What just happened on CNN?

[Still_Loves_John]

I wasn't really paying attention, but Bob Novak just said "I think that's bullshit," took off his mike and walked off. Now its just James Carville with a big grin on his face. What happened to make him so mad?

[Beetwasher]

1. Huh?

Seriously?

[gcole]

2. same here

I thought they were just chuckling and sparring back and forth. Didn't hear what Carville said just before Novak walked off.

[funkybutt]

3. hahaha!

I hope he loses his job.

Well done Carville! Let us know what he said to him!

Randi is talking about it NOW.

[NewInNewJ.]

4. I was totally shocked!

Had my back to the TV and heard him say it, when I turned around he was missing. If he doesn't lose his job after that, he never will.
I think the pressure of the Plame case is beginning to show.

[LittleClarkie]

Wait a minute

I buzzed past something this morning before going to the bank, when Novak was speaking, and someone tried to ask him about Plame, and he said his lawyers told him not to speak of it.

What were he and Carville doing? Some kind of joint appearance?

[formerrepuke]

5. If I stomped off whenever I encountered something I felt was "bullshit"

I'd be perpetually unemployed.

[deadparrot]

6. Apparently, talking about Katharine Harris' chances in FL. nt

[jus_the_facts]

7. more...more...MORE.....what'd James say to him????

:evilgrin:

[NewInNewJ.]

10. The commentator just

talking to James for the rest of the segment, acting as though nothing happened, but it look so funny with the empty chair beside James

[jus_the_facts]

15. dammit....sure wish I'd seen that....

....James always tells it like it is and the repercussions be damned!
Thanks!!! :hi:

[Up2Late]

17. I bet they caught it at The Daily Show, I have the feeling that they...

...have a TEVO running on ALL the Cable News Channels.

Unfortunately, they tape right about now, so this may have happened too late in the day for it to make tonight's show. :evilfrown:

[roguevalley]

21. cnn and crooks and liars has the link.

[Eric J in MN]

20. James Carville said something about Novak needing

to look tough to the editors of the Wall St. Journal.

[Up2Late]

8. Sounds like Novak didn't have a sleazy answer for Carvel

Conservative Liars, if they don't an answer, they do that.

Oh, the Host just said they asked him directly about the CIA Leak Case! BING! :think: They hit a Nerve!:rofl:

[wryter2000]

9. Randi just played it

Aside from the fact that Carville wasn't letting him talk, nothing weird seemed to be happening. I wonder if the bastard is starting to crack.

[Contrary1]

11. The Daily Show coverage on this will be worth watching. n/t

[terrya]

12. Maybe it's Novak's Howard Beale moment. n/t

[rrrevolution]

13. Novak staged it -- Did Not Want to Answer Q About Plame Leak

He knew Q were coming, he had been warned in advanced.

Used this as convenient out.

[Up2Late]

16. No, the host just said that he had wanted to tell him he was going to...

...ask the question, but Novak was late, so he didn't have the chance to tell him in advance.

[Up2Late]

14. the Host just said they asked him directly about the CIA Leak Case! BING!

BING! :think: BING! BING! They hit a Nerve!

[SoCalifer]

18. Ahhh hahahaha!!

Novak responds to Carville by saying (while on air) "I think this is bullshit" --- Throws off his microphone and kicks a waste basket while storming off the set..


:rofl: :rofl:

[Up2Late]

19. GOOD NEWS! I just watched the video and it looks to me like he was Pulled

off the set by the Director or maybe even the Producer.:woohoo:

Their is about a 5 second gap between the time he says "Bull Shit" and then he looks up and see someone off camera, THEN takes off his mike and exits Screen Left.

I don't think leaving to the Left has anything to do with it, but it definitely looks like he was responding to someone directing him to exit the set.

Something like a "Bob, can I have a word with you" look.:yoiks:

Here's the link to Media Matters, they have the clip:

<http://mediamatters.org/items/200508040004>

One more thing I just thought of, Maybe his Lawyer "Pulled him" off the set, because the Lawyer DID know that the Host was about to ask him about the CIA Leak, and the Lawyer didn't want the host to even have the opportunity to pose the question.

[Born_A_Truman]

22. CNN suspends Robert Novak

They've asked him to take a time out:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8830305/

NEW YORK - CNN suspended commentator Robert Novak indefinitely after he swore and walked off the set Thursday during a debate with Democratic operative James Carville.

The exchange during CNN’s “Inside Politics” came during a discussion of Florida’s Senate campaign. CNN correspondent Ed Henry noted when it was through that he had been about to ask Novak about his role in the investigation of the leak of a CIA officer’s identity.

A CNN spokeswoman, Edie Emery, called Novak’s behavior “inexcusable and unacceptable.” Novak had apologized to CNN, and CNN was apologizing to viewers, she said.

“We’ve asked Mr. Novak to take some time off,” she said.