Plame and Wilson on Novak’s hit and run: ‘Take away the keys to his Corvette.’
Plame and Wilson on Novak’s hit and run: ‘Take away the keys to his Corvette.’
ThinkProgress received a statement from Amb. Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame Wilson on Robert Novak’s collision today, in which he “was cited by police after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning.” From their statement:
Statement from Joe and Valerie Wilson on Novak’s hit and run:
Our sympathies go out to the victim of Novak’s action. Once again Novak has demonstrated his callous disregard for the rights of others, as well as his chronic inability to accept responsibility for his actions.
We have long argued that responsible adults should take Novak’s typewriter away. The time has arrived for them to also take away the keys to his Corvette.
Five years ago, Novak outed the identity of Wilson’s wife, undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson.
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They take away his keyboard and his microphone.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:38 pmThis story is bizarre. A $50 citation? There were witnesses to him driving away! Why wasn’t he given a breathalyzer?
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:39 pmHow about his breathing privileges.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:39 pmJust the fact that he didn’t stop to check the damage to his paint job speaks volumes, take away his keys. (humor) But really any corvette owner would have done just that.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:47 pmStratRat Says:
How about his breathing privileges.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Undeads don’t breath. But a wooden stake would do the trick.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:50 pmconsidering how the mccain campaign used novak earlier this week to float the false rumor about picking a veep, and considering how the victim was an old guy, maybe novak just thought he was plowing into mccain.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:53 pmSeriously, take away the callous old bastid’s keys.
Take out a pedestrian — you don’t get to drive anymore.
That should be true of anyone.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:55 pmRobert Novak = Simon Barsinister
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:57 pmHow sad such a classy car like a Corvette , has one of the most low life characters in DC driving it and the Vette is so low you can see an ant in front of you, so the idea of him saying he didn’t see anybody, goes on the list of all the lies this clown has told .
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:02 pmClassic ultra “conservative” attitude: invincibility; release of responsibility….”I can do anything I want. It’s someone else’s problem…”
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:04 pmWhy is this entire party of lunatics given a mental illness pass?!
TRIPLE TAXES FOR REPUBLICANS IN 2010!
# 2 wig – i agree with you – where i come from a breath test is mandatory for any driving offense – but a 50 buck ticket??!!?? – for a hit and run??!!?? – the prick should have been arrested on the spot and handed a summons for a court date – how do these people get away with shit like this?
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:07 pmAny self respecting Corvette would flat refuse to start with him behind the wheel.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:07 pmAnd did they check his cell phone to see if he was on the phone when it happened or if he called his attorney while driving away? No of course not because the only police who do that kind of legwork are on television.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:10 pmGosh, if only there was a Beach Boys song that McCain could apply here….
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:38 pmLet the Prince of Darkness keep the keys. Take the Corvette and have new keys made.
I hope his victims will sue him down to his underwear.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:47 pmwijg Says: This story is bizarre. A $50 citation? There were witnesses to him driving away! Why wasn’t he given a breathalyzer?
- – Maybe Novak has the same lawyer as Laura (nee Welch) Bush.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:47 pmAll this negative attention and opporbrium couldn’t be directed at one more deserving, unless it was rove.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:54 pmIn the transcript, Novak tells the reporters first:
ABC 7 News: Was it a male or female pedestrian?
RN: I don’t know.
And then a little later says:
RN: He’s not dead, that’s the main thing. So, I, ah.. He’s in the hospital.
That’s contradictory!
http://cfc.wjla.com/ external.cfm?p=novaktranscript
Also, how can he not be cited for hit and run? Police just take your word for anything with all evidence to the contrary? Not any police I ever met.
And thirdly, aren’t those cars phallic!
And fourthly, why hasn’t there been a troll mentioning Ted Kennedy and 1969?
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:13 pmHi, Keith.
The citation is hopefully only the first step. I’m sure this high-profile case will be either moved the line and hushed-up, or moved up the line and investigated. They’ll probably want to talk to the victim, to see if he’s seriously hurt and if he’s inclined to press harder. Novak is clearly a bald-faced liar in this case, and every other facet of his life.
This stuff moves very slowly.
The men used to call those types of cars “PNS cars.” :-D
You had to mention Kennedy….
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:29 pmRaise the hue and cry! Nasty Novak should be charged with hit and run! There is a credible witness–a partner in a Pennsylvania & DC law firm
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:20 pmCorvette: A fast, lightly armed warship, smaller than a destroyer, often armed for antisubmarine operations.
Synonym – “swift boat”
Just sayin….
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:22 pm78 rpm record, rotary-dial phone, 8-track tape player, beta-tapes, piston engine, Corvette, and Novack, all obsolete.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:49 pmMaybe the pedestrian was just to “fat and whiny” for Novak’s taste. It was just a “mental” hit-and-run, after all. Hopefully Phil Gramm has a driver. But seriously, Novak in a corvette?? LMAO
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:44 pmcorvettes are wack…
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/6/63/Corvettesummer2.jpg
July 24th, 2008 at 12:56 amHey Zooster, four hours later. And then there was the Kennedy with the ambien excuse. But seriously folks, if someone was splayed across my windshield inches in front of me—-I think I would notice. I would probably be able to tell you their sex, too. Novak said he had no idea of the gender and then twice referred to him as “he”!
July 24th, 2008 at 1:46 amPOS
July 24th, 2008 at 2:49 amHe’s lost it. WaPo better wake up.
July 24th, 2008 at 4:53 amI wonder if I would have received just a $50 fine?
July 24th, 2008 at 9:40 amDoubt it.
Is this what that great American, Drugs Limpballs is refering to with his constant use of the term “drive by media”?
July 24th, 2008 at 11:23 am