Robert Novak Celebrates 45 Years As A Columnist

Robert Novak, "Prince of Darkness" and exposer of state secrets, celebrates today his 45 years as a columnist (going back to the "Evans & Novak" days):

On May 15, 1963, Rowland Evans and I published our first column. That makes today the 45th anniversary (the first 30 years under the Evans & Novak byline) of the nation's current longest-running syndicated political column.

Until his death Feb. 27, William F. Buckley Jr. had written the longest-running syndicated political column, his beginning 13 months before ours. Buckley was a conservative icon and political leader whose column was not the most important of his many endeavors. I am merely a journalist whose principal activity the past 45 years has been writing a column based on reporting. Evans and I determined that each column would contain previously unpublished information, and I still attempt that. Rowly, who died in 2001, called it "intersecting the lines of communication," through the tricks of a reporter's trade but also leaks.

Novak's celebratory retrospective can be read in its entirety here, or you can read more about Novak on the Huffington Post here, but in honor of this milestone, feel free to share your favorite Bob Novak story or column in the comments below.

Comments

[Gary47]

The headline is an insult to true columnists everywhere. He's no columnist. He's a right-wing propagandist.

[wm1066]

His legacy is that he is a traitor, he can't change that. Even he can see the distaste people have for him. He will die a bitter old man who got away with being a traitor to America. Any good he ever did is overshadowed by his failure as an citizen. Look for him to becoming more and more unhinged.

[mellene]

It's good that he has 45 years behind him, as he'd never survive if he was starting out today. His participation in the outting of Valerie Wilson should have been enough to have him indicted along with Scooter. But I guess our prez would have commuted his sentence, too.

[Dissident Dexter]

Treasonous piece of sh*t

[hilaritee]

when is the anniversary of his being a traitor? that one slips my mind......valerie plame will remember.

[ergoth]

if there is any justice in this world he will die a slow and painful death.

[ann1]

Does this mean he gets to retire now.......please

[BobHanssen]

Self congratulation is never attractive.

[NABNYC]

Redlined version: [additions are in brackets]: "Robert Novak celebrates 45 years as a columnist." Add: [Nation Laughs] or [Nation Mourns Death of Journalism] or [Nation Yawns]; or [footnote: Robert Novak used to be called a "journalist" during the dark ages of the Bush regime, but was stripped of the title after disclosure that he was actually just a stenographer for the neocons].

[ReelBusy]

ahhh 30 years of bullshit and propaganda.
Thank you for the lies Robert.

[grannysharp]

After reading these comments almost feel sorry for Novak, he has been used by the Bush administration and now is abused here in these comments.

[TommyBobama]

He can probably handle it. He might even get a kick out of being a red meat thread on HuffPo.

[Wanjiru]

"Robert Novak Celebrates 45 Years As A Columnist"
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...operating word: "Celebrates"

...question: Why?

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[Tomlastliberalleft]

Traitor....nothing more to say.

[wayoutleft]

and he was the first of the '50's era types (among lippman, reston, witcover, et al.) to become a creepy old ghoul. i'll never forget his guest shot playing himself on "charmed".

[filo]

Why wasn't he and Scooter and Cheney and the rest charged with treason.

If this happened under a Democratic administration the Republiturds woul be calling for their heads.