THANKS, MICKEY

Mickey Kaus, never one to shill for paleo-libs or Democratic hacks, backs my personal view of Paul Offner’s credibility: He says on Kausfiles.com, “Who is Paul Offner, the man who accuses John Ashcroft of asking about “sexual preference” in a job interview? It so happens that the editor of kausfiles knows Offner, having worked with him on welfare reform and various pieces he wrote for The New Republic in the 1990s. He’s smart, allergic to liberal b.s., public-interested, and, in my experience, totally honest. If he says Ashcroft asked that question, it’s safe to say Ashcroft asked that question.” So who you gonna believe? Your saintly correspondent, the unimpeachable Kaus, or the RNC? All right, don’t answer that one. It’s too depressing.