Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumWell, looks like Operation Panderfex Maximus was a massive dud.
Pretty much just the same stump speech as usual, flubbed a question on who actually wrote the document in question, and no photo op with Il Papa.
Whoever planned this should be fired.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)stay out of politics, especially US politics.
Especially after Kim Davis.
question everything
(47,497 posts)to promote a Jewish American politician
Gothmog
(145,374 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)I really don't think the Pope wanted to get involved, but was being courteous.
CNN described it this morning as a "chance meeting" that lasted no longer than 5 minutes.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)This was a stunt and it isn't going to be useful in the campaign
CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Saint Bernard (a nod to his papal annointment) should take his over-paid consultants, Weaver and Devine, to court.
enid602
(8,627 posts)That's probably the next step for Bernie.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)largest real estate owner on the planet? Billions and billions of dollars spent to build the Catholic palaces he visited, palaces built while the contadini suffered in poverty.
Now, that would have been YUGE!
Stuckinthebush
(10,846 posts)The world over?
I'm betting not.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)as a good guy but the truth isn't so pretty.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)In all the photos and footage in Rome, never seen him smile more!
I think this campaign is torture for him.
Come on, New York - end his misery!!!!
SunSeeker
(51,576 posts)I am sure the 10 relatives he brought with him are smiling too. But I am guessing the FEC is not smiling, and will be asking why he used campaign funds for this boondoggle, particularly his use of campaign funds to cover the relatives' travel expenses.
pandr32
(11,594 posts)Can you just imagine if Hillary pulled such a political stunt?
SunSeeker
(51,576 posts)pandr32
(11,594 posts)Ughhhhhh. All that campaign cash got burned for a 24-hr. trip, and he got slipped into a coffee break time slot to give a very short speech.
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)on a giant pile of $27 'donations'
Tarheel_Dem
(31,235 posts)I guess it's true then, there really is a sucker born every day.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Wow!
IamMab
(1,359 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)KewlKat
(5,624 posts)I don't understand if he is why he would be. Surely this can't be considered a "campaign" event outside this country.
Maybe someone donated to him personally the use of the jet, etc.? Trying to give him the benefit of the doubt.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)How is this allowable under FEC rules??
drray23
(7,634 posts)An extreme leftist who has been president of Bolivia since 2006, and trying to cling to power for a third term.
Well known for beating up protesters and aspiring to be like Castro and Chavez.
If this is what Bernie really stands for, I do not want somebody like that to get anywhere near the white house.
That picture is going to be fodder for the GOP. Of course, its really moot since Hillary will be the nominee.
Evo presented the Pope with a sculpture with the crucifix embedded onto a hammer and cycle. Guess that's why he got to spend 30 minutes with the Pope, and Bernie just a few minutes.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,235 posts)eastwestdem
(1,220 posts)Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)from a Twitter post:
https://twitter.com/maryaliceparks/status/721005113834409986
One of the things he spoke abt apparently was his 'plan' for free college tuition. Now, the cost of higher education in the US is a legitimate topic in a presidential campaign. But as a topic relative to worldwide economic injustice? Huh?
A staggering degree of hubris...
Stuckinthebush
(10,846 posts)Gogo wireless, turbotax, and a few uninterrupted hours en route!