August 18, 2009
BY SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD

“Always love your country — but never trust your government!

“That should not be misunderstood. I certainly am not advocating civil disobedience, must less insurrection or rebellion. What I am advocating is to not expect too much from government and be wary of it power, even the power of a democratic government in a free country.

“Ours is one of the mildest, most benevolent governments in the world. But it too has the power to take your wealth and forfeit your life. ... A government that can give you everything can take everything away.” - Robert Novak

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Bob Novak was a traitor and a lying son of a bitch. He aided the Bush administration in outing an active CIA agent for political reasons. I for one am glad the bastard is dead, one less traitor to worry about, now if God would just send Rush and Dick Cheney to Hell to join Novak.

But never hesitate to lie for your government when it's run by your sort of people!!!

Novak will not be missed by anyone outside the GOP.

His integrity was conspicuous by its absence.

The noise machine has lost another mouthpiece.

He'll be remembered in the same vein as Walther Winchell, Stuart Alsop, and the rest of a small minortiy of largely forgotten far right wing columnists.

The other half of the team once hailed around Washington as "Errors and NoFacts" is gone.

BTW, how is that guy he ran down on 15th street doing.

It is said to never speak bad of the dead. Novack is dead GOOD

Wish him all the luck!

TomFitz:

But never hesitate to lie for your government when it's run by your sort of people!!!

Novak will not be missed by anyone outside the GOP.

His integrity was conspicuous by its absence.

The noise machine has lost another mouthpiece.

He'll be remembered in the same vein as Walther Winchell, Stuart Alsop, and the rest of a small minortiy of largely forgotten far right wing columnists.

The other half of the team once hailed around Washington as "Errors and NoFacts" is gone.

BTW, how is that guy he ran down on 15th street doing.

He's doing FAR better than Marie Jo Kopechne. and that fat lazy bastard is a loved and revered dumbocrat liberial icon in the senate.

Everything you said about Novack could be applied to that fat slob kenedy when he kicks the bucket. I bet you would be mad if people went on about him the way you are doing with Novak.

There is no comparison at all between a radical right wing hack like Robert Novak and Ted Kennedy.

Sorry about your rant, but Kennedy has long since redeemed himself politically.

Even though is feckless behavior at Chappaquidick (let's see now, was that 40 or 50 years ago) cost him a chance at the Presidency, his career in the Senate has been long and distinguished.

Novak is largely known for the sort of self serving and often false commentary that permeates so much of the conservative media.

Little wonder that the only people lionizing him now are the bottom of the Republican harumph barrel.

Novak was always the mouthpiece for the corporation over the people, the powerful over the disenfranchiesed and the police state over liberty.

Thus he was the willing mouthpiece for the Bush adminstration's smear campaign againt Joe Wilson. Bush knew Wilson was telling the truth, so he used a mouthpiece to attack his family.

That's the sort of gutter tactics that distinguished Novak's career.

History is seldom kind to people like that, and so it will be with Novak.

They are liable to out you as secret agent working on non-proliferation(!) just to get back at your husband and they will do it with a fake journalist that is in it for the money and is willing to commit a felony act of treason to make his overlords happy.

Give me a break.

TomFitz:

There is no comparison at all between a radical right wing hack like Robert Novak and Ted Kennedy.

Radical left or radical right is STILL RADICAL! Too bad you are blinded by the we must win for our side partisan politics that you can't see that!

Sorry about your rant, but Kennedy has long since redeemed himself politically.

HOW?

Even though is feckless behavior at Chappaquidick (let's see now, was that 40 or 50 years ago) cost him a chance at the Presidency, his career in the Senate has been long and distinguished.

Murder and cover-up is OK with you since he's a LEFTIST radical? I would hope you would put more value on human life.

Novak is largely known for the sort of self serving and often false commentary that permeates so much of the conservative media.

And Kenedy hasn't been self-serving? LOL

Little wonder that the only people lionizing him now are the bottom of the Republican harumph barrel.

Sorry, maybe we should lionze a family who made their fortune illegally (Bootlegging during prohibition). I guess lionizing criminal behavior is ok with you

Novak was always the mouthpiece for the corporation over the people, the powerful over the disenfranchiesed and the police state over liberty.

And Kenedy is the mouthpiece of radicals who would reditribute wealth in a socialist/communist way destroying the economic freedom of people and turning them to economically endentured slave of the government.

Thus he was the willing mouthpiece for the Bush adminstration's smear campaign againt Joe Wilson. Bush knew Wilson was telling the truth, so he used a mouthpiece to attack his family.

That's the sort of gutter tactics that distinguished Novak's career.

History is seldom kind to people like that, and so it will be with Novak.

But it will be kind to a crime family worshipped by the left as the media has lost all sense of journalistic integrity to the point that anything CENTER is now called right wing radical.