Robert “The Prince of Darkness” Novak discussed his new book with Brian Lamb Sunday night and you knew his BFF would come up in the conversation. It’s his tell-all novel and in it he gets all giddy over his long time pal—being the best damned leaker of all time…And to all those Libby apologists…This clip should remind you that Rove did leak Valerie Plame’s name to him, thus destroying your Armitage cover story…
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I wonder why Novakula didn’t mention that Rove was fired by Bush 41 in ‘92 because…
In 1992 in an incident well known in Texas, Mr. Rove was fired from the state campaign to re-elect the first President Bush on suspicions that Mr. Rove had leaked damaging information to Mr. Novak about Robert Mosbacher Jr., the campaign manager and the son of a former commerce secretary.
I didn’t say this, he did: “….but I hope I don’t end up in purgatory with my severed head in my arms.”
E&P :
LAMB: [Concerning Karl Rove] you say, “never enjoyed such a good source inside the White House.”
NOVAK: That’s true. He was a confirming source on the Valerie Plame story. He revealed himself as having – he quoted himself of what he told me, so that the confidentiality was gone by his own statement.
LAMB: What do we mean when we say “source”?
NOVAK: A source is somebody who tells you something about news. A reporter relies on sources.
LAMB: How long have you known Karl Rove? How long has he been a source?
NOVAK: Karl Rove has been a source since he was a young fellow as a consultant in Austin, Texas, in the, well, I guess the 1970s.
LAMB: What’s the rule? What are the rules when you have a source? Did you name him in any of these columns?
NOVAK: No. I didn’t name him. But everybody knew he was my source. That was known. What was not known was that he was a confirming source on the Valerie Plame story. But that information came out through him and his lawyer.
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Novak is one creepy looking guy. Almost looks embalmed.
I’m Shocked!……Not!
Novak is not called “the prince of darkness”. That is Richard Perle - and rightly so.
didn’t bush say he’d fire anyone who leaked?
FightThePower @ 4:
Do you really believe that he would actually follow through with anything other than a smoke screen?
knud @ 3:
I’m sure we can allow them to share the title, though I understand your point completely.
Novak is a wannabe, in sports terminology, a “jock-sniffer”. Perle’s the real deal.
FightThePower @ 4:
One cannot Fire his own brain. He would then be empty headed…..uh…wait a minute…….too late.
didn’t bush say he’d fire anyone who leaked?
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I believe Bush said the person who leaked “would be taken care of”……..which has been done. No?
I saw the interview. Novak seems like one bitter guy. There’s something Nixonesque about him, very paranoid and touchy. It seems his associatian with Rolan Evans, (who he calls a socially connected WASP), gave him an inferiority complex. Don’t know why anyone would source Novak, except for the fact that he’s a good stenographer lacking ethics. Of course it is the lack of ethics that allow him to drop a dime on his sources when it suits his purpose. He’s also willing to name dead people as sources, cause you know, dead people can’t say otherwise. All in all Novak has lots of bones to pick, and they are on all sides of the political spectrum. He did say he’s a coward, and overcompensates for it. I would agree, but be sure of one thing, if Novak thinks he’s going down, he’ll take as many with him as he can.
I want the damage assessment released so we can all see what these scumbags have done to the country. If nobody goes to jail for the Plame leak, the CIA should take matters in their own hands and get rid of these traitors who have put clandestine operations at risk.
WHY is this s o b not in prison?
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Yeah, maybe in 30 more years.
Robert Novak is just another tool for Rove. To be lied to and manipulated at any and all cost. Another used beltway scumbag.
Well, if these guys are going to be co-princes of darkness. Can Bill Kristol be Queen of the Damned?
so Bush, Jr. brought on Rove for the very reasons Papa Bush fired him… interesting…
FightThePower @ 4:
How can we tell if Bush is lying?
His lips are moving.
Novak looks like Skinner in the movie Rattatouille.
Novak should be making license plates.
Wow, is the civil case over?
Geez.
Another traitor! Hang ‘em high I say!
Does anyone have a read on where the civil case stands?
Who ever thought Star Wars theme of evil rulers controlling everything was really about the U.S.?
Corporations only think in terms of the next quarter, not the next generation.
knud @ 3:
Yes, but they were obviously separated at birth. I guess Novak belongs in the sequel: “The Brother of the Prince of Darkness!”
not ‘Prince of Darkness’…he’s the ‘Douchebag of liberty’
John, tthank you so much for printing the transcript. I just could not watch the video.
