Novak: McCain Camp May Have Used Me

Robert Novak thinks John McCain's campaign may have fed him falsities to drum up some press during Barack Obama's foreign tour.

Last night, he posted an item that got a lot of attention, saying a source told him McCain would announce his vice presidential choice this week. Now he's not so sure it's true.

"I got a suggestion from a very senior McCain aide that he was gonna announce it this week," Novak told Fox News. "And they suggested I put it out ... so I just put something on the internet."

"I since have been told by certain people that this was a dodge, trying to get a little publicity to rain on Obama's campaign," he said. "That's pretty reprehensible if it's true. But we'll find out in a few days."

So McCain has the rest of the week to decide: pick a VP or incur Novak's wrath.

The McCain campaign won't comment, but Marc Ambinder says aides are reacting "with amusement."

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[newszombie]

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[Jacksonian]

I love the wry headline: McCain Camp MAY Have Used Me? MAY? Rotflmao. He's joking, right? The Repugs MAY have used him? Wouldn't be the first time, won't be the last, eh, Bob? Is there such a charge as "conspiracy to commit treason on behalf of my good friend, the V.P.?" There should be. "MAY" have used him. LOLOLOLOLO­LOLOLOL...

[Donnat]

Novak angry that he can't out yet another government official

[the964kid]

Novak, once again proves he's a GOP pawn, even if sometimes unknowingly.

[stepintothelight]

He knows ....

[ErnestineBass]

Oooooooh, puhleeeeee­ze...Novak­'s been in the thick of the game for over five decades. He's never done ANYTHING "unknowingly", dear. How do you think a writer of his limited talent has managed to make the rent all these years? He's a sycophant pretending to be a "journalist". Always has been, always will be.

[lisakaz2]

Ya think? Maybe he's mad 'cause he wasn't in on it??? Nahhhh.

[GeoLee]

I love it when a willing partner complains about being used...esp­ecially one who so enjoyed going down to the bottom to aide and assist a treasonous act. Oh Bobby, we are soooooooooooooooo
unsympathetic ;-} You are such a stooge.

[NotMcCain]

Novak: "The McCain campaign may have used me to get their spin out."

Hahahahaha. You mean like Karl Rove and Stephen Hadley and Scooter Libby and Dick Cheney used you to get THEIR spin out ALL THROUGHOUT THE BUSH YEARS (you just got caught at it, finally, with the Plame episode)?

Novak's not a journalist. He knows he's just a right-wing shill--I guess he just thinks WE still don't know.

Again, he's WRONG.

[oafishcad]

Novak doesn't mind being a stooge for the GOP. He just likes knowing beforehand.

[11907281]

James, that's BS and you know it .... just keep going .... *exits stage right*

[nellieh]

I don't blame him for being pissed. Tht's the first time EVER he was fed bullshit by Republicans and printed it!

[DRaymond]

Stop the presses! I know for certain that McCain will announce his running mate next week, maybe not this next week but then certainly the next next week, or the next week after that, or certainly some sort of next week before the convention.

[Diplomacy]

You, Robert Novak, are an 'Old Tool'. And, a Fool.

Washed up! Your reputation preceeds you already!

Get another job, or RETIRE!

[neesy08]

did not work. obama reigns supreme

[unclesmedley]

Novak is also useful as a suppositor­y...

[SouthernYankeeBelle]

Hey thats funny

[Big0725]

Or toilet tissue!

[LeftLeanWing]

Can you really contemplate sticking a Novak up your @ss h o l e ?

[ErnestineBass]

I've always tended to think of Novak as being the end result of a suppository.

[BabsfromKS]

No Sh*t, Sherlock!

[gamoonbat]

Just warming up the leak machine for after the election, I guess.

[laylahb]

He actually said this on Fox?

[Yuma]

The W.POST.

[Cynth]

No worries, Novak. It's not as if we believe what you have to say, anyway.

[tbrnotb]

The man wouldn't know "reprehensible" if it dropped on his head.