So, did the excursion to the Vatican help or hurt or neither?

[spooky3]

[book_worm]

1. I think a lot of Catholics saw it as a stunt

and it backfired.

[SunSeeker]

2. What's not to love about using campaign cash for a Roman holiday?

[spooky3]

3. Seriously, I would want to stay more than a day or two

If I were going to make such a long trip, especially at a critical "work" time.

[SunSeeker]

8. Well he did spend about two days and one night. nt

[fleabiscuit]

9. No kidding! I can't think of a more frivolous thing to do! Holy smokes. No pun intended. EOM

[Thinkingabout]

4. Hope it did not hurt, it would have really been bad if it hurt.

[MarianJack]

5. THIS Catholic,...

...albeit a non practicing Catholic, has lost so much respect for Sanders recently that I couldn't care less about ANYTHING he said or did.

In the HIGHLY unlikely event of his nomination, I WOULD vote for him. I would also sit through another election night like 1972 & 1984...Yuck!

PEACE!

[ismnotwasm]

6. Even if the intentions were honest

It looked bad. I'm guessing it hurt.

[LisaM]

7. I think it hurt. I expressed a few times how I, as a Catholic,

felt about this and for one of the few times in the past few months, it seemed that I was actually getting through.

[stopbush]

10. God only knows...

[spooky3]

11. :-)

[DemonGoddess]

12. I think it hurt

I also think it's going to CONTINUE to hurt. I'm also non practicing these days, but still, I AM a Catholic. That he would grandstand the Pope the way he did, STILL makes my blood boil.

[Blue Idaho]

13. Not the visit

But the rediculous fairytale he concocted before and after the fact combined by the Pope's denial really made him look like a desperate fanboy. Not a good look.

[Cha]

14. By rights the way they finagled it.. it should have hurt him big time.

[jmowreader]

15. Easy to tell

I thought Bernie was just going to tear Jefferson County - where Fort Drum is - the fuck up. He does very well in Republican-heavy areas, and Jefferson County is so Republican you pretty much can't get a job in Jefferson County unless you're a party member. It's also very Catholic up there...LOTS of Italians in the area, and Italians are pretty much Catholic by default. If Jane and Bernie's Excellent Adventure was going to help him anywhere, it'd be here.

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