Novak: Mrs. Kerry's Secrecy

[Cocoa]

Novak seems to be making a career out of attacking his opponents via their wives.


http://www.townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/rn200404...

WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Kerry, having escaped intact a one-hour grilling by NBC's Tim Russert on "Meet the Press" Sunday, slipped in the closing minutes. When asked why his multi-millionaire wife was not making public her tax returns, he misinterpreted the law and the facts. He can only hope voters regard this as arcane trivia.

Three days before her husband's first full-length televised interview since he clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, Teresa Heinz Kerry became the first would-be first lady to refuse disclosure since the practice became common. Kerry told Russert the law required him but not his wife to reveal tax returns, when in fact there is no such law. He is voluntarily disclosing the information, and Mrs. Kerry is not.

This becomes politically critical, because no previous presidential candidate relied so much on his spouse's wealth. Without backing from Heinz ketchup money, it is fair to say John Kerry would not be his party's presidential standard-bearer and probably would not even be a U.S. senator today. Thus, refusal to release his wife's tax returns inevitably raises suspicions, however ill-founded, that the Kerrys have something to hide.

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[KissMyAsscroft]

1. When is this guy going to jail?

When will this traitor CIA-outing coward be put in shackles?

[stellanoir]

2. why the heck is this idiot Novak getting any attention

whatsoever, when he's guilty of criminally exposing a CIA agent. It's just reprehensible.

[Cocoa]

4. they don't want to attract attention

Of course, you're obviously right, Novak's career should have ended immediately. I think they're all very scared of this story, and they figure to fire him would just give the story more legs.

But am I imagining things, or could they be phasing him out. It seems I haven't seen him as much on TV lately. Not sure...

[sjgman9]

9. Bust Bob Novak!

He was on washington journal on cspan recently. a quarter of his questions were about the CIA leak. I think he's a fucking treasonous traitor who aided and abetted domestic terrorism

[Bullshot]

3. Look up the word "blowass" in a dictionary

and chances are, you'll see a picture of Robert Novak next to the word.

[burythehatchet]

5. Robert Novak

Douchebag for LIberty

[polmaven]

6. Well, sure, except....

First, The Boston Globe, either today or yesterday, I forget, helpfully pointed out the Heinz donates megabucks to the Republicans and $0 to ANY Democrat.

Teresa has given the limit of $2000 to her husband, which I am sure was matched on the other side by Pickles. Actually, Heinz pickles probably found a way to do better than that to The Bush Campaign.

Yes, I'm sure she has many friends and family members whom she has persuaded to donate, and since the Bush family is so very poor and down-trodden, and all of their friends and family members are just eking by themselves, I guess that just isn't Fair and Balanced, huh?

I think Mr. Novak needs to be challenged to present some proof.

[jburton]

7. Novak doesn't like powerful women

who are married to powerful husbands

Theresa Heinz
Hilary Rodham
Vallery Plame

[rooboy]

8. When the issue is a guy's wife's tax records...

you know the republicans are screwed royally.

[Skittles]

10. they are freaking desperate

Lordy