Robert Novak in Hospital with Broken Hip

[doxieone]

He fell after the debate this week.

No link yet. (Will look)

This was mentioned on the Saturday morning 'gal show' on CNN a few minutes ago.

(EDIT)

Link


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1822-2004Oct1.html

Slipped in shower

[trumad]

1. The old man's first step to hell!

[skooooo]

30. LOL..

i'm just glad we won't have to hear is lies for awhile

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Does this mean

we don't have to watch or hear him on CNN for a while?

[yankeedem]

3. Thats what happens

When you spin too hard....

Get better soon, No Facts, wouldn't want you to be incapacitated, we won't be able to see you frogmarched into prison.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. my mom broke her hip... no way will he be mobile by tuesday...

[liberalmuse]

5. Bush was right! This is 'hard work'!

I'm trying to drum up some sympathy for Novak, but I'm getting nothing. Does this make me a bad person?

[RoBear]

7. If you are, so am I

I'm not even going to TRY to whip up and sympathy. I agree with the "first step in hell" comment above.

[Rose Siding]

17. I briefly considered regretting this e-mail. Does that count?

....as sympathy? I read a piece of Novak's debate "blog":

snip>
Kerry's bad habit
Posted: 9:24 p.m. ET

Rules were supposed to prevent cutaway shots, but Fox has ignored them. Kerry is shown nodding his head when Bush talks -- not a good habit.

Bush picks up pace
Posted: 9:22 p.m. ET

Bush picking up pace as he gets going. Kerry says Bush diverted forces from Gen. Tommy Franks in Afghanistan, which Franks in his memoir denies.

Kerry 'looked snide'
Posted: 9:18 p.m. ET

Kerry looked snide in chucklng, "where do you want me to be begin" when asked to list Bush's mistakes.

Bush opening statement
Posted: 9:12 p.m. ET

Bush looked like he had a temporary brainlock when he started but he recovered and got in the flow.

Kerry opening statement
Posted: 9:09 p.m. ET

Kerry opens by pandering to Florida.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/blog/09/30/novak.blog/
end snip>

And I sent him this:

Blogging must be harder than it looks. In fact:

"...no doubt about it, it's tough. It's hard work. It's incredibly hard.

It's-and it's hard work. I understand how hard it is....It is hard work.

...You know, it's hard work.....It's hard work.

Understand how hard it is..."

[doxieone]

6. PS They also said he would be typing his column from...

his hospital bed.

[MallRat]

8. Did his hip "crack from sadness?"

:eyes:

[doxieone]

10. Not saying it is so, but it is known alcohol use and bone density

are related.

I think i have read that too much alcohol = too less bone density = increased potential for broken bones.

[readmylips]

9. Good For Him!....

Big accomplishment.

[doxieone]

11. First Clinton, then Blair have health problems...

Now Novak.

It's time for another health-related event I say. (I am potentially 'on call' related to Cheney's health.)

[DU9598]

12. karma

all i will say about this

[dolo amber]

13. ......

[Coventina]

15. ROFL!

:thumbsup:

[Mel]

14. At least he has insurance

unlike the 45 million Americans who don't And he won't have to worry about his house being taken either. So, it's one less spinning traitor on CNN cry me a river....NOT

[MUSTANG_2004]

16. And you're paying for it

He's 65+ (I think he's over 70) so is covered by Medicare.

[Mel]

21. sure but I bet he also

has a health policy where he won't have to give up his house like my Great Grandmother did when she broke her hip and finally had to be put in a rest home.

Course, if I don't have a job due to the Bush* economy I'm one of the' lucky duckies' not paying taxes for Novak's Medicare. ;)

[JI7]

18. i hope he gets well

i read somewhere else that it's very painful. but i'm hoping he can get well soon.

[Carolab]

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[flordehinojos]

19. He fell at 5:30 in the morning. They did surgery in the afternoon at

Doctor's Hospital in Coral Gables. I, once fell and broke my arm as I was leaving class at FAU sometime ago. I was not able to get up on my own, as my arm did not have the strength to push me up. I wonder, did Novak have to lay in the shower for a while 'till someone missed him and got to him? or, was there someone with him who could have assisted him in calling 911 and the ambulance as soon as he fell?
If my broken arm was enough to keep me on the floor until someone assisted me up .... i am sure his broken hip must have been more than enough to keep novak down until someone helped him unto the gourney.

