1. This is something that's been gnawing at me. Leaving aside the sexual assault allegations against him, Kavanaugh is just a massive, shameless liar, as seen by his Fox interview.https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1044795924998967296 …
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6. The Washington Post article I linked to is worth reading for getting a sense of just how heavy a drinker he was, which makes the Fox whitewash (which angered those who knew him in college) all the more appalling.pic.twitter.com/37EisY67HB
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7. Here's the thing: there's nothing wrong with being a big drinker (as long as you don't damage your health). It's one way to have fun as a teen and in college. What's wrong here is that at age 53 Kavanaugh can't admit truth & intent on whitewashing his past.
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8. What's weird to me is that the lying seems so unnecessary. I mean, there's no need to pretend to be Andy Hardy or Archie Andrews. Americans, especially evangelicals, love a good redemption story. Look at George W. Bush.
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9. As I've suggested before, the smart play for Kavanaugh would be to not pretend to be Teen Squeaky Clean but to be forthright about his past. The GOP is inclined to take "boys will be boys" attitude anyways. So the lies seem weirdly unnecessary.
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10. This makes sense. We know Kavanaugh's friend (and drinking partner) Mark Judge got black out drunk. The unwillingness of the GOP to subpoena Judge speaks for itself.https://twitter.com/Beyerstein/status/1044816403453415424 …
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So you have to ask, why would he be the first pick? 1. Supports presidential immunity 2. Abusive liars like guys who can abuse and can lie?
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It’s odd that he doesn’t acknowledge it at all. It would help his case I think, unless deny deny deny is his way to keep everything from cracking open uncontrollably. Gaslighting as self-defense.
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There are a lot of red flags about Kavanaugh's drinking. His, um, strained relationship to the truth is not one of them, but it's consistent with his having a serious drinking problem.
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Alcoholics almost always hide at least some of their drinking, and so a serious divorce between their public presentation and reality gets to be second nature. As does coming up with explanations that they find believable, even though no one else does.
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