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This sad story just couldn't get any more D.C. Robert Novak is driving a black corvette on K Street. He hits a pedestrian crossing the street in a crosswalk with a "walk" sign. And then he speeds away...until a vigilante cyclist, who also happens to be a partner at lobbying/law firm Harkins Cunningham, uses his bike to block Novak from evading the police!Politico recalls that this isn't Novak's first -- um -- run-in with the consequences of aggressive driving:
In 2001, he cursed at a pedestrian on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th Street N.W., for allegedly jaywalking.“’Learn to read the signs, [bodily orifice]!’ Novak snapped before speeding away,” according to an item in The Washington Post’s Reliable Source column.Novak explained to the paper: "He was crossing on the red light. I really hate jaywalkers. I despise them. Since I don't run the country, all I can do is yell at 'em. The other option is to run 'em over, but as a compassionate conservative, I would never do that."Two years later, the same column reported that Novak had gone to a racing school in Florida."I've wanted to be a race car driver all my life, and anyone who has watched me drive can tell you that,” Novak said.Wow. Somebody has a complex.--Dana Goldstein
