Hurting an innocent person and then moving on as if nothing happened? Are the DC Police sure it wasn’t Valerie Plame?
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Syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak was cited by police after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning.
“I didn’t know I hit him. … I feel terrible,” a shaken Novak told reporters from Politico and WJLA as he was returning to his car. “He’s not dead, that’s the main thing.” Novak said he was a block away from 18th and K streets Northwest, where the accident occurred, when a bicyclist stopped him and said he had hit someone. He said he was cited for failing to yield the right of way.
You didn’t know you hit him? Well I guess you must have just grazed the guy, right?
Bono said that the pedestrian, who was crossing the street on a “Walk” signal and was in the crosswalk, rolled off the windshield and that Novak then made a right into the service lane of K Street. “This car is speeding away. What’s going through my mind is, you just can’t hit a pedestrian and drive away,” Bono said.
I’m sorry, but I think most normal people would notice a 66 year old man rolling across their windshield. I’m just saying…
Update: John Amato: Why wasn’t Novak given a field sobriety test? This is very weird. You hit someone, leave the scene and then the police aren’t suspicious?
Politico notes that in a 2001 interview with the Washington Post, Novak said, “I really hate jaywalkers. I despise them. Since I don’t run the country, all I can do is yell at ‘em. The other option is to run ‘em over, but as a compassionate conservative, I would never do that.”
UPDATE: ABC 7 is reporting that the victim is worse than first thought:
The pedestrian who was struck by prominent Washington columnist and commentator Robert Novak is in worse shape than first thought, a hospital source tells ABC 7 News.
The victim, a 66-year-old man, appeared somewhat incoherent, said the source who had seen the victim. The man appeared to have casts on his neck and back. The victim was X-rayed and a surgical team plans to evaluate him, the source said.
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I can only hope that this man sues the ever loving sh&t out of Novak. I’m just saying. How can you not know that you hit someone with your car? Unbelievable.
Why wasn’t he charged with hit & run?
I could see backing up and not spotting someone. But if the guy rolls across your windshield? Was Novak alone in the car?
Bonfire of the Vanities redux!
Who is Bono mentioned in the article???? He seems to have seen the accident. Can’t the police get first hand information from him? Apparently they aren’t going to get anything from Novak.
Like this idiot isn’t enough of a menace publishing covert CIA agents names in his bullshit column. Now he wants to take a much more active approach to killing Americans!
Come on, it’s not like he got drunk and shot a lawyer in the face with a shotgun…
What do you expect from The Prince of Darkness? I’m suprised he didn’t back up and run over the poor guy again. I can’t beleive he left the scene, then again, he doesn’t care about us, you know, the peons of the world.
I just hope this poor man is okay after all of this. Novak could still get ticketed for a stronger infraction after the pedestrian tells his side of the story. Let’s just wait and see what happens. Tragic.
It’s time to fry the Old Fritter.
Well and the fact he was driving a fiberglass bodied car and says he didn’t know-even before I heard the guy took a hood ride-just utter bullshit.
I was hit b y a pickup truck once-he smacked my arm, but he knew he’d done it-even though he was looking the other way when he did it. I mean it makes a big old noise getting hit by a car.
As for a field sobriety test-I think that can only be done if the guy hasn’t left the scene, since it can be claimed that the drink was taken after the impact and before the apprehension-at least that’s how the guy who killed my friend got away with it because 9 hours had elapsed-of course he was still fucking drunk when he showed up at the hospital, and his vehicle was littered w/opened containers.
I also read the ticket for Novakula’s offense was only $50-such a deal. I wonder if he’ll fight it.
Give the guy a break, it could happen to anyone. He said he was listening to the radio. The man on his windshield was probably only there for a couple of seconds.
P.D. @ 8:
He may have left the scene because he was “impaired”. Often these types of hit and run incidents seem mild, until the poor victim finds out he has a serious concussion or fractures.
Can you say big fucking law suit? And a well-deserved one. Sounds like something McCranky might do.
It would be soo delicious to see Novaks Vette replaced with a walker.
His license should be revoked.
I would like to add, this doesn’t bode well for the integrity of the DC Police Department. Seems they have a few suck-ups, if you have a name, they will play your game.
“The pedestrian … is in worse shape than first thought, a hospital source tells ABC 7 News.” Too bad, but I hope the guy’s not a whiner
typical conservative’s total disregard for life and limb…awful but not news.
hitting pedestrians is a sport in las vegas..the prince of darkness should try it down their
George @ 12:
HUH???
[Deleted. I told you the violence thing was another reason for the previous deletion. Wishing prison rape on someone is wishing violence on them. Knock it off-Sitemonitor]
No blowjob involved so no problem.
“Well I think that’s Bullshit, and I hate..I hate that. Just let it go.”
Takes off microphone and storms out.
add novak to the bush immunity list
DannyEastVillage @ 18:
Not really. He regarded the fact that the victim didn’t die. Of course he also regarded it as some sort of consolation prize. “Congrats, I just ploughed into you with my car, and you didn’t die!, HURRAY!”
K Street? I feel for the pedestrian that got hit, but if he turns out to be a lobbyist… Do they even feel pain like humans do?
I want the names of those cops.