The guy repulses me that much.
No surprise that Rove leaks for the white house. Being a criminal is what he does best.
pissed off patricia @ 26:
I can’t watch either. I go into projectile vomit mode immediately.
POP - BEING a criminal is what Rove is.
I came up with what I think is a perfect little analogy:
A state trooper pulls a car over on the highway.
As the officer walks up to the driver’s window, the driver pulls out a gun, shoots the officer down and speeds away.
Now…if that driver were a Republican, neocons would say “Well, the officer never wrote a ticket, so no crime was committed.”
No, Bob, you have never enjoyed giving so many blowjobs in the White House, have you. Good for you.
Novak is classic Republiscum!
He deserves to die the horrible for being a traitor.
He even has the gumption to call his book, supposedly with an ironic wink, what everyone calls him for real. What a douchebag.
Did anyone ever come up with a plausible theory why the investigation was dropped?
An Average Joe @ 1:
“Almost”?
Joe and Valarie sure have some great video to show in their lawsuit against Shotgun and Scooty…
Rove is a fascist pig.
1:often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
2: a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control
When Kovak speaks, I keep expecting his lunch to come up from his stomach and just spill out over his lips. He’s that kind of gross to me.
His pompous attitude plus dreading the reemergence of his lunch make him all kinds of repulsive.
The word “tool” gets used a lot lately, but in Novak’s case it totally applies.
Instead of “Prince of Darkness” how about BeelzeBOB?
Unbelievable Unapologetic Un-american Un-dead
My father was an embalmer. He would have never prepared someone to look as bad as Novak. He most likely would have suggested a closed casket in this case.
“didn’t Bush say he’d fire anyone who leaked?”
Bush says that he’s immune from Congress. Congress, of course, agrees:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/071507D.shtml
The Oath they all take is going to be changed from an oath to protect the constitution to an oath to protect “His Imperial Majesty”.
pissed off patricia @ 41:
Yeah, he almost has that Zombie look going on hey?
Novak is trying to promote his book. When these shows have him on, they are helping him sell his book. I’m so impressed, I think I will buy a copy. I hear that the price of toilet paper is going up and the book would be a good substitute.
http://myfightfordemocracy.blo.....-2007.html
pissed off patricia, I couldn’t watch the video yesterday on that Kagan creep. He’s a natural to play one of those decadent Roman emperors. Think C & L is trying to gross out all of us?
Novakula makes it sound as though he had a Deep Throat inside the admin, when all he really had was a Deep Reamer.
It’s time for Novakula to cover his face with his cape and…well, just covering his face would be fine for now.
knud @ 3:
So many princes and they ae all dark. :(
pissed off patricia @ 38:
How about a “ghoul tool”?
Libby: 1st WH official convicted of a felony since Iran-Contra. Armitage: Iran-Contra plotter who dodged criminal conviction. Attorney for Armitage during Iran-Contra investigations: Libby. Among the signatories of the ‘98 PNAC letter: Armitage and Libby.
Ghoul tool, works for me :)
Ahhh. The douchebag of Liberty returns. Its been too long douchebag.
you know, I started watching, but just couldn’t continue - there’s something beyond smugness about Novak that makes me ill. After reading this in the NY Times mag - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07.....-Q4-t.html - I felt like pummeling him. the self-righteous attitued some of these right wing hacks possess turns my stomach more than potential al-qaida attacks turns Chertoff’s tummy.
FightThePower @ 4:
Actually, it is Novak who is known as the Prince of Darkness and he spoke about it this weekend on
one of the Sunday Talks, he has had that nickname for some decades apparently. No diff. they are all heinous!
That damned Rove also broke into the office of Alan Dixon in 1970. Alan Dixon was runnning for Illinois State Treasurer. Rove stole lots of Alan Dixon letterhead and then printed on it fake campaign flyers indicating free food, beer, girls, and a good time for nothing and distributed these at homeless shelters, etc.
Seems to me, if anyone knew it was dangerous to lie under oath, it would be a lawyer. So why in the world would Libby, a lawyer, do that? Was he the designated fall guy in this? Seems forever being labeled a felon, would deserve a great big reward from those who “designated” you.