Robert Novak Dissembles Twice In One Sentence About His Hillary/Obama "Smear" Column
November 21, 2007 -- 12:09 PM EST // //
Let's have a little fun with perennial buffoon Robert Novak.
As you all know, Novak published over the weekend a laughably thin column alleging that "agents" of Hillary Clinton possess explosive information about Barack Obama -- but that Camp Hillary had decide not to release that info. The column sparked a furious exchange between the two campaigns, and critics far and wide denounced Novak for running such a thinly sourced item.
Well, today Novak has published another column on the controversy. And in it, he manages to fib twice in one sentence about his earlier column. Here's the key excerpt (via e-mail only):
Obama reacted with a sharp statement against Clinton's attacks, and Clinton responded with an accusation of Republican dirty tricks."Clinton's attacks," Novak states as fact. But Bob, there were no attacks from Clinton. There were only rumors of attacks from Clinton's "agents," and the nature of them wasn't even detailed.
Also note Novak's claim that the Hillary camp responded with an accusation of "Republican dirty tricks." This is a slick little ruse -- in reality, the Clinton campaign directly attacked Novak by name -- twice.
Oh, well. Novak is a colossal dissembler. And he's still awarded credibility by Beltway insiders, many of whom spent literally days discussing his blind item with a startling level of deference. I don't have any idea why this is.
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