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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Sep 2018

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Josh Marshall

      1. For me, this exchange between Kavanaugh and Klobuchar was ... I won't say triggering but it really made and impression and resonated.https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1045420473633394688 …

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      Kavanaugh asks Sen Klobuchar multiple times if she's had alcoholic blackouts. pic.twitter.com/3huBRb2JEo
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Sep 2018

      2. I have a few alcoholics in my family and I've often had to try -- gingerly and diplomatically -- to try to talk to a few of them about the problems. the Klobuchar/Kavanaugh exchange was very familiar on those terms, rather than as a Senate grilling.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Sep 2018

      3. Klobuchar, whose dad had a drinking problem, was clearly drawing on her own experience in the way she approached Kavanaugh: her tact, her eschewal of judgement.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Sep 2018

      4. And Kavanaugh's response to Klobuchar: the defensiveness, the chip-on-the-shoulder, the you-think-your-better-than-me comeback.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Sep 2018

      5. Although there are lots of stories about Kavanaugh's drinking, it's really impossible (and impertinent) to know from a distance if he's an alcoholic. Could just be a guy who, like he says, enjoys beer as a relaxant but is otherwise okay. We really don't know.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Sep 2018

      6. What we can say is that when the issue of his drinking is brought up, even in the most tactful way possible (as it was by Klobuchar), Kavanaugh responds by getting testy, defensive and hostile. That's not good.

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        1. #BecomeUngovernable  ⏳‏ @pppatticake 28 Sep 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          ANd she did not CAUSE his reaction to such tactful questions, HE DID

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        1. THEE Ellen McGrath Smith‏ @breezely1462 28 Sep 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I was a binge alcoholic for many years, as was my father. You can be very high-achieving. In fact, the binging and achieving feed one another.

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        1. J.Hilby‏ @egaliarchy 28 Sep 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I mentioned this when it happened,as a recovering alcoholic I can tell you that that IS what and active alcoholic (or dry alcoholic) would have said. I am not engaging in character assasinaion here,I don’t know what BK’s state of affairs is. But that exchange set off alarm bells.

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        1. jeffbradley‏ @jeffbradley 28 Sep 2018
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          Given that he lied about everything else in his testimony I have some doubts as to whether he’s even tried beer.

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        2. calm blue ocean‏ @fitzhugh_burns 28 Sep 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Did they ask Dr Ford about her drinking problem?

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        3. Dhyan‏ @DPrabhata 28 Sep 2018
          Replying to @fitzhugh_burns

          Bless your ❤️

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        2. Chad Hill‏ @bchadhill 28 Sep 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          In rewatching that exchange, I get the sense that Kavanaugh feels he's throwing back a *ludicrous* smear in the face of another public servant of equal status and dignity, rather than acting especially "defensive." But ... I'm a liberal who suffers from an excess of empathy.

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        3. Chad Hill‏ @bchadhill 28 Sep 2018
          Replying to @bchadhill @HeerJeet

          To be clear, I have no interest in defending Kavanaugh, who I think is a monster. Just my own, slightly different "reading" of that exchange, which differs from my initial reaction when watching it live, for whatever it may be worth.

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        2. CT Million‏ @CTMillion 28 Sep 2018
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          That’s the feeling I got.

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