Answer A: At least he didn’t suffer long.
Answer B: Well it’s not like he’s dead!
Rich guys hitting poor people is no big deal in America.
Novak sucks.
But who cares?
DannyEastVillage @ 20:
Yeah, really. The guy in the hospital should apologize to Novak as soon as he is able to speak again. /s
I think the local news said Dracula was cited a $50 ticket. I could be wrong.
why wasn’t this asshole charged with a hit-and-run?
the police are negligent here or outright dishonest themselves.
what a sad, pathetic, sack of shit Novak is.
The witness to the accident said the victim “sort of splayed into” and then “rolled off the windshield”.
Novak : “I didn’t know I hit him.”
Yeah, I always miss it when people hit and roll off of my windshield.
I don’t know about the law in the US but anyone involved in a motor vehicle accident in the part of Australia I work in automatically gets a blood test that is sealed in a police lock box and sent to a police laboratory for analysis if needed in later police action.
The rich and powerful get away with murder.
Let’s hope the victim sues Novak’s ass off.
Why wasn’t Novak given a field sobriety test? This is very weird. You hit someone, leave the scene and then the police aren’t suspicious?
I’m not an attorney and I’m not familiar with DC laws, but in most states the driver would have to show signs of intoxication (slurred speech, smell like alcohol, etc.) before a cops could ask for a sobriety test. Yea, I know…not being conscious of someone bouncing off your car should qualify as a sign of intoxication.
But hey…rules are things the rest of us have to follow. Jackasses like Novak think they are exempt.
FYI Bono is an attorney and partner at a local law firm who was on his bike when he witnessed the accident. He saw the corvette take off and he chased him and parked his bike in front of him when Novak turned onto K Street. Novak tried to wave him off and a concierge from a nearby hospital came out to see why cars were honking etc. Bono said, this guy just ran someone over and I’m waiting here until the police come (after he dialed 9/11). Bono has big brass ones that’s for sure!
Take it easy on Novakula. Just being out in broad daylight is both risky and painful for him.
joeedugan @ 26:
there is something seriously wrong with your insensitive thinking.
your reasoning is, that if you don’t like what others opinion or
careers are, then it’s ok to run them down.
with that attitude used by others, if i were you i would not
be crossing any streets EVER.
umm thats hit and run… I have a vette trust me you would now if someone bounced of the hood. People drive like morons in DC.. I am sure Bob was late for a fellatio session with Cheney
How did Novak even get a drivers license when he’s been senile and totally braindead for many, many years??
give the guy a break ! he just wanted to get the blood off his hood and get his car checked for scratches at the body shop!
another historical moment by a member of the greatest generation
What’s funny is he only gets fined $50 for hitting a pedestrian, but I have to pay a fine of $350 and $150 for traffic school for not stopping at an empty residential intersection! I guess it pays to have connections in high places.
Exotic Blue Lensman @ 39:
There is something perversely funny about expecting the police to draw blood from this character. Hope they had their belts of garlic on.
Remember, one has to run “compassionate conservative” through the Orwellian Speak Republican Interpretation Machine to understand a man like Novak. He means that he’s a myopic, vicious bastard.
Or perhaps another way of looking at what he was saying in 2001 is that he may WANT to run over jaywalkers and talks a lot of crap about doing it, but as a compassionate conservative he doesn’t actually have the balls to follow through (unless he pays someone else to do it, of course).
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Political power/celebrity: 1
Rule of law : 0
The weak are meat, the strong shall eat.
Fox News Alert @ 37:
Yes, you are correct, but an accident automatically qualifies when the police arrive on the scene ( you can also use minor infractions, like speeding, weaving the road, going through a stop sign or pedestrian cross walk. I’m curious what the police report says when they finally reached him to give the citation and observed him. A man his age and history of his hip running away and miracle pills that keep his blood red while walking undead, also is under the influence of prescription drugs too.
I’m sure the Smoking gun will get access to the report sooner or later.
A friend of mine in his 60s was hit by a car while riding his bike in a crosswalk, and it almost killed him. He has permanent damage and had to retire early. A person vs. a car is way out of balance. Novak needs to get ‘grilled’ (pun) for this….
Update: John Amato: Why wasn’t Novak given a field sobriety test? This is very weird. You hit someone, leave the scene and then the police aren’t suspicious?
Remember John; pretty and rich people don’t usually go to jail.
Tequila @ 45:
This is according to Novak per his interview who also lied about not noticing a elderly man “splayed across his windshield” like the Fig Newton decal on Ricky Bobby’s racecar. I’m waiting to hear the official story. Don’t expect facts from No-Facts.
I also notice that he was in the squad car. That seemed very very unusual. Usually cops question people outside their vehicle. Did they take blood after all? we don’t know. He was literally interviewed after leaving the car and working off the natural instinct to lie his ass off when the mike was shoved into his face.
But seriously, I see no way that he won’t get sued. You think the blood-sucking health insurance companies overlook the cause of this kind of accident?
He’s lucky he wasn’t here in Portland — we tend to hang on.
Just wow. I keep scrolling back up to the top of the page to make sure I didn’t read anything wrong here, but I didn’t. It’s like we’re living in an episode of KNIGHT RIDER. Without the car.