Novak stands by Obama dirt story

Well no one knows what it is, or if it is for real, but columnist and Joliet, Illinois native Robert Novak is standing by his story that the Hillary Clinton campaign is spreading word that they have some damaging information on Barack Obama.

From Fox News:

"This is very similar to the kind of trick that Richard Nixon used to pull, where he would say, 'I know some very bad information about the communists supporting George McGovern, but I can't put that out because it wouldn't be right, but I'm just too good of a guy,' " Novak said.

A message left seeking comment from a Clinton campaign spokesman was not immediately returned.

Novak also said he still had no proof that there really is scandalous information about Obama, only that he's certain that Clinton's campaign told well-connected Democrats that they had such information.

"Now whether there is any such scandalous information, I don’t' know, but what I know is I'm confident in my sources, who I trust. We're told this by Clinton people that there was such information out."

The Nixon comparison must really sting at Hillary Rodham Clinton. In 1974, young Ms. Rodham (she didn't initially use the Clinton name after marrying Bill) served as counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during the Richard M. Nixon impeachment inquiry in 1974.

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