Posted on 08/18/2009 5:06:51 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
Reporter, patriot, skeptic of the powerful.
One irony of Robert Novak's long and admirable career as a journalist is that he wasn't a curmudgeon, though he played one on TV. In person, he was warm, loyal to friends and especially generous to young writers, even if he was fearless and unsparing toward the public officials he devoted his life to covering—or, to put it more accurately, uncovering. Novak, who died yesterday at age 78, was among America's greatest political reporters.
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God’s blessings on this man and great reporter.
Here's hoping he's driving his black corvette around heaven forever
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He was great because he cultivated great sources. I always trusted his reporting.
Can’t you just picture him doing that with a HUGE smile on his face? :-)
I did as well.
RIP Bob.
What a Great American
Korean War vet- Lieutenant, US Army.
Bob Novack had the potential to be the next H.L. Mencken, but didn’t have the courage...
RIP. Mr. Novack.
Bob Novak was Lucifer?
Mrs. AV
Some of the left sure thought so.
Catholic convert and political commentator Robert Novak passes away
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