Bernie Sanders DEFINITELY met privately with Pope Francis

[RiverLover]

Washington Post
4/16/2016

Bernie Sanders meets privately with Pope Francis

ROME — U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders met privately with Pope Francis during his overnight trip here, his spokesman said.

The brief meeting took place at the papal residence early Saturday, according Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs.

"They discussed the issues that the senator raised, that the pope has raised so often, at the conference yesterday," Briggs said, adding that there was no discussion of U.S. politics or Sanders's candidacy.

"He said that there was radiance in his presence and that he was very honored and humbled to have the opportunity to meet with the pontiff."

Sanders does not consider the meeting in any way an endorsement of his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, Briggs said.

Under Vatican rules there were no photographs of the meeting because it took place at the papal residence, Briggs said.

A source inside the Vatican, speaking on condition of anonymity, also confirmed the meeting.

"It was a private meeting and was not supposed to become public," the source said. "It had been planned for, and it happened."

And the Pontifical Academy of Sciences confirmed the meeting via Twitter.

Casina Pio IV ‎@CasinaPioIV

.@Pontifex spoke to @SenSanders about foreign policy and climate issues, five minutes before leaving for Lesbos https://twitter.com/iscaramuzzi/status/721246027995561984 …
4:00 AM - 16 Apr 2016

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If even for just 5 minutes, what a THRILL for Bernie. I'm so happy for him!

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, RiverLover.

[Human101948]

2. Cannot have happened...all the Hillary supporters here told us so...

They're going to be so unhappy.

[RiverLover]

3. They'll say its a Rightwing Conspiracy! Sexism! Benghazi!!

I'm so proud of Bernie.

He's a good man. A good person. Trying to do good in the world.

[Bread and Circus]

7. It's apparently the only three words they know.

[BernieforPres2016]

13. Like their candidate and her husband

They all deserve each other.

[beam me up scottie]

22. He ambushed the pope! He bragged to the press! He eats babies for breakfast!

So much butthurt but they brought it on themselves by taunting and sneering all week.

And I'm enjoying it immensely.

[randome]

23. No, they shared a baby between them!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]

[geek tragedy]

5. "Was not supposed to become public"

Bernie lied to the Pope

Tacky

[RiverLover]

15. You are lying with this post.

It WAS kept private before they met.

Afterwards he was permitted to talk about it. The tweet telling about it came from the vatican! See above.

[geek tragedy]

17. Yes, after Bernie started bragging about it to reporters nt

[beam me up scottie]

21. Proof of that claim? You wouldn't want people to think you're making it up.

[RiverLover]

37. I'd brag about it too! Who wouldn't? And he had the Pope's blessing to tell the world.

nt

[DisgustipatedinCA]

58. You lied. Again.

[beam me up scottie]

18. Awww, you has a sad so now you're making up stories.

[Capt. Obvious]

26. I have a feeling

he may go for a baker's dozen today.

[beam me up scottie]

28. He's headed that way, should be a fun day.

[Capt. Obvious]

30. The flag will go up

[beam me up scottie]

31. Time to review accounts.

[islandmkl]

33. thanks for posting current retort #3...please advance to retort #4 for all further posts

in your attempt to help Hillary's supporters diminish yesterday's supposed (hint: please use that word) meeting between Bernie Sanders and that Pope...

[Loudestlib]

40. Ohhh someone is lying around here alright.

[Bread and Circus]

6. Normally I wouldn't care....but...the Hillary supporters made such a huge fucking deal out of this

So, if true, I would like to see an apology or at least recognition.

[randome]

8. Why would anyone apologize for taking the Pope at his word? He said he wouldn't be there.

Clearly he changed his mind but whose fault is that?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]

[Bread and Circus]

16. The ceaseless and breathless mockery of Sanders regarding the whole Vatican visit has been awful.

Thus, I think an apology or at least recognition would be the honorable thing to do.

[randome]

20. It's definitely overblown on both sides. Some of those I agree with are culprits, too.

It's the "Sanders Is Pure" crowd versus the "Sanders Is Dirt" crowd. I'm alternately amused/disappointed by them all.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]

[KittyWampus]

59. Sanders LIED repeatedly about it. And is lying NOW using the Pope's image to pretend

there's an endorsement.

[pinebox]

61. Your faux outrage is noted while your candidate lies constantly

and has for years.
I find it hilarious you're so concerned suddenly when Hillary's lies read like a laundry list.
Hypocrite.

[CoffeeCat]

55. But most Clinton supporters here

behaved as if they personally knew the facts. And you accused Bernie of being a liar, when you had no clue about what was really going on. Even though you had no clue what was happening behind the scenes, that didn't stop your gaggle from mocking Bernie and making up lies that turned out to have no basis in reality.

"Bernie was never invited." "The Vatican doesn't want him there." "Bernie will not be speaking." "Bernie will only be speaking for ten minutes before a coffee break" "The Pope is leaving for Greece and wants nothing to do with Bernie." "Bernie is not meeting with the Pope."

This article mentions that the meeting had been planned.

Now you guys just look like vacuous gossips who were wrong the entire time.

No, we don't accept your apology for behaving like a mean gaggle of narcissistic sorority girls.

[Capt. Obvious]

27. Would you settle for a double down?

[Bread and Circus]

41. Sanders is far from pure, his utilitarian votes on gun control and the F35 are examples of that.

I still think he's mostly good.

But the severe mockery here in regards to this Vatican thing has been particularly hard to understand.

Speaking about a moral economy is a GOOD thing.... how it's been a subject of ridicule is beyond the pale.

[roguevalley]

54. yeah. I heard he hired a criminal lawyer.

Oh wait ...

[Betty Karlson]

9. Eat your words, Hill-bullies!

[FlatBaroque]

25. Can you even wait for the next Hillarious attack?

[Betty Karlson]

29. Ew! That is gross. But crude as the cartoon is, you have a point. eom

[mythology]

10. If it was supposed to remain private

that's a crappy thing for Sanders' spokesman to have announced.

[geek tragedy]

12. Pope was foolish to trust BS nt

[RiverLover]

14. Ummm, it was to be private BEFORE they met so the press wouldn't be all over it. Not afterwards.

But I suspect you knew that.

[beam me up scottie]

19. Only before the meeting, not after, why is this so difficult to comprehend?

Jeez it's like you guys are sore about it or something.

[FreakinDJ]

11. But the HilBots are now calling Pope Francis a "BernieBro"

[Tarc]

24. Lol, what bullshit. Sander strategically bumped into the Pope's retinue in a foyer

Camp Sanders has lost this spin machine at turn after turn.

[beam me up scottie]

32. Vatican source: "It had been planned for, and it happened"

It was a private meeting and was not supposed to become public," the source said. "It had been planned for, and it happened."

Bernie Sanders meets privately with Pope Francis

[