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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 Sep 2018

      Jeet Heer Retweeted The Washington Post

      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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      Some of Kavanaugh’s former Yale classmates, rankled by Fox interview, speak out for the first time https://wapo.st/2ObnPG9 
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 Sep 2018

      2. The fact that Kavanaugh was a heavy drinker as a teen & college student is supported by tons of evidence: yearbook, the memoirs & roman a clefs of Mark Judge, & testimony from many who knew him including Yale roommate. It's as certain as anything of this sort can be

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 Sep 2018

      3. Also the persona in the yearbook & based on the testimony of friends is a frat boy, hard-drinker, out to impress the guys, sometimes disrespectful of women. Yet in Fox interview he presented himself as really a choir boy.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 Sep 2018

      4. Kavanaugh's self-portrait:“I was focused on academics and athletics, going to church every Sunday at Little Flower, working on my service projects, & friendship, friendship with my fellow classmates and friendship with girls from the local all girls Catholic schools.” Really?

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 Sep 2018

      5. Kavanaugh talks about his drinking as if it were just something occasional. Also in the passive voice: "there were parties...people might have had too many beers on occasion." This is a total whitewash of the reality that he was a very hard drinker.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 Sep 2018

          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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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 Sep 2018

          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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        4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 Sep 2018

          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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        5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 Sep 2018

          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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        6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 Sep 2018

          Jeet Heer Retweeted Lindsay Beyerstein

          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 …

          Jeet Heer added,

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          Kavanaugh has to lie because the alternative is admitting that he's had countless blackouts and therefore has no idea whether he's assaulted anyone. https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1044814605116211200 …
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        1. word-shaping rotationcel‏ @p_o_w4ffl3s 25 Sep 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          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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        1. Darren‏ @darrenpuscas 25 Sep 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          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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        2. hilzoy‏ @hilzoy 25 Sep 2018
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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.

          1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
        3. hilzoy‏ @hilzoy 25 Sep 2018
          Replying to @hilzoy @HeerJeet

          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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