The Mickey Kaus Oppo Research Project

By John Cook

Poor blogger Mickey Kaus is running for Senate, and no one really cares. But we do, so we launched a little project to gather dirt on him. The best we got is that he brings heroin-addicted sex perverts into schools.

Kaus, who has made a career out of attacking liberals while claiming to be one, is challenging Barbara Boxer in California’s Democratic primary because he hates unions and illegal immigrants. He’s filed all the necessary paperwork and got himself a fancy (and crappy-looking, compared to his blog) web site, but so far the effort seems to be a bust: The party has denied him a speaking slot at the California Democratic convention, a decision that was based largely on his own repeated public statements that his candidacy is hopeless. And there’s no way he’s going to land a chance to debate Boxer.

A few weeks ago, with the aid of the inestimable Gawker intern Sergio Hernandez, we started looking into Kaus’ past for the sort of damaging information that could derail his campaign if anybody were paying enough attention to actually attempt to derail it. Turns out he’s a horrible nerd who graduated first in his class and got a perfect score on his SATs, so there’s not much there. But some of his friends hate him and said underminer-ish things, and we got some really embarrassing photos from his high school yearbook, so let’s get started, shall we? More »

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