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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Mission to 18th and K

The decision of a 66 year old pedestrian to splay himself across the innocent windshield of columnist Robert Novak’s Corvette convertible on July 23, 2008 was made routinely, at a low level of intellectual consideration and attention, without the columnist’s knowledge. Remarkably, this produced a firestorm of media attention that has yet to subside.

Witnesses’ reports that Novak drove directly into the pedestrian, who was crossing on the “Walk” signal, that the pedestrian was splayed across the windshield involuntarily, as a result of being struck by Novak’s vehicle, and that Novak then drove away from the scene of the hit-and-run until a witness on a bicycle chased Novak, having to repeatedly block his vehicle to prevent Novak’s attempts to escape from the scene were highly unlikely, regarded by the columnist as less than definitive, and it is doubtful that Novak ever saw him. Certainly officers on 18th Street did not, before they arrived at the downtown address, attributing Novak’s behavior to “reckless driving” and issuing a $50 citation.

That witnesses reports relied on the reports of a bicycle riding, knapsack wearing, possibly liberal and environmentalist lawyer made Novak’s mission, moments earlier, the basis of unhinged Democratic accusations of “hitting a 66-year old man who was legally crossing the street” and “driving away after an accident victim was spread across the hood of your car”, though these accusations were apparently forgotten by the time Novak was faced with reporters at the scene, and in response to their questions, tersely spoke.

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Can’t wait to see what these Dems will do to reform the No Creditor Left Behind Bankruptcy Law. Will it authorize even higher fees and interest rates, and give creditors more power to hound debtors to hell and back again?

Too bad for him he wasn’t driving a dark navy SUV with darkened windows. No one would have seen anysink, or dared mention it if they had.

The bicyclist who stopped busy and insistent traffic on K Street to help the injured man deserves a medal. Mr. Novak almost certainly deserves more than a failure to yield. How about leaving the scene of an accident for starters? And why (apparently) no alcohol/drug test? This is an unusual accident, a more unusual “explanation” and DC is full of all night events at which liquor (and reportedly drugs) are frequently served.