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20. I know you have been going around saying this but...

Tue Mar 6, 2018, 07:51 AM

Mar 2018

Remember at this point in the interview, which came right near the end of the segment, the statement that she said just before was - "Talking to you..." and then she said "I have smelled....", meaning over the time that they have been together conversing. Said another way, the same as "while talking to you".

I.e, the interview must have gone on for about 20-some minutes with commercial breaks in between, so she most likely WAS "talking to him" during the commercials as well.

So IMHO, you are interpreting the "past tense" of the phrase going back too far in time and I don't know if she has ever interviewed him before "in the past" before last night's interview. So this doesn't mean that he wasn't "drunk", as he probably was. Maybe not slurring drunk, but probably enough where a shot or two was enough to take the inhibitions away. Heck, you can smell someone who has taken a couple sips of beer too, so something stronger is smellable and probably more potent.

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Erin Burnett went there - told him she smelled alcohol on his breath. lagomorph777 Mar 2018 #34

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Erin used the PAST TENSE! She said, BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #15

I know you have been going around saying this but... BumRushDaShow Mar 2018 #20

Present Perfect Tense it is, BRDS! Cha Mar 2018 #38

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Oh.. a hug.. I need Cha Mar 2018 #43

It would make zero contextual sense to mean anything other than during this interview jberryhill Mar 2018 #29

No she didn't. LisaL Mar 2018 #30

She said "We've been sitting very close together and I've smelled alcohol." lagomorph777 Mar 2018 #35

Hanging your hat on Americans correctly using grammar when speaking will get you nowhere. LanternWaste Mar 2018 #39

Erin said she smelled alcohol.. so Cha Mar 2018 #9

No, she said, "I HAVE smelled alcohol on your breath". BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #14

Oh, wow.. thanks for the correction, BP! Cha Mar 2018 #16

Hey Cha - see my post #20 BumRushDaShow Mar 2018 #21

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