August 4, 2005
On CNN’s Inside Politics, Robert Novak walked off the stage after saying “that’s bullshit” to James Carville. Carville apparently sparked Novak after he said “He’s [Novak] got to show these right wingers that he’s got a backbone, you know. It’s why the Wall Street Journal editorial page is watching you. Show ‘em that you’re tough.?
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UPDATE: CNN suspends Novak indefinitely for cursing and walking off the set on live TV.
UPDATE: Nick Gillespie points out Carville is Boomhauer from TV’s King of the Hill. How true.
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7:36 pm [ Quote ]
[...] Everyone is freaking out abuot Novak saying ‘Bullshit’ on the air, so I almost feel obligated to provide you with links to the videos. Crooks and Liars has it with a gathering of lefty commentary, and the Political Teen is on it from the right. [...]
7:39 pm [ Quote ]
I CAN THINK OF A LOT OF CURSEWORDS FOR THAT IGNORAMUS AND B———T ISN’T ONE EM
Fact of THE MATTER THAT’S NOT A CURSEWORD.NOVAK PROBABLY GOT EXASPARATED AT THE THE GOOBER I MEAN NUT , AND COULDN’T TAKE HIM ANYMORE. To that I say bravo.
8:52 pm [ Quote ]
Horray for Bob Novak. Carville is full of
8:56 pm [ Quote ]
Bob Novak Loses It
Bare Nuckle Politics has the video (note the very prescient last line from CNN’s blog reporter); Ed Morrissey has a transcription and some thoughts: Maybe Bob Novak has had a bad year, but after watching this video twice, I fail…
9:10 pm [ Quote ]
Hooray for Bob Novak. That cobra faced weasel doesn’t even know what end he’s sitting on. And shame to the network for suspending Bob Novak.
9:19 pm [ Quote ]
Considering all the pressure Novak has been under, I am surprised that he didn’t tell Mr. Carville to…. off. There is only so much Demo whining ANY of us can take! CNN wants to make an issue out of this so they can give the NY Times something to write about tommorrow.
9:50 pm [ Quote ]
Novak Suspended From Crossfire For Cursing Incident
NEW YORK (AP) – CNN suspended commentator Robert Novak indefinitely after he swore and walked off the set Thursday during a debate with Democratic operative James Carville …Carville and Novak were both trying to speak while they were handicapping the…
10:11 pm [ Quote ]
Is the Pressure Getting To Novak?
Sure looks that way…today he blew up at James Carville after a fairly innocuous statement, exclaiming “That’s bull**it”, and walked off the set of Inside Politics. An indefinite suspension by CNN followed (don’t cry too much, though; Novak’s wea…
10:49 pm [ Quote ]
Old Fart
Bob Novak, the “Prince of Darkness” uttered a profanity and stormed off a CNN set. The on-air outburst by Novak,...
11:36 pm [ Quote ]
HOORAY for Novak. Carville is part of the problem in the U.S. today
11:49 pm [ Quote ]
Novak suspended after walking off set
So Carville was being even more of a jerk than usual and Novak could have handled himself better.
12:24 am [ Quote ]
I’m certainly glad he’s joining the brigade to bring civility back to Washington. Wasn’t that what Dubya and Dick “Go Fuck Yourself” Cheney promised?
1:27 am [ Quote ]
Bob Novak Calls It Like It Is
Via Michelle Malkin and The Political Teen:
1:36 am [ Quote ]
Novak has a hissy fit
Robert Novak walked off the stage of CNN’s Inside Politics during an interview with James Carville, saying “that’s bullshit” on the air. The Political Teen has the video clip. Personally, I’m with Novak. We’ve never thought much of James Carville…
4:19 am [ Quote ]
Hmm. So the left wing media is out to undermine the efforts of the brave Americans serving our Country in Iraq and our intelligence services fighting undercover around the world. Yet it was a Right-Wing CNN reporter who outed a CIA Agent. I thought the brave men and women who served our country could look to the Right for support, but now it appears that is a myth. Burn Novak. You know you screwed up. You are feeling a tiny fraction of the pressure that our CIA operatives and soldiers feel every day.
6:01 am [ Quote ]
Bob Novak Calls Carville for What He IS
So, the blogosphere is active today. Bob Novak reacted to a statement by James Carville by calling is Bull*twinkies*. After doing so, he calmly stood up, removed his microphone, and exited stage left. Over in the “reality-based” side of the…
7:02 am [ Quote ]
[...] Go check the video The Political Teen » Robert Novak Curses, Walks Off On CNN’s Inside Politics, Robert Novak walked off the stage after saying “that’s bullshit? to James Carville. Carville apparently sparked Novak after he said “He’s [Novak] got to show these right wingers that he’s got a backbone, you know. It’s why the Wall Street Journal editorial page is watching you. Show ‘em that you’re tough.? [...]
