Daily Gut: The Prince of Darkness is Dead

Otherwise known as Robert Novak, this gnome-like figure dominated the political talk show landscape throughout the late 80’s and 90’s – as a panelist for “The McLaughlin Group,” and later the “Capital Gang.”

So, was Robert Novak the coolest man on the planet?

Of course not. But in my opinion, he deserves to be in the top 100.
Or, at least, ahead of anyone in Green Day. See, Robert Novak epitomized cool because he never cared about what people thought. Instead he stole the left’s stereotype of conservatism, and made it his own delightful persona. If being a fan of free markets, a strong defense and limited government made him evil, then evil he was.

And so he became the “Prince of Darkness.” And like the devil – he never changed. Novak never moved with the trends: he looked like Novak for a solid five decades short, round, dark, joyfully evil: for all we knew, he could have been an alien marble that survived on puppy souls. (more…)

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Tags: "Capital Gang", "The McLaughlin Group", Green Day, Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp
Posted Aug 18th 2009 at 11:14 am in Daily Gut, News, Politics | 20743052 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/08/18/daily-gut-the-prince-of-darkness-is-dead/Daily+Gut%3A+The+Prince+of+Darkness+is+Dead2009-08-18+18%3A14%3A58Greg+Gutfeld