When Hairfree Met Suzy

Ailes Exclusive! Top sources can reveal that two rabid Republicans -- one married! -- have been crossing state lines to swap spite in furtherance of their mutual hatred of Senator and Presidential hopeful John Kerry.

Earlier this month, Mickey Kaus was seen trying to light a fire under the fabricated Drudge smear of Senator Kerry by referencing a non-story "from the 1998 Boston Herald, to which I was steered a few weeks ago by a skeptical and unaligned feminist Democrat." (See Feb. 12.) Seasoned media observers familiar with the hairless hater suspected the "Democrat" in question was the once-respected Susan Estrich, based on this Daily Howler report which placed Kaus in the Granite State at the same time as an unnamed loudmouth "Faux Democrat."

Incomparably, yesterday's Howler reports that Estrich shopped the same smear article to Brit Hume on Fox, and confirms that a "well-oiled" and "staggering" Estrich was the loudmouth in quo.

Accordingly, we have the following scenario: Kaus living out of a New Hampshire motel room around the same time he was swapping smutty press clips with a "feminist Democrat," and at the same time the lubricated Estrich was on the loose in Manchester. Was Susy (R) the mystery "feminist?" And where was the long-suffering "Mr. Estrich" [real name withheld] at the time?

This site certainly isn't accusing Kaus and Susan Estrich of adultery. We're sure they were just delivering resumes, in the Republican sense of that phrase. And sharing tawdry fantasies about John Kerry doesn't even qualify as sex as defined by Paula Jones' attorneys.

Unless these two claim under oath that they are Democrats, it's doubtful much more will come from this sordid episode.