Much has been said about Bob Novak’s walking off the CNN set last week. I watched the segment and found a transcript:
Ed Henry says, "Katherine Harris made a name for herself during the Florida recount in the 2000 presidential race. She was then Florida secretary of state. She went on to the House of Representatives. Now she wants to move to the Senate. Today she got the news the speaker of the Florida House won't challenge her. In the meantime, Harris is blaming unnamed names for tarnishing her image by doctoring her makeup with Photoshop, the computer program. Bob Novak, have you been investigating this makeup story?"
NOVAK: A couple points here. In the first place, don't be too sure she's going to lose. All the establishment is against her, and I've seen these Republican anti-establishment candidates who do pretty well. Ronald Reagan? I guarantee you the establishment wasn't for him. She might get elected.
CARVILLE: (interrupting)
NOVAK: Just let me finish what I'm going to say, James, please. I know you hate to hear me, but --
CARVILLE: He's got to show these right-wingers that he's got backbone, you know? The editorial pages are watching you, show them you're tough.
NOVAK: I think that's bull (bleep) and I hate that. Just let it go.
Novak was trying to answer a question in regard to Katherine Harris, and James Carville interrupts and issues a personal attack toward Novak. This has not been the first time Novak has taken personal hits on CNN. Rush Limbaugh remembers this:
I remember I interviewed Novak some years ago for an issue of The Limbaugh Letter, and I said to him, point-blank, I said, "Bob, you know, a lot of people who watch the program who are conservative," talking about Capitol Gang in this case, because it was Novak against Mark Shields, Mark Maxi Shields, Al Hunt, and they usually had some liberal babe, be it Margaret Carlson or somebody else, and it was always three against one, and they were insulting Novak and making fun of him; Prince of Darkness stuff and so forth, and he'd just sit there and laugh at it -- and I said, "A lot of conservatives wish you'd fight back at some of that stuff but you sit there and take it, and I know you're friends with these people and they're probably just razzing you but you never dish it back and so forth."
It is a wonder why Novak put up with so much crap from the Communist News Network. And Limbaugh notes that CNN past viewer’s have not been has tolerant:
I think this story, this Novak story walking off of Crossfire, I think it illustrates the huge disconnect between the mainstream press and the people who watch CNN. Because most people have been asking for 20 years, "What the hell is Bob Novak doing there, and why didn't he walk off sooner?" He's put up with all kinds of BS from other people on this program. He's been insulted; he's been laughed at -- not only on this show, but on the Capitol Gang. I mean, when is CNN going to apologize for the way it covers news these days? When is CNN going to apologize to its viewers for losing viewers?
And Limbaugh also reacts to those who have tried to charge this was about Valerie Plame:
But after I don't know how long he's been on this show, 15, 20 years, however long it is, all I know is there's nothing in there about Valerie Plame, and Ed Henry hasn't said anything about Valerie Plame at this point to cause Novak to split the scene.
If you don’t want to believe Limbaugh, then go back to the above transcript. The lady being discussed was Katherine Harris. What this episode tells us is that jerks like James Carville cannot discuss issues, so they issue personal attacks. What this tells us is that MSM outlets such as CNN have little respect for the conservative viewpoint.
