Thursday, March 03, 2005

Bob Novak: a Godly man, doing God's Godly work.


Following a link from the fine folks over at
Crooks and Liars, we have a short WaPo piece as to how right-wing hack and treasonous low-life Robert Novak is actually on a mission from God:

He's been known for 40 years as Washington's journalistic "prince of darkness," but cranky, arch-conservative pundit Bob Novak believes he's doing God's work.

"I'm trying to tell the truth and taking positions that I hope are godly positions, positions that I hope are helpful to my fellow man," he tells Vanity Fair in a profile that hits the stands tomorrow. "And I don't think there's any law against enjoying myself in the process."

The 74-year-old columnist and CNN commentator remains mum on a great mystery of the moment: his legal status in the Valerie Plame leak case. "While two other reporters, Matthew Cooper of Time and Judith Miller of the New York Times, face jail time for refusing to divulge their sources in the case," writes VF contributing editor David Margolick, "the man who broke the story apparently doesn't."

Novak does talk about his lightning-rod reputation and even shares a recent hate e-mail: "Too bad you weren't on the beach when the tsunami hit," it reads. "You are a disgrace to journalism . . . partially due to your senility."

But the piece describes Novak as a formidable, hardworking columnist -- "he has courage and foresight," writes Margolick -- and notes that "despite spinal meningitis, three types of cancer, two broken hips, two broken wrists and a broken ankle," the man hasn't slowed down. How long will Novak last? "Well, I think probably it's God's will," he tells the mag.

Apparently, then, it's doing the work of the Almighty that has turned Novak into the amoral, unethical, dishonest, lying, sack-of-shit, bottom-dwelling hack that he is today, inspiring him to lie about Democratic politicians and expose his own country's covert CIA operatives.

Ok, then. Mystery solved.

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