Novak, Obama and Hillary: Don't Fall for It

[antiimperialist]

By Jeralyn
11/17/07
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2007/11/17/162416/73

There's nothing that Republicans would like more than to see than some down and dirty infighting among Democrats.

Robert Novak is stirring the pot.

Agents of Sen. Hillary Clinton are spreading the word in Democratic circles that she has scandalous information about her principal opponent for the party's presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama, but has decided not to use it. The nature of the alleged scandal was not disclosed.

Sen. Obama is striking back, not at Novak, but at Hillary, whose campaign has said they have no idea what Novak's talking about.

Obama accused Clinton of "Swift boat' politics" and vowed he will not be intimidated.

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Even though Novak published it today, it seems dated, like something he has been sitting on:

It comes during a dip for the front-running Clinton after she refused to take a stand on New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's now discarded plan to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens.

That period was weeks ago. It also sounds Republican-generated to me. What Democrats talk to Novak? One problem with Republicans is you can't trust the description of them as sources. Remember when Scooter Libby told Judith Miller to refer to him as a hill staffer when using information he provided her?

Novak has zero credibility on this and Obama should know better.

[rocktivity]

1. I guess the Democrats who talked to Novak were the same ones

who talked to Insight magazine about Obama having been educated in a madrassah! Insight magazine? They print the stuff that even their owners The Washington Post can't be directly associated with!

Obama was right to fire back, but his aim was off--it's NOVAK who he should have told to put up or shut up. To that end, I've revised his press statement (in italics):

Robert Novak published an item in which he reported the following: "Agents of Sen. Hillary Clinton are spreading the word in Democratic circles that she has scandalous information about her principal opponent for the party’s presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama…"

The item did not identify these ‘agents,’ nor did it reveal the nature of the charge. It was devoid of facts, but heavy on innuendo and insinuation of the sort to which we’ve become all too accustomed in our politics. Moreover, in view of Mr. Novak’s conservative partisanship and the ethical blots on his track record, one would think he would have invested considerably more diligence in ensuring that his reporting was not so glaringly unsubstantial.

Mr. Novak should immediately clarify any and all information referred to in his report if it is at all possible. The advancement of the “Swift Boat style” journalism that has threatened the integrity of the national media and strangled public political discourse should no longer be tolerated by any American candidate, politician, political party or citizen.

:headbang:
rocknation

[regnaD kciN]

4. The Post...?????

Insight magazine? They print the stuff that even their owners The Washington Post can't be directly associated with!

Don't you mean the Washington Times? :wtf:

[rocktivity]

5. I stand corrected.

Now that they've hired Karl Rove, it's Newsweek that prints the stuff that even their owners the Washington Post don't want to be directly associated with!

:rofl:
rocknation

[napi21]

2. As soon as I saw the writer was Novak, I said this is a Pub trick!

I'm sorry Obama fell for it! He needs to understand how those AH's operate!

[Lint Head]

3. Novak needs his eyebrows shaved.

Isn't he a puppet on Sesame Street? The angry bird?

Novak is old and hopefully won't be around much longer. He is a traitor to this country and a cowardly piece of feces. :dem: