Bernie invited himself to the Vatican to speak for 10 minutes and he won't even meet with the Pope?

[Cali_Democrat]

To add insult to injury, his short speech will be followed by a coffee break.

He could be spending his precious time campaigning in the US, instead he's flying all the way to the Vatican so he can give a 10 minute speech and grab some coffee.

Is it any wonder why he's losing to Hillary? His campaign even admitted recently that they didn't compete in the South for pledged delegates and now they're pulling this stunt.

[Tarc]

1. I don't think it was ever on the table to begin with, as the Pope will be in Greece at that time

That was just Sanders a'wishin and a'prayin.

[revbones]

2. Proof that he invited himself?

Because we've all seen the statement from the chancellor that he invited Bernie.

[morningfog]

3. There is no insult or injury. He was invited and it is an honor.

[Bohemianwriter]

7. Some people think...

That if you repeat the lie often enough, it becomes true.

[PyaarRevolution]

43. Goebbels proved...

that it can work. Why do you think the Bush Admin. kept repeating the "Weapons Of Mass Destruction" lie about Iraq despite there being constant doubt about it?
Even after it was thoroughly debunked as a load of bs there were people who STILL believed it and I don't think all of them only watched FOX News.

[Vinca]

4. Why do you care so much?

You should be grateful he'll be out of New York for a couple of days so Hillary can hold her events in peace without being reminded of the tens of thousands of people who show up for Bernie.

[morningfog]

19. Because they've been conditioned to.

[anotherproletariat]

38. It's all about winning over the undecided voters...an invitation implies some sort of approval,

while asking for an invitation seems like politics as usual.

[msongs]

5. on the plus side he can catch up on the latest strategies to suppress women and lgbt people nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. This is a LIE.

[SwampG8r]

41. Peggy I've always felt you were a decent person

After this primary do you think you'll be able to look at some of these people the same way that you have before?
Will you be able to give them any credibility when they come crying about some Progressive age that they feel now?
I dont think i will

[CaliforniaPeggy]

55. Thank you, my dear SwampG8r...

I'm pretty sure I won't be able to look at some DUers the way I do now. This primary season has been so extremely ugly. And it's a shame.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

6. Bernie is a good guy. I dont understand why these attacks of him continue. Will they

stop when Hillary wins, if she wins?

[Bohemianwriter]

11. It's the Hillary camps way of running..

A "clean" campign focused on "issues"...



Edited.

Wonder if she ever speaks of campaign finance reform during her meetings and fundraisers. Or how to improve the lives of all the people who's been incarcerated for non violent "offenses" the last 25 years...Or how to get everyone healthcare and a living pay...and tax hikes on the filthy rich.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

14. No you dont, this political message board has ten insults or attacks of Hillary for every one

of Bernie.

[SFnomad]

20. +1000 n/t

[Bohemianwriter]

24. I know...

I was being





Peace from a cosmopolitan Bernie supporter

[Surya Gayatri]

35. Sounds about right from here...Ten to one, yeah, I'll take those odds.

Ten broadsides against HRC for every one against St. Bernardo.

[Gothmog]

8. So they shortened the coffee break to work Sanders in?

How sad

[Kalidurga]

9. He will be in the Vatican for the next day as well.

It isn't just a 10 minute speech and a coffee break. And you had to know that because so many people have been railing against this visit for this very reason. Bernie is taking too much time away from New York. I say it's the perfect time to go to New York. Bernie is campaigning to be President of the United States, not President of New York.

[NCTraveler]

10. The way the last week has gone for him he is best served to be out of the country.

Laying low for a bit is a good campaign move on his part.

[lagomorph777]

15. Yes, how embarassing to only draw 48,000 people to a rally.

[NCTraveler]

23. You need to keep saying that. Seems that isn't the takeaway. nt.

[lagomorph777]

33. Yeah, seems snowflakes are hurt when somebody points out what selling yourself is called.

Awwwww, poor babies.

[NuclearDem]

45. 27,000, but you guys were never particularly good at math, anyway.

[lagomorph777]

46. Sorry got the number secondhand - from NYPD and photos

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and 27,000 is a bad thing, right?

Looks to me like 27,000 were all that would fit, the rest were in the surrounding streets.

[NuclearDem]

47. Obama drew 24,000 people in New York in 2008 as well.

He still lost it to Clinton.

[lagomorph777]

48. And that worked out great for Clinton.

[NuclearDem]

50. Clinton has a much bigger lead now than Obama ever did in 2008.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. Yes. And he won't even collect a speaking fee of $250,000 like another candidate does.

[salinsky]

13. Correction:

Technically he will be speaking DURING the coffee break.

His ten minute speaking gig was carved out of a thirty minute coffee break.

Now, the coffee break is only twenty minutes.

I hope he brings cookies.

Those theologians like their coffee breaks.

[brooklynite]

16. It takes about 60 seconds to grind, dose, tamp and draw an espresso...

...there are 30 or so people at the Conference...

...the coffee break has been cut to 20 minutes...

I forsee a problem.

[840high]

44. I'm sad you got involved

in this nonsense. Even thought we often disagreed I thought better of you.

[brooklynite]

53. Sorry you feel that way...

...my initial response was strictly on the tactical merits of taking two days off the campaign trail just before a make or break Primary that he can't afford to lose; my follow-up comments reflect the foolishness of a transparently obvious way to work Sanders into this previously fully scheduled conference for no apparently useful reason other than a ten minute speech and the apparent hope that Papal photo-op would materialize.

I've been clear in the past that I have no issue with Sanders' policies; I question his ability to win a General Election. The judgement that apparently went into planning this trip doesn't make me feel any better.

[MADem]

18. It's a pee break, too, even though they don't advertise it as such. nt

[SFnomad]

26. I'm sure tRump doesn't want to hear abou that ... it's DISGUSTING n/t

[hobbit709]

17. You're about a week behind in your poutrage. Do try to keep up with current poutrages.

[Cali_Democrat]

22. officially, we just found out today that there will be no meeting with the Pope

Pope Francis spurned Bernie:

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/04/14/bernie-sanders-itinerary-in-rome-will-not-include-pope-francis-visit/?_r=0

[morningfog]

28. And you were waiting with bated breath! lol.

Sad lot.

[SFnomad]

30. You don't think something that is happening tomorrow is a "current event"? n/t

[nilram]

21. Clearly he forced them to invite him, and he should force the Pope to meet with him as well.

Kiss MY ring, Popster!

[seabeyond]

27. Yup. That is about it. Hence, pretty sure it was all about getting that line of meeting the Pope

thru media as a Hoorah, without substance or actually doing it. Trying to get the Pope to rub off him.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

29. Ignoring you, goodbye. nt

[grasswire]

31. pure click bait for low information readers

You are embarrassing yourself.

[Politicalboi]

32. So what

Get a life already. Who cares. Can't wait till you guys lose. I'm so sick of this shit. All the while the Clinton's ARE laundering money through their Clinton Foundation. Such shit you guys stayed focused on. Spare us all. You guys support the known LIAR.

[jillan]

34. Ya - he just should have flown over to California for a $353K per table fundraiser instead.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/hillary-clinton-george-clooney-fundraiser-221207

Ironic how Bernie will be speaking as a world leader on income inequality while Hillary will be the walking billboard of income inequality.

[onehandle]

36. 10 minutes seems long. How much can you say about unicorns and rainbows? nt

[noiretextatique]

42. This speaks volumes about you

Increasing the minimum wage and giving people access to education is fantasy. The oligarchy thanks you.

[brooklynite]

57. Sanders won't be discussing either of these issues in anything other than broad academic points...

...unlike the conference this Pope will be at, which is addressing immediate issues for which immediate solutions must be found, this program is a reflective 10,000 ft look back at the post Soviet-era.

[JDPriestly]

37. Bernie did not invite himself to the Vatican, but even if he did, do you think that if Hillary

invited herself to speak at a Vatican meeting, she would receive an invitation?

I doubt it. Personally, I doubt it.

Please provide the link to proof, that is a statement from the Vatican, that Bernie invited himself.

Has Hillary claimed that Bernie invited himself?

I think she should apologize for the fact that some of her followers are making this claim. I seriously doubt that the Vatican works that way when it comes to its meetings. Papal audiences maybe, but not policy meetings.

[noiretextatique]

39. Why do you repeat a lie?

And why does DU allow this?

[jmg257]

40. You forgot to whine about how he's getting there.

And bitch about his tax returns.

[LexVegas]

49. The Pope don't wanna talk to Sanders....he's the fucking runner-up. nt

[longship]

51. That is a fucking lie that he invited himself.

As the Vatican has already verified.

Why, oh why, do Hillary Clinton supporters insist on such Rovian falsehoods?

Disgusting tactics.

[NorthCarolina]

52. Here's whats wrong with DU.

This post, and a myriad of others like it, which are obvious BULLSHIT from the subject line and yet it still has over 350 "views".

Stop clicking on this type of click bait.

[astrophuss42]

54. My sarcasm meter is broken

I admit to being a noob. Will try harder.

[NurseJackie]

56. "Yup."