It's a seven question quiz that identifies how much you support...

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....Bob Turd Face Novak!

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From sfweekly.com
Originally published by SF Weekly 2005-08-10
©2005 New Times, Inc. All rights reserved.

I Spy a Bullshit Columnist
In your top-secret heart of hearts, are you a Bob Novak supporter? Take quiz, find out.
By Matt Palmquist


Syndicated political columnist and noted conservative Robert Novak -- who has written "Inside Report" for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1966, formerly with late colleague Rowland Evans -- has been at the center of the Washington scandal known as the "Valerie Plame affair" since his column in July 2003, in which he effectively outed her as a CIA agent. The wife of administration critic and former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson, Plame had suggested her husband for the job of investigating whether Iraq was trying to buy yellowcake uranium to make nuclear weapons. After President Bush's spurious remarks in the State of the Union address about Iraq's uranium aspirations, Wilson went public with his report that he had found no evidence in Iraq to support the claim. Novak's column -- which critics in both political parties decried as a possible breach of national security -- followed a short while later, and now he and scores of other journalists and administration officials are the subject of a federal grand jury probe and special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's still-churning investigation. Novak, 74, citing the advice of his lawyers, has steadfastly refused to name his sources or explain himself in light of accusations that he was manipulated into printing the column by vengeful Bush adviser Karl Rove. Are you an apologist for Bob Novak? Take our quiz and find out!


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1) A couple of weeks ago, Novak was suspended from CNN after walking off the set of Inside Politics and using an on-camera "barnyard epithet" in response to James Carville. The pair were discussing the Senate candidacy of former Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, when Carville said of Novak: "He's got to show these right-wingers that he's got a backbone, you know. It's why the Wall Street Journal editorial page is watching you. Show 'em that you're tough." Novak said, "Well, I think that's bullshit, and I hate that," then walked off. What did you make of the incident?

A) It just doesn't add up! Really, who'da thunk the continued television appearances of a political pundit could possibly be compromised by his central role in an ongoing federal investigation by a White House-appointed special prosecutor?

B) Wait, what the hell is Inside Politics? Is it like Crossfire, only without the obnoxious bow-tie guy? It sounds more like high school.

C) The true tragedy of all this, of course, is that we lose Bob Novak's important, nasal voice. Gosh, if only there were another right-wing mouthpiece somewhere out there, who could make the rounds of afternoon talk shows that nobody watches and speak badly of Howard Dean ....

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How to score:

Score zero points for every "A" answer, one point for every "B," and two points for every "C."

0-6 points: Hey, was it Evans or Novak who died? I can't tell just by looking ....

7-10 points: What ever happened to treason, anyway? Do they still arrest people for that?

11-14 points: You are a true Bob Novak apologist. And, no, Mrs. Novak, we hadn't read his column in years either.




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