Sanders brought his own breakfast to the White HOuse

[caquillo]

Did he think they would poison him or something?

Bernie Sanders decided to bring his own breakfast to his Oval Office meeting with President Obama on Thursday.

The White House typically serves food and drinks to guests, but Sanders stopped at a Peet’s Coffee in downtown Washington to pick up coffee and a scone before heading over to the White House, according to reports.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/282875-sanders-bring-his-breakfast-to-the-white-house

[metroins]

1. Maybe he brought one for both of them

I'm not going to judge a guy getting a scone.

[caquillo]

2. It's hilarious to me

Rather than getting served by THE WHITE HOUSE in a meeting with the President, he stops and grabs something from Peets.

[misterhighwasted]

4. Supporting Corporate America..go bern!

That was pretty ungracious.
figures.

[TwilightZone]

13. I don't know, I actually think it's kind of hilarious.

I guess it just kind of fits, in a very Bernie way. lol

[bluestateguy]

3. He got some Peet's coffee.

IDK. Maybe the White House coffee is not to his liking?

They used to say that the Carter White House really skimped on food for guests, but I don't think the Obama White House is that way.

[NurseJackie]

5. Maybe he only eats Kosher. (Who knows?)

[displacedtexan]

6. I studied under the original pastry chefs at the White House.

You know, the ones Laura Bush fired and brought in the guy who wrote "Desserts For Dummies"? (I kid you not. You can't make this crap up).

Anyway, the White House begins serving small bites of food for meetings, beginning very early in the morning. To bring your own fast food to a meeting there is incredibly rude, and it insults the skilled chefs who work almost all night long to prepare exquisite morsels for guests.

[athena]

20. Thanks for that insider's angle.

Very interesting.

[Walk away]

25. I find it so hard to believe that Bernie could possibly have bad manners....

Who would ever think he could be Rude?????

[livetohike]

29. Rude is just one of Sanders' adorable quirks.

Very cool that you had that opportunity!

[Starry Messenger]

39. This isn't his first meeting there either.

Geeze.

[Blue Idaho]

7. Probably a good idea

Since it looks like the President ate his lunch and drank his milkshake...

[SharonClark]

14. LOL

[DesertRat]

38. lol

[BlueMTexpat]

40. ...

[jehop61]

8. He's such a man of the people

he won't eat anything served by the establishment. ė
Both rude and phony.

[liberal N proud]

9. Did he not trust the President or the Presidents staff?

Weird!

[misterhighwasted]

16. You may be right about this:

"Hmm, wonder if they'll feed me breakfast after all the really stupid mean things I said about Pres Obama & Hillary, & the Dem Party, & Sen Barney Frank & hmm..
better grab a scone & coffee just in case.."

[Her Sister]

10. Maybe he needed comfort food!

Also to feel like there was a variable he could control. Which also is comforting.

[Maru Kitteh]

21. I tend to go with your take here. Something he could control.

People are very funny about food sometimes. The older we get, the funnier we are about it too.

He was going into a HUGELY symbolic situation.

The people's house that will not be his
Occupied by a man who, Sanders knew, was endorsing Hillary
By a man he sought to have primaried in 2012
Not his house, not his territory, not his rules, not his comfort zone

Breakfast was probably the one thing, consciously or not, that he figured he could still control.

Let the guy have his scone I guess. Hopefully he was gracious enough to bring extra. That's how I was raised. Bring enough for everybody if you bring food somewhere.

[George II]

11. I wonder if it cost him $27?

[Democrats Ascendant]

12. Maybe he visited Peet's for campaigning?

[stopbush]

15. There's another fund-raising letter! It writes itself!

Dear Bernie Supporter -

As you know, President Obama invited Bernie to meet with him this morning at the White House. While one would expect the WH to provide breakfast for such a morning meeting, Sen Sanders could not be sure of that, based on his experience that President Obama "coulda done more" for the middle class.

That's why Bernie stopped by Peet's Coffee on his way to the WH to get a cup of working-class joe and a scone. But then, the DNC stepped in unfairly and asked WH security to double check the sustenance that Bernie brought with him. This resulted in a delay that not only allowed his coffee to cool down to room temperature, but dried out his scone to the point where it was uneatable.

