{"id":16330,"date":"2008-07-23T13:20:04","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T17:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/16295.html"},"modified":"2008-07-23T13:20:04","modified_gmt":"2008-07-23T17:20:04","slug":"novak-sends-pedestrian-to-hospital-after-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/novak-sends-pedestrian-to-hospital-after-hit-and-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak sends pedestrian to hospital after hit-and-run"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ordinarily, traffic citations aren’t exactly important political news, but for Bob Novak, let’s make an exception.<\/p>\n

I worked in D.C. for several years, and saw Novak driving his Corvette convertible like a lunatic many, many times. I can think of plenty of instances in which I’d see him and think, “One of these days, that guy is going to hurt someone.”<\/p>\n

And sure, today, he did.<\/p>\n

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Novak reportedly received a citation<\/a> for failing to yield the right of way. The person he hit, a 66-year-old man, was taken to the hospital “with minor injuries.”<\/p>\n

“I didn’t know I hit him. I feel terrible,” Novak told reporters who happen to be there while Novak received the citation. He added, “He’s not dead, that’s the main thing.”<\/p>\n

Novak also said he didn’t even realize he’s struck the man with his car, but was told by a bicyclist, a block away, that he’d hit someone. The bicyclist, who called 911 and blocked Novak from driving away, suggested it would have been difficult for Novak to miss the pedestrian — who was reportedly “splayed onto the windshield.”
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\nThe Politico also noted Novak’s legendary reputation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Novak, 77, has earned a reputation around the capital as an aggressive driver, easily identified in his convertible sports car. <\/p>\n

In 2001, he cursed at a pedestrian on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th Street N.W., for allegedly jaywalking. <\/p>\n

“‘Learn to read the signs, [bodily orifice]!’ Novak snapped before speeding away,” according to an item in The Washington Post’s Reliable Source column. <\/p>\n

Novak explained to the paper: “He was crossing on the red light. 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.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If there’s a lawsuit, and I wouldn’t be surprised if there were, Novak will probably have to hear that “run ’em over” quote quite a bit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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