Skip to content
By using Twitter’s services you agree to our Cookies Use. We and our partners operate globally and use cookies, including for analytics, personalisation, and ads.
  • Home Home Home, current page.
  • About

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Language: English
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Català
    • Čeština
    • Dansk
    • Deutsch
    • English UK
    • Español
    • Filipino
    • Français
    • Hrvatski
    • Italiano
    • Magyar
    • Nederlands
    • Norsk
    • Polski
    • Português
    • Română
    • Slovenčina
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Tiếng Việt
    • Türkçe
    • Ελληνικά
    • Български език
    • Русский
    • Српски
    • Українська мова
    • עִבְרִית
    • العربية
    • فارسی
    • मराठी
    • हिन्दी
    • বাংলা
    • ગુજરાતી
    • தமிழ்
    • ಕನ್ನಡ
    • ภาษาไทย
    • 한국어
    • 日本語
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Have an account? Log in
    Have an account?
    · Forgot password?

    New to Twitter?
    Sign up
HeerJeet's profile
Jeet Heer
Jeet Heer
Jeet Heer
Verified account
@HeerJeet

Tweets

Jeet HeerVerified account

@HeerJeet

1. Writer, The Nation https://www.thenation.com/authors/jeet-heer/ … 2. email: jeetheer1967 at gmail dot com 3. Twitter essayist 4. Drawn by Joe Ollmann

thenation.com
Joined June 2012

Tweets

  • © 2022 Twitter
  • About
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies
  • Ads info
Dismiss
Previous
Next

Go to a person's profile

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @

Promote this Tweet

Block

  • Tweet with a location

    You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more

    Your lists

    Create a new list


    Under 100 characters, optional

    Privacy

    Copy link to Tweet

    Embed this Tweet

    Embed this Video

    Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Hmm, there was a problem reaching the server.

    By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

    Preview

    Why you're seeing this ad

    Log in to Twitter

    · Forgot password?
    Don't have an account? Sign up »

    Sign up for Twitter

    Not on Twitter? Sign up, tune into the things you care about, and get updates as they happen.

    Sign up
    Have an account? Log in »

    Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:

    Country Code For customers of
    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
    Indonesia 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
    Italy 4880804 Wind
    3424486444 Vodafone
    » See SMS short codes for other countries

    Confirmation

     

    Welcome home!

    This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.

    Tweets not working for you?

    Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

    Say a lot with a little

    When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.

    Spread the word

    The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.

    Join the conversation

    Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.

    Learn the latest

    Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.

    Get more of what you love

    Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.

    Find what's happening

    See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.

    Never miss a Moment

    Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.

    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @mtracey

      Honest question: why are you so much more favorable to Joe Biden than Hillary Clinton considering they occupy the same political space, with the same history and have comparably bad scandals?

      6 replies 1 retweet 71 likes
    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      There are a few reasons. Biden is less of an unreconstructed, virulent hawk. Biden doesn't have a network of dedicated online sycophants; in fact, Biden was widely opposed by the media for the 2020 Dem nomination. Biden is also less personally corrupt, vindictive, and nasty.

      20 replies 5 retweets 34 likes
    3. Branko Marcetic‏ @BMarchetich 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @mtracey @HeerJeet

      Biden led the charge on the Iraq War, devised Obama's drone-based foreign policy, called for the party to become more hawkish through the 80s and 90s. He's let his family profit off his career from the start of his career to now. This doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

      5 replies 0 retweets 36 likes
    4. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @BMarchetich @HeerJeet

      He asked me about Biden in relation to Hillary Clinton, not Biden in absolute terms. So it makes a ton of sense.

      1 reply 1 retweet 13 likes
    5. Branko Marcetic‏ @BMarchetich 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @mtracey @HeerJeet

      You're saying you're a lot friendlier to Biden because, presumably, you see him as *far less* of a hawk that Clinton. But Biden was intimately involved in laying the groundwork for the Iraq War; Clinton only voted for it. Can you elaborate?

      2 replies 0 retweets 34 likes
    6. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @BMarchetich @HeerJeet

      Biden apologized for his Iraq War conduct by 2005, Hillary did not apologize until 2014. Within the Obama Admin, Hillary took the hawkish side of every debate whereas Biden took the relatively less hawkish side. I think you’re mistaking an absolute case for a comparative case.

      7 replies 2 retweets 14 likes
    7. Branko Marcetic‏ @BMarchetich 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @mtracey @HeerJeet

      Help me understand: Biden clearing the low bar of apologising for the Iraq War once (though he's lying about it now) and being less hawkish under Obama but still devising his drone strategy for e.g. is so meaningful a difference, you're admittedly far more favourable to him?

      1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
    8. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @BMarchetich @HeerJeet

      I really have to “help you understand” that there are important foreign policy differences between Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton?pic.twitter.com/t3WDGuUMNA

      4 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @mtracey @BMarchetich

      Right now, Biden is refusing to support easing up on sanctions on Iran during the pandemic. How is that not a shameful position?

      5 replies 6 retweets 16 likes
    10. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @HeerJeet @BMarchetich

      You’ve now changed the subject from the Hillary Clinton comparison.

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @mtracey @BMarchetich

      I put it forward as evidence that Biden is not significantly less hawkish than Clinton. Also his ties to credit card companies (Senator from MBNA, bankruptcy bill) is as bad as anything in Clinton's record.

      10:55 AM - 1 Apr 2020
      • 7 Likes
      • Samantha Rick David Fu Mason Herson-Hord🚩🌻🌱🐙 drinking in the garage Lucian is Light Pure Malarkey
      0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes

      Loading seems to be taking a while.

      Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

        Promoted Tweet

        false

        • © 2022 Twitter
        • About
        • Help Center
        • Terms
        • Privacy policy
        • Cookies
        • Ads info