. Novak and his family in our daily prayers and thoughts.

20. #20
    On August 4th, 2008 at 7:49 pm, flenser said:

    On August 4th, 2008 at 2:43 pm, hadsil said:
    One less anti-Israel pundit to kvetch about.

    The scum are out in force.

21. #21
    On August 4th, 2008 at 11:41 pm, latinconservative said:

    hadsil must be another troll huh??? Disgusting….

22. #22
    On August 5th, 2008 at 1:16 am, purplepeep said:

    hadsil said:

    I took “delight” out of his retirement, not illness.

    You’re making the same argument as a person speaking of the Holocaust might state: “eh, it’s just 6 million less Jews” and who then tries to justify himself with, “Well, what I really meant to say is I took delight at them being removed from power; not so much in shipping them to the death camps”.

    Not sorry to burst the “Everyone here loves Robert Novak” bubble.

    Not to worry. The “bubble” is actually something called “basic human civility” and you didn’t burst it, you just displayed a lack of it.

23. #23
    On August 5th, 2008 at 7:20 am, Die Hippie, Die said:

    On August 4th, 2008 at 3:27 pm, Scooter36 said:

    good riddance…

    That’s what your mother said when she got out of the stirrups at Planned Parenthood.

24. #24
    On August 5th, 2008 at 7:59 am, martin.musculus(jr.) said:

    Now, wait purplepeep, I don’t understand.

    Are you saying that, (nb: caps in the following as caps to express switches, not shouting…):

    1.) IF you disagree with a viewpoint a person holds

    2.) AND that person has spent yrs working hard to convince others he’s correct

    3.) THEN hearing of that person’s retirement

    4.) EITHER because of the aforementioned illness, OR he’s just published a tell-all summation of his career

    5.) then WITHOUT any reference one way or the other of your feelings on his illness, you express relief on his retirement

    6.) you’re automatically & of necessity stating you’re happy he’s ill?

    7.) THEREFORE: any expression of feelings of relief on a person’s retirement is a nasty comment if that person happens to be ill. REGARDLESS of years of disagreement with him…

    ————-

    I’ve tried to logically layout my understanding of your comment. Are you implying all a person is is their opinion?

    Is relief someone will no longer champion opinions you find abominable inseparable from your feeling of that person’s trials in life?

    That seems not “hate the sin but love the sinner”, rather “tolerance = affirmation”. To express it another way: if you love me you must love everything I think & do?

    Obviously I’m missing something here. While I think hadsil’s comment rude & out of place, I don’t see it as one of those “glad he’s dying” comments found in other places.

    As a matter of fact, while saddened that Mr. Novak & family must contend w/this, I’ve often found myself at odds with his opinions.

    Does saying that imply I relish his illness? That seems to be what you’re saying. Such fuzzy thinking is so out of character for you it forces me to assume I’m missing your point….

    BTW: I am sad for Novak and his family’s upcoming trials. I thought the quality of his work dropped years ago. I expected his retirement @ 2002.

    Our house is praying for you Mr. Novak.

25. #25
    On August 5th, 2008 at 8:35 am, martin.musculus(jr.) said:

    As I submitted the previous comment, I realized what discomforted me about the reactions to hadsil’s opening comment.

    It is the same discomfort I experienced when reading the Kennedy thread.

    If I understand this correctly, it seems that even among those here, adversity insulates one from criticism{sp?} and gives them moral authority of the sort that places them beyond the reach of the normal “taking to task” comments others must weather.

    As the Libs claimed for Shehan.

    So, if Sen. Kennedy or Mr. Novak or Martin.Musculus aren’t ill, I can bash their ideas as much as I think they deserve… But if they have some extreme health condition; their poor opinions become good ones, or those opinions become off-limits for comment, or we become too polite to raise issue & hold up a stop sign.

    What are we going to do when Sen. Kennedy goes the way of all the world and passes? The Libs will throw every bad and socialist idea, incl. the kitchensink into a bill or series of bills, and urge us to agree to them as an Honorarium to Kennedy’s life’s work. To say “no” will be characterized as a personal, nasty and mean-spirited attack on Sen Kennedy of the same nature as hadsil’s comment has been. Whether hadsil’s comment was actually meant that way or not is irrelevent. I use the occassion of it and the comments about it to illustrate my point.

    To claim comments attacking the work, ideas, or opinions of someone ill is oppossed to “basic human civility”, when you feel that person’s goals are dangerous to the Republic is to unilaterally disarm on the battlefield of ideas.

    Just as the Libs have been orienting the culture to condition us to feel. (Not think, feel.)

    Note: I incl. Dad above to forestall all those who would glance at my comment and then deflect from the issue by claiming I was simply being hateful.

    I can assure you: I love my Dad, (although I’ve had many disagreements with him, )

26. #26
    On August 5th, 2008 at 10:13 am, purplepeep said:

    martin.musculus(jr.) said:
    As I submitted the previous comment, I realized what discomforted me about the reactions to hadsil’s opening comment.

    It is the same discomfort I experienced when reading the Kennedy thread.

    If I understand this correctly, it seems that even among those here, adversity insulates one from criticism{sp?} and gives them moral authority of the

    Nope, MMjr, it’s just as I said – it’s basic human civility not to rejoice when it’s been announced that a person has been diagnosed with a disease that will surely take his/her life.

    I have little to zero interest in Novak’s writing career and rarely read him. But I know enough to not have to send anyone to inquire as for whom the bell is tolling.

    Hope things are going well with your family, BTW.

27. #27
    On August 21st, 2008 at 2:57 am, blacktygrrrr said:

    While the timing of Hadsil’s comments may have been seen as rough, Robert Novak to me was not a good person. I am Jewish, and the son of a Holocaust survivor. Novak’s anti-Israel rhetoric over the years was very painful for me.

    I do not wish him to die, but will not lose sleep over his retiring. I feel the same way about Ted Kennedy.

    Respectfully,

    eric aka the Tygrrrr Express