Subject: You're Not Getting $10, Mickey

From: Bob Shrum

Re: " Kausfiles: Pay Up, Shrum!"

Date: Mon Jan 10

Mickey Kaus says pay up. I respond with affection: Mickey, read the transcript. My words on Meet the Press, were: "I'll bet you 10 bucks. Find him [Gore] saying that he's going to examine their [the Joint Chiefs'] personal convictions." Al Gore didn't say that. So no $10, but Mickey you're invited to dinner any time--and next time, we'll have James Carville.

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[Robert Shrum, who works for Al Gore's presidential campaign, used to write " Varnish Remover" for Slate.]

Subject: Response to My Writer

From: Michael Kinsley

Re: " Chatterbox: The McCain Mutiny"