:)

[donsu]

20. a broken hip won't stop him from going to prison

traitor

[PurityOfEssence]

22. Doesn't he have to be destroyed now? He's no good for stud.

The world will always need glue.

[Artemis Bunyon]

23. There is a God.

x

[Mz Pip]

24. Broken hips used to be

death sentences. My grandmother died after breaking her hip. She was hospitalized and then pneumonia set in which was a pretty common occurance years ago. It's still seriously unpleasant. They have to be careful about blood clots, too.

I hope he has some drug induced revelation that his views are seriously f*cked.

MzPip
:dem:

[HereSince1628]

46. Hip replacements can still kill the elderly

Last week one of my co-workers lost his grandmother...she was hospitalized for about 2 weeks after falling and breaking the pelvis just a month after recovering from hip replacement.

I believe Novak has dirty hands re Plame and other partisan issues, but I'll add my voice to those who hope to keep an opponent we love to hate.

Please Get Well NoFacts I can't wait to see you as an anti-Kerry administration pundit.

[NJGeek]

25. There IS justice in the world. <eom>

[GalleryGod]

26. Anything to avoid the Perp Walk

eom

[Kolesar]

27. yeah, how are they going to "frog march" a guy on crutches? ... eom

Two typos. I must be excited

[MADem]

28. You hit the nail on the head

Of course, that won't prevent a "perp roll." One arresting officer can push, whilst the other walks alongside....

[LibertyorDeath]

29. How old is the fucker?

:) There's always hope.

[shraby]

31. Was he going to be subpoened to

testify against the white house?

[LibertyorDeath]

45. Not sure but they could still take his testimony

Just wheel him in on the stretcher. :)

[Moderator]

32. Fair warning from Moderator

This thread is a duplicate of an earlier thread. It was locked for numerous personal attacks and bad form ( wishing Novak harm or death, which is unacceptable)

This thread will be locked too if the same type of discussion occurs.

[RareLubbockDem]

33. we all wish him the best

we're above being hateful. Leave that to the other side.

[WhiteTara]

34. Frankly I delighted I don't have to look at his traitor face and

since CNN wouldn't take him off the air, I am glad to see
Mother did.

[Swamp Rat]

35. !

[Bluebear]

36. Maybe the liberated Iraqis will send chocolates and flowers.

nt

[ArnoldLayne]

37. He should have broken his neck

the traitor.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

38. Actually he suffered a fractured skull

His doctors couldn't tell the difference between his wrinkly old ass and his poor excuse for a face.

[Militant_Left]

39. When the revolution comes, this will be the least of his worries...

the revolutionaries know who is on their side and who is not...they also know who fits with them, and who doesn't.

Don't worry about your hip Novak...it is the least of your worries.

[Zhade]

40. Too bad it wasn't his treasonous neck.

Gee, was that harsh?

Too fucking bad, you lurking Freeper cowards. The man betrayed America by being Rove's willing tool. And you fucking know it, too. You just can't admit it, because you're too chickenshit to deal with reality.

This couldn't have happened to a more deserving person. FUCK NOVAK. May his recovery be long and painful.

[doxieone]

41. Say goodbye to the thread folks.

You guys are killing it.

[FDRrocks]

42. Not-so-Instant Karma got him n/t

[sofa king]

43. Well, there's the first right wing talking head to "spin out."

Sorry, Bob, but you had it coming.

See you in prison.

[dave123williams]

44. I wonder if his health plan covers a broken soul?

[SkipNewarkDE]

47. All that spinning for a man of his age has its hazards

This idiot was doing some Category 4 level spinning after the debate, it is now wonder he spun so hard he broke a hip.

[SkipNewarkDE]

48. On second thought...

I am agnositc, but seeing this happen so soon after Novak shamelessly defending Bush's debate performance, and with the recent spate of hurricanes through Florida, maybe there IS a GOD and maybe HE IS punishing those that elected this moron.

[riverwalker]

49. the flower fund update

so far our DU collection for Bob's flowers includes the lintball, the melted Tums, the Michelob bottle cap, a Mexico peso from vacation, a bus token and a gum wrapper. I'll continue to keep ya posted.

[cleofus1]

50. i know! i know!

someone's gonna say what a low life i am but...

too bad he did not fall on his bald head...

i hate that guy....grrrrrrrrr!

[despairing optimist]

51. Am I supposed to feel sorry?

Hate to disappoint anyone. I don't. He is a principal player in the commission of a possible federal felony in blowing Valerie Plame's cover. His hip was merely displaying good taste somewhat delayed.