In the meanwhile, it was reported that Hillary Clinton was eating a substantial breakfast that was no doubt paid for with $ raised through our corrupt system of campaign financing.

That's why we're asking you once again to support all that's good in the world by donating an additional $27 to St Bernard's campaign. Doing so assures you that he will take the fight for free college, free cars, free healthcare, free mansions and free X-Boxes all the way to the convention.

Bernie needs you now more than ever. Don't allow the DNC to be successful in their quest to cool down everyone's coffee, and to turn your breakfast danish into a dried-out work of art.

Donate, NOW!

(the above is intended as a parody of a Bernie Sanders fund-raising letter and is not an actual request for funding from the Sanders campaign, DU or Kevin Trudeau).

[CherokeeDem]

18. Love it...

[NastyRiffraff]

41. That's a parody?

and not a real letter?

Good one, stopbush

[grossproffit]

17. He's probably following a strict eating regimen. I see no problem with it.

[stopbush]

23. Coffee and a scone?

I wish I had that strict eating regimen!

[grossproffit]

24. I was giving him the benefit of the doubt. Duped once again.

[LiberalFighter]

19. The media really does get desperate for news.

[Rose Siding]

22. Can't relate to that at all

Can't imagine packing a snack in to the WH like it's any other old meeting. No time to eat before he goes?

The WH staff would accommodate a guest's dietary restrictions, wouldn't they? I can't relate.

[stonecutter357]

26. i gave my wife a jar of homemade fig preserves,

i gave my wife a jar of homemade fig preserves on our first date.

[grossproffit]

30. Aw, that's so sweet.

[procon]

27. It's just another childish dig at Obama.

As if the President would not be gracious and cordial enough to offer refreshments.
As if the neither President, or his staff, would be courteous enough to welcome a guest with a food service.
As if the President lacked the social graces to be an attentive host.

At least he didn't bring a pot to piss in... did he?

[NanceGreggs]

28. I just keep thinking about ...

... Woody Allen in "Bananas", when he's invited to a dinner at the President's palace - and shows up with a box of pastries from the bakery.

"Who brings pastries to a state dinner," asks one of the president's aides after Woody leaves, "and doesn't even bring an assortment?"

[grossproffit]

31. You just reminded me of Annie Hall.

There's an old joke: two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know, and such small portions."

[NanceGreggs]

32. And you just reminded me ...

... of Jackie Mason talking about eating in a "regular" deli as opposed to a Jewish deli: "If you served a Jew a portion that small, you'd spend the rest of your life in court."

[grossproffit]

33. Well done!

Brava!

[Spacedog1973]

34. He's not exactly a spring chicken

and its not unknown for people of his age to avoid eating certain foods, certain ingredients and having a healthy eating regime that can only be regulated by having full control of the food itself.

[displacedtexan]

37. Where do you think he was going? The Motel 6 lobby?

The WH staff feeds kings, diplomats, and every other guest from every country in the world. Do you think they're not good enough to serve Bernie Sanders? Do you think they don't find out who's coming for meetings and what will be needed, if wanted? It's incredibly rude to show up for a meeting with the POTUS and bring your bag of crap and your paper cup of coffee.

[Spacedog1973]

43. He might consider it rude

and a hassle, and also embarrassing to be asking for special items for food because of medical issues for example. Everyone is different.

[emulatorloo]

35. This thread is kinda dumb. In that I dont see a point other than FLAMEBAIT and divisiveness

(Did make me hungry for scones though)

I hope you will consider self-deleting.

[niyad]

36. it was, at the very least, rude and insulting and completely declasse.

[betsuni]

42. A scone can be very filling.

[mrr303am]

44. Bernie just doesn't want to eat from the Wallstreet trough like the others.

[itsrobert]

45. Coffee at a chain coffee shop?

I thought he was for the little guy?

[KittyWampus]

46. well, after that swank meal onboard the plane to Rome

maybe his tastes have evolved.

[hopemountain]

47. little shit?

just referencing the translated meaning of your name.

[fleabiscuit]

48. He should have brought some humble pie. eom

[2banon]

49. omg. Say you didn't really mean that. Please,

Did he think they would poison him or something?