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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:25 PM Feb 2016

Bernie Sanders is “casting aspersions” !!!

Sen Barbara Boxer (D-CA) was on CNN yesterday accusing Bernie Sanders of “casting aspersions” about HRC.
Boxer said he needs to stop attacking Hillary Clinton, and just discuss the issues.
(I guess, because Bill & Hillary Clinton never attack Bernie?)

1. Who uses the phrase “casting aspersions”? I picture Bernie with a fishing rod, “casting aspersions”.
2. If the Clintons and their supporters can’t deal with Bernie, how would they deal with the type of attacks someone like Trump would send their way?
3. The 2016 campaign slogans of the two Democratic candidates seem to be:
Bernie ~ “Feel the Bern”
Hillary ~ “Stop picking on me”

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Bernie Sanders is “casting aspersions” !!! (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Feb 2016 OP
I remember some Freeper using "casting asparagus" once. Fawke Em Feb 2016 #1
Louie Gohmert to Eric Holder. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #10
Take two aspersions... dchill Feb 2016 #2
Do I need a prescription for that? Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #4
No. But in some states, a valid... dchill Feb 2016 #8
And remember... Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #3
Damned for all eternity; looking for the boyz. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2016 #6
Since when is speaking the truth considered aspersions? R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2016 #5
I'd say she is casting aspersions about him casting aspersions. NowSam Feb 2016 #7
Aspersions can only be cast on asparagus nt Rebkeh Feb 2016 #9
He should remind her this ISN'T the Republican Party. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #11
It's a *perfectly* legitimate phrase. What's hilarious is when Freepers and other kath Feb 2016 #12
This makes me sad Dems to Win Feb 2016 #13
Ditto. SoapBox Feb 2016 #14
She is just mistaken. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #15
oh come on, boxer! shanti Feb 2016 #16

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
10. Louie Gohmert to Eric Holder.
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 01:36 PM
Feb 2016
That was also the hearing at which another tussle between Gohmert and Holder produced a now famous head-scratching moment, in which the flustered Texas Republican warned Holder: "the attorney general will not cast aspersions on my asparagus."
 

Bohemianwriter

(978 posts)
3. And remember...
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:40 PM
Feb 2016

Maddie Albright warned all those female Bernie supporters.

I guess that the majority of female voters are damend for eternity in the Lake of Fire.

"Sorry female Bernie supporters! Albright warned you! Off to Hades you go!"

NowSam

(1,252 posts)
7. I'd say she is casting aspersions about him casting aspersions.
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:44 PM
Feb 2016

Is she okay with the slamming on Bernie by Bill Clinton?

kath

(10,565 posts)
12. It's a *perfectly* legitimate phrase. What's hilarious is when Freepers and other
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 01:38 PM
Feb 2016

less-literate types say "casting asparagus"

But I think what Boxer is saying is bullshit.

 

Dems to Win

(2,161 posts)
13. This makes me sad
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 01:55 PM
Feb 2016

I luv Barbara Boxer. She's going to be retiring in a few months. I hate to see her defending the indefensible as one of her last acts as a public official.

How many good people are going to damage their own reputations in this effort to nominate Hillary?

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
14. Ditto.
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 02:27 PM
Feb 2016

Can't stand War Hawking Multi-Millionaire DiFi but we always liked Boxer.

What a sad way for her to leave office...at a minimum,Moshe should have just kept her mouth shut.

shanti

(21,675 posts)
16. oh come on, boxer!
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 08:03 PM
Feb 2016

don't go there.... i've always voted for her, my favorite CA senator, but maybe it's a good thing she's retiring.

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