7:23 am [ Quote ]
Breakfast: 8/5/2005
Try one of these specials with your breakfast: The Political Teen follows the story of Robert Novak pulling a Lester Maddox on Carville.Right Wing Nut House discovers that war is hell. Michelle Malkin found questions for Air America and the
7:40 am [ Quote ]
CNN Suspends Novak After He Walks Off Set
CNN Suspends Novak After He Walks Off Set (AP)
Robert Novak, whose revelation of a CIA office…
8:05 am [ Quote ]
Dawn Patrol
Some of these are from yesterday’s lost patrol IRAQ Monday—[Michael Yon – freelance journalist in Iraq] Mosul, Iraq The three most dangerous places in Iraq are Baghdad, Mosul, and Al Anbar province. While most of Iraq is functioning…
9:28 am [ Quote ]
What really made me laugh was how Henry kept right on going like Novak wasn’t getting up and leaving.I didn’t see the entire interview and I’m curious on how it ended.
11:17 am [ Quote ]
Carville is a dick at the best of times, but Novak taking his ball and going home just makes him out to be a crybaby. This is the kind of crap these guys face every day and Novak has handled far worse.
Perhaps he was just bailing out before the Plame Blame Game started.
11:18 am [ Quote ]
Novak Suspended
You can see a clip of the incident at The Political Teen.
11:32 am [ Quote ]
The Political Teen????
Shouldn’t you change that to the Right Wing Whack-Jobs? Why does everyone have to be so opposite? The war-mongering is nothing but a battle for the dwindling oil reserves…..that will certainly lead to the “end of the world as we know it”. the current administration all need to be brought up on charges…..anyone notice the approval rating drop into the 30’s? You are a declining voice….enjoy what time you have “left” in the spotlight!
2:10 pm [ Quote ]
CNN Suspends Novak After He Walks Off Set
2:58 pm [ Quote ]
[...] I don’t understand why everyone is abuzz about Bob Novak’s supposed “meltdown” on CNN last night. I watched the video, and although he said a Word of Curse, he didn’t seem terribly agitated. [...]
5:14 pm [ Quote ]
Bob Novak has lost his mind…
In case you haven’t heard, Bob Novak uttered a profanity during Thursday’s edition of CNN’s Crossfire and promptly walked off the set. ...
7:23 pm [ Quote ]
Who was the liberal on Fox News who totally lost it on the air a few months back? Started shouting down his opponent, yelling “You’re a liar! It’s all lies! Stop telling lies you liar!” and so forth?
This “outburst” was nothing compared to that one. novak was asked a question, the opponent simply felt free to talk right over him and drown him out, and the host of the show, rather than letting him speak, acted as though he was all done and proceeded to ask Carville a new question.
I’d be pretty pissed off too. it was bullshit.
7:37 pm [ Quote ]
Novak is sweating it because he might get Karl Rove fired again!
7:49 pm [ Quote ]
About damn time. Novak didn’t snap, he just simply couldn’t put up with anymore crap. Sitting there with Carville making fun of you on CNN would do it to me. Novak is just trying to have a civil conversation and Carville has to belittle him. Novak had every right to do that.
8:23 pm [ Quote ]
thanks for the video link. when did the divorce from reality come through? b***shit is not a swear word? Carville had it coming? you hypocrites must not for shame complain about ‘demo whining’ after you righties all went berserk about the cursing director on the DNC convention broadcast. pure hypocricy. typical.
8:24 pm [ Quote ]
thanks for the video link. when did the divorce from reality come through? b***shit is not a swear word? Carville had it coming? you hypocrites must not for shame complain about ‘demo whining’ after you righties all went berserk about the cursing director on the DNC convention broadcast. where’s your ‘civil dialogue’ now, hypocrites?
9:27 pm [ Quote ]
i applaude novac but i think he would have done us all a great favor if—-uuhhh nevermind ,but some one needs to shut carville up
11:59 pm [ Quote ]
I watched the Political Teen video and was rather surprised how the “meltdown” actually went down. It appeared that Novak was guilty of thinking out loud when he made the” bulls***” comment in response to Carville’s quip, and may well have been cracking under pressure that had already been mounting due to earlier scrapes with the media.
