She must have been a closet drinker, IF reports are true.
But Ashley and Dan Turton werent out there on the circuit, as one friend put it not the cocktail-party kind of power couple, friends said. They preferred a low-key lifestyle, including a tight group of friends in their Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Theyre both not only admired for their political savvy and great minds but because they are really good, decent people, said Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), who got to know the couple when they both worked in the House. McGovern said he would often see the Turtons on weekends at Eastern Market, wheeling their kids around.
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Her computer and cell records from the days leading up to the incident would be telling ... IF they still exist.
My siblings love beer. (I hate it, I stick to vodka, tequila) They can put it down; how they function is beyond me. Ashley could have been no different.
They do not consider it a problem because they drink (and drink heavily) at certain times, not allowing it to interfere with work. ie trained alcoholics.