Here is the thing...how many beat cops in Dc know Novak on site and are motivated to let him go on that basis? How many patrol sergeants know Novak on sight and are willing to instruct a beat cop to let him go? As I said earlier, I very strongly suspect the Politico is making far more of this story than there really is in an effort to cater to their target audience. Believe it or not, being famous or semi-famous is not nearly the ticket to freedom some people would have you believe.

Here is the thing...how often do you think sober drivers "clip" pedestrians and don't notice? Heck, how often do you think sober drivers hit anything, even a squirrel or something tiny like that, and don't notice?

In Mr. Novak's defense, I say that if he was blind drunk, speeding, and listening to some really loud Christian rock on his satellite radio, he might not have noticed a body splayed across his hood, and would have just kept driving normally.

His statement that at least his victim didn't die also goes to show that he is caring and compassionate.

Now will you liberals kindly get off his back and stop making such a big deal over a little hit and run that only injured one person? Where's your humanity when it comes to Novak?

Righty McRighterson
Telling the liberals to butt out since 1997

Nice, DAx, but the thing is you assume facts not in evidence...Novak was NOT cited for hit and run. He was cited for failure to yield right of way. The only "splayed on the wind shield" claim comes from the supposed witness. Dax, surely you know that eyewitness testimony is not always the most reliable. The point is, you assume without question that Bono's story is 100 percent accurate when that may very well not be the case. Indeed, it is rather likely not the case given the police decision to cite Novak only with failure to yield and not drunk driving, hit and run, being a semi-conservative columnist, or the other things you guys seem to be accusing him of...

Why not wait until the story is out there...Perhaps after the victim himself issues a statement.

Bono seems to have wanted his 15 minutes of recognition, 'tis true. But Novak's arrogance was rather appalling.

Which display of arrogance would hat be, Liz? I think the "at least he is not dead: reference has been taken well out of context. It was rather similar to a "thank god no one died" reference after a close call...The nastiness attributed to it is unfounded.

This arrogance, Law,

Is Novak still a "compassionate conservative"?

Drunk or sober, compassionate or nasty, driving slowly or quickly, guilty or not guilty, he's still a putz.

Nothing will ever change that.

Lawmage is right. Sarcasm can be difficult to translate in printed form. I'll bet you dashed off an indignant letter to the editor after you first read "A Modest Proposal."


Oh come on, Lizbeth. Admit it! How many hundreds of times have you heard other motorists shouting this at you?