Surprisingly, none of these scrapes were the occasion for his slip of the tongue, however; the subject for discussion at the time of the incident was Katherine Harris’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate. It was also remarkable that after letting the profanity fly, he rather calmly pled with the host to “let it go.” That made it all the more odd when he walked off the set, which almost appeared to be distinct incident from the cursing. Though I’m sure he was less than enamored with Carville at the time, it almost looked like Novak may have been more upset at himself for the way he responded to Carville and that he left the set to collect his thoughts and ponder why he allowed himself to respond in the way he did.
I don’t say this by way of apologizing for or excusing Novak’s behavior; I think it goes to show that we are all vulnerable to giving vent to what our minds are thinking without considering the consequences. I have no doubt that James Carville has pulled himself up short of saying something on his mind that would have gotten him in trouble; yet again, that is no excuse for Mr. Novak. I do not applaud Novak as others in this forum have; as in the incident with our Vice President, he should have been in better control of his faculties.
12:17 am [ Quote ]
Yeah, I have to agree with you. Seems Novak’s just getting old. I’ve watched Bob Novak on everything from “The Capital Gang” to “Crossfire” (I’ve lamented the cancellation of both by CNN and wondered at the fact the best replacement programming Rupert Murdoch can think of is “Anderson Cooper 360”), and the man has never lost his cool, even when confronted by far more insulting and directly confrontational comments. I think the culprit here is likely not Bob Novak’s temper, but his ancientness.
12:56 am [ Quote ]
James Car(vile) ooops I mean Carville is perhaps the most repugnant, ill informed untruthful person that I have had the misfortune to have come over my airwaves…..Good for Novak, unfortunately he let his human side show.
In the world in which we live, being PC is the only thing that matters not the truth.
1:26 am [ Quote ]
Bob Novak was a disgrace to this country long before his child like blow up on crossfire.Anyone that would print the name of a cia agent like he did is guilty of treason. He s a loser even if he is rich.Money will never make him a man.Hope he never returns.
1:32 am [ Quote ]
They should give him an award for going this long without saying anything off-color while enduring Carville’s putrid comments all these years.
Personally, I prefer “horse-shit”. It’s more descriptive and used less often.
“Sounds like the same olde horseshit to me, James!”
8:43 am [ Quote ]
oh thats priceless
9:00 pm [ Quote ]
I really thought all of you Wing Nuts were for “family values” and decency and morality and blah-blah-blah. Yet, everytime one of your boys can’t stand a little criticism and gets hot under the collar they pop off with an “F you!” or bull sh#t or call the other person an a&&hole (Wolfowitz, Cheney, and the President himself have all popped off like this).
It’s like my dad always said, “Profanity is a strong expression of a weak mind.” Obviously, couldn’t think of any reasonable way to defend his position.
As for James Carvelle being a “goober,” it seems that at least one prominent person from your side of the aisle would vehemently disagree—his wife, Mary Matlin, a chief political strategist for Bush 41.
Oh, yeah . . . I almost forgot . . . When Paul Hackett said the President was an S.O.B, remember that his statement was preceded by his pledge to serve his country in the military, regardless. And remember, he spent a year in Fallujah (which, incidentally almost as much time as GWB has spent on vacation over the past four years.
7:53 am [ Quote ]
Novak is a blustering, cowardly dork who serves best by taking his dumb pouting puss and lame brain sophmoric attitudes off air. Praise the Lord for this divine intervention.
11:07 am [ Quote ]
Although I agree with the spirit of what Reality Czech is saying, I’d like to throw out a challenge to people on both sides of the aisle.
I do not agree with Novak. Never have as far as I can recall. And obviously there are a number of people out there who disagree with James Carvelle. The fact is, political disagreements are a fact of life.
Here’s the challenge . . . can we try to raise the level of political discourse above name calling and bickering. I’ve seen a number of personal jabs at the speech patterns and appearance of the two men on that show. I’ve seen similar comments on other sites, coming from both sides of the aisle. I have yet to see a single instance where calling Novak a “frog-faced drunk” or comparing Carvelle to “Boomhauer” has shed any light on the soundness (or lack thereof) of either side’s policiy positions.
Politics has become a game of verbal one-upmanship and territorial pissing. When will we actually start talking about what is best for this country, what policies are in all of our best interest?
just a though . . . or two . . .
4:43 pm [ Quote ]
In case anyone fails to see, Novak is a bad man. He placed Ms. Plume, and any number of operatives associated with her, in peril of their lives with the help of Karl Rove. He was a willing participant in an illegal action. Why he is still out on the streets and able to say BS on TV is beyond me. As far as I’m concerned, every word that Novak utters is BS. He deserves to be suspended more for walking off than saying a mild expletive. Grow up, Robert, and take responsibility for your actions!
8:24 pm [ Quote ]
I love the open two-way communication on this site. Scary to have an opinion other than “Liberals are bad!!”... huh?
8:07 am [ Quote ]
Novak-what a pissed off crybaby. Kind of like this entire website. I guess in Republican world it’s all about who gets the most upset, gets the biggest sound bite, has the biggest wallet, throws the hardest punch. What ever happened to debate and substance? Or the pursuit of truth? Hey, don’t confuse me with the facts they don’t sell…
8:08 pm [ Quote ]
Bravo, Crystal!
The key words in what you said are “two-way communication”. Although, it’s not clear that ny opinion other than “liberals are bad” is kosher on this site, I must say that for the most part, I have been disappointed in the comments made by “liberals”—until you spoke up.
The whole point of my earlier post is that there seems to be little true dialogue. Name-calling on both sides of the aisle is not productive. Thank you for cutting through this BS so succinctly.
8:08 pm [ Quote ]
you can’t have a rational discussion with a conservative because they’re insanely stupid. Better to just stick a rifle up their arse an pull the trigger.
Better yet, since young puke boy that owns this site says he’s a teen supporter of the republicans, I hope to god he’s already got his name down for infantry training as soon as he graduates. You lot wanted the war now go fight the fu.c.king thing Chickenhawks
6:19 am [ Quote ]
Novak is a traitor and a typical righty say the lie louder and louder and you will get some brainless morons to believe it, Nohing more then a party Hack. all you brainless right wingers need treatment for some of you all it wold be is a minor surgical proceedure in fact the only surgical tool needed is a large pry bar. It doesnt even bother you that your President has not won an election yet Kerry 48% Diebold 52% in 2000 it even worse Gore 51% diebold kathryn Harris and George bush 49% you dont care about truth and you vote against your best interest unless you are very rich. You are perfectly happy with huge tax cuts for the oil companies who are screwing every american daily so that you can take the food stamps away from the poor, Your president is a fucking Liar who has sent 1800 of our american youth to the grave so that Cheneys company can defraud the american tax payer out of billions of bucks, Guess what Haliburtons Profits are up 280% How stupid can you people be. I would highly suggest that you morons seperate from the rest of the country the Blue states that pays 70% of the federal income taxes and form your own country you can call it moronia and you can go ahead and invade any country that you want to. you can even call King george Mien furer, see it will work out fine We get the statue of Liberty you get Dollywood, We get Harvard Yale cal tech and you get Mississippi State, We get thr whole west and east cost you get Oklahoma, Texas and all the former slave states. We get great beaches you get stupid thought (santoram, Delay, Cunningham, Bush looks like you get all the crooked bastards too enjoy
Enjoy morons
12:38 am [ Quote ]
[...] Sure looks that way…today he blew up at James Carville after a fairly innocuous statement, exclaiming “That’s bull**it”, and walked off the set of Inside Politics. An indefinite suspension by CNN followed (don’t cry too much, though; Novak’s wealth is the stuff of legend)… [...]
9:18 pm [ Quote ]
I see the “Political Weeny” has decided to quit censoring voices who speak out about the crimes of Dubya. Checked the direction of the wind didja?
It just h=gets better and better!! LOL
Yer damn rights! You all need to run as fast and as far away from this administration as you can, even leaving behind anyone who might remember you ever backed it. Bad things are in store for those of you who insist on hanging with the traitor right up to the end. Treason, War Crimes, Lying To Congress, Lying To a Grand Jury…oh Baby
8:23 am [ Quote ]
It is because of people like you, people who get their political beliefs from radio talk shows, that this country is going straight to hell. We all have to reap what you are sowing. You are an embarrassment to real Americans.
1:55 pm [ Quote ]
Hmmm…looks like this string started 08/04, and from the last comment on 08/07 to today, contains exclusively “liberal” cracks—I don’t think they really deserve to be called “commentary,” do you?—most of which consist mainly of name-calling, blaming, and attacks. Goodness, can you say “vituperation”? How about “overgeneralization?” I ask you: May we receive nothing more enlightening than the above from those of you espousing (it would seem) secular humanist viewpoints? I am serious: I’m also still laughing—at Mike’s Aug. 13 diatribe (though I don’t think the humor was intended). Mike, if you ever choose a different “handle,” you could do worse than forewarn your readers by picking something descriptive, like Polemics King, or perhaps Punctuation Challenged. (Sorry—I’m an editor. Can’t help myself.) I especially enjoyed the thoughtful and creative suggestion that all “rightys” move to Moronia (cap. added). Since you seemed to be stuck there at the moment, Mike, could we get directions?
5:04 pm [ Quote ]
[...] This isn’t the first time the word ‘bullshit’ was muttered on CNN. [...]