{"id":13768,"date":"2009-08-18T17:54:35","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T22:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=13768"},"modified":"2009-08-18T17:55:24","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T22:55:24","slug":"robert-novak-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=13768","title":{"rendered":"Robert Novak passes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The best quote I&#8217;ve read from the late conservative columnist comes from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/news\/2009\/aug\/18\/political-columnist-robert-novak-has-died-age-78\/?feat=home_cube_position1\">Washington Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Look, I&#8217;m not David Broder, Mr. Novak told the Washington Monthly in a 2004 profile. I&#8217;m not one of the real good guys. They try to make things nicer. That&#8217;s not my deal.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Novak contended that he began his career as a moderate, becoming more conservative only because of the impact of his reporting on his political ideas.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I suppose he&#8217;d take some measure of joy from the fact that the Democratic Underground warned their denizens to &#8220;stay classy&#8221; when they announced his death;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13772\" title=\"du-novak4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak4.jpg\" alt=\"du-novak4\" width=\"464\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, right out of the blocks, they ignore the warning;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13773\" title=\"du-novak3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak3.jpg\" alt=\"du-novak3\" width=\"461\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak3.jpg 479w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak3-300x70.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s downhill from there<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13774\" title=\"du-novak\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak.jpg\" alt=\"du-novak\" width=\"399\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13775\" title=\"du-novak1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak1.jpg\" alt=\"du-novak1\" width=\"485\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak1.jpg 882w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak1-300x61.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It even gives them a chance to take a shot at Tom DeLay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13776\" title=\"du-novak2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak2.jpg\" alt=\"du-novak2\" width=\"502\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak2.jpg 802w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/du-novak2-300x44.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then they wonder why we dislike them so much.<\/p>\n<p>But, I wish Mr. Novak some peace and my condolences to his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best quote I&#8217;ve read from the late conservative columnist comes from the Washington Times; 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