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Robert Novak

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Robert Novak was an American columnist renowned for his political analysis and commentary. Born on February 26, 1931, he passed away on August 18, 2009. Novak was respected for his in-depth political insights and his career spanned over half a century.

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“It is hard to write about politicians, see them at such close range, and still think of any of them as heroes.”

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“Howard Dean is not the first politician to distort facts in his own interests. But many activists in the party he now leads are puzzled over what he thinks he is accomplishing politically. Is it good politics to contend that Iraq was better off under Saddam Hussein than even a flawed Islamic republic.”

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“Gary Hart is going to be all over the political spectrum fuzzing it up just like Jack Kennedy.”

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“The member of Congress who is not making a career of politics looks quite differently at the world.”

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“I was kind of feeling a spiritual need all those years. My wife Geraldine and I went to an Episcopalian Church for a while. Oh, it just seemed very political to me that a guy so liberal was talking about opposing the war in Vietnam and I didn't want to hear that when I went to church. I wanted something spiritual.”

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“I'm 72-years-old. There's not a hell of a lot they can do to me. I will continue to report what I see and what I feel to be true.”

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“With nearly two years remaining in his presidency, George W. Bush is alone. In half a century, I have not seen a president so isolated from his own party in Congress - not Jimmy Carter, not even Richard Nixon as he faced impeachment. Republicans in Congress do not trust their president to protect them.”

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“If Communism goes, I've still got the U.S. House of Representatives.”

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“It is up to the government to keep the government's secrets.”

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“The whole new Democratic Party is the old Republican Party. We have a whole bunch of elephants running around in donkey's clothes.”

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“Always love your country - but never trust your government!”

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“Where once such devices were relegated to appropriate times, now they've become necessities. The other day I watched a kid come off the school bus listening to music on his headphones, oblivious to the traffic zooming past him. And I can't even begin to count the times I've thought pet owners were talking to their dogs while taking them for a walk when, in reality, they were blabbing on their cell phones. It's a different level of use than we've seen in the past, ... It's becoming more of a full-day listening experience as opposed to just when you're jogging.”

“CNN canceled all the shows I was on. They're going in a different direction, but that's their privilege. They own the business.”

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“Even after the Rosenthal column, nobody responsible in the Republican Party said, 'Yes, Pat Buchanan is an anti-Semite.' They didn't join in. Very few journalists joined in. What happened was, when he entered the presidential politics, then he entered a new level of criticism and attack on him.”

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“He was my favorite senator... I love him. He made the liberals squeal.”

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Born: February 26, 1931
Died: August 18, 2009
Known for: Columnist
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