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Joe Biden is not impressed with the Bernie Sanders Vatican stunt
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/joe-biden-is-not-impressed-with-the-bernie-sanders-vatican-stunt/24493/Vice President Joe Biden has had positive things to say about both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders at various points during the 2016 democratic primary race, while never officially endorsing either candidate. As Sanders has grown more negative in tone, Biden seemed to lean toward Clinton last week when he referred to her as “overwhelmingly qualified.” But now that Sanders has run off to the Vatican as part of a bizarre stunt today while the Pope is out of town, Biden is making clear he’s not impressed at all.
Joe Biden, a devout Catholic, responded “I doubt that very much” when a reporter asked him today if the Bernie Sanders trip to the Vatican should be interpreted as a sign that Pope Francis is embracing Bernie’s policies. He then went on to phrase it more emphatically: “No, I don’t think it could be read that way at all.”
Vice President Biden and President Obama have both been subtly leaning toward Hillary Clinton in their public remarks over the past weeks, seemingly trying to nudge Bernie Sanders toward the door before his increasingly bitter rhetoric causes any further division. He’s behind by millions of votes and hundreds of delegates (plus superdelegates), and he has almost no remaining mathematical shot at the nomination, yet he’s remained in the race anyway. Earlier this month he claimed Clinton was “not qualified” to be President, drawing rebuke from democratic leadership across the board. But the Vatican stunt appears to have caused Biden to finally run out of patience with Sanders altogether.
Sanders and his campaign have been strongly implying that he was either invited by Pope Francis or that he would be meeting with Pope Francis, both of which were shot down by the Pope’s official spokesman. In reality Sanders finagled his way into speaking at a meeting of professors for ten minutes during a coffee break time slot. The stunt is head scratching to all involved, but Catholic Joe Biden appears to have taken personal offense to it (watch Biden on CNBC).
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Sanders wanting to be POTUS is such a leap it is hard to imagine how so many people are jumping aboard the Bernie Bus.
Joe Biden, a devout Catholic, responded “I doubt that very much” when a reporter asked him today if the Bernie Sanders trip to the Vatican should be interpreted as a sign that Pope Francis is embracing Bernie’s policies. He then went on to phrase it more emphatically: “No, I don’t think it could be read that way at all.”
Sanders and his campaign have been strongly implying that he was either invited by Pope Francis or that he would be meeting with Pope Francis, both of which were shot down by the Pope’s official spokesman. In reality Sanders finagled his way into speaking at a meeting of professors for ten minutes during a coffee break time slot. The stunt is head scratching to all involved, but Catholic Joe Biden appears to have taken personal offense to it (watch Biden on CNBC).
The BS campaign is incapable of campaigning on truth and honesty.. in a straight forward manner.. they always have to attempt something dirty.. starting out with downloading Hillary's supporters' data... this is just the latest.
The whole Bernie-goes-to-Rome thing has been a shambles, to be honest. The campaign got Sanders a back-door invite which surprised and irritated the academy president, not to mention stepping on the roll-out of Amoris Laetitia, the Pope’s new teaching on the family. Then they did it again, taking a private jet to Rome to speak on the idolatry of money in the middle of a make-it-or-break-it primary in New York, and arriving in Rome on a day when the Vatican would much rather be talking about Francis’ meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew in Lesbos about the European refugee crisis.
As if that weren’t bad enough, Sanders showed up with his family in tow, undercutting the high-minded moral message he was supposed to be delivering, and Oh, sweet Jesus, did they really put his logo on a picture of the Pope?! All this in service of a message that won’t impress or inspire anybody who wasn’t going to vote for Sanders to begin with.
I suppose that was the goal all along, though: to maintain Sanders’ inspirational image. Either that, or they’re making some kind of bizarre, desperate play for the New York Catholic vote. Or again, maybe they were hoping a bird would land on his podium again, which would do about as much good. At this point, I just don’t know what to think.
As if that weren’t bad enough, Sanders showed up with his family in tow, undercutting the high-minded moral message he was supposed to be delivering, and Oh, sweet Jesus, did they really put his logo on a picture of the Pope?! All this in service of a message that won’t impress or inspire anybody who wasn’t going to vote for Sanders to begin with.
I suppose that was the goal all along, though: to maintain Sanders’ inspirational image. Either that, or they’re making some kind of bizarre, desperate play for the New York Catholic vote. Or again, maybe they were hoping a bird would land on his podium again, which would do about as much good. At this point, I just don’t know what to think.
Thank you for this, Blue.. this is the best article on it yet!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=103155
I know what to think.. It's BS' bizarre attempt to pander to the Catholic vote.. watch how he continues to pump this up..
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Jane Sanders perpetuates the Pope invite LIE today w/ BSNBCs Mitchell#DemocraticWhores#FeelTheFraud#ByeByeBernie
6:48 AM - 14 Apr 2016
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https://theobamadiary.com/2016/04/14/wounded-warriors-ride/
Zeke Miller
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Bernie walking a fine line on sort of claiming the endorsement of the Pope https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders/photos/a.324119347643076.89553.124955570892789/1029290747125929/?type=3&theater …
5:03 AM - 15 Apr 2016
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AlGiordano @AlGiordano
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, this is one inept campaign! https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/720991032523894784 …
meta @metaquest
@AlGiordano Putting his logo on an image of the Pope? Seriously, what is wrong with this guy?
5:16 AM - 15 Apr 2016
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https://theobamadiary.com/2016/04/15/president-obama-on-the-benefits-of-precision-medicine/#comments
Mahalo for this, Iaaa!
When the family toured through it and thought "there he is!"
OMGawd...shameful. Who the heck do they think they are? Then, of course the Pope would have been forced to be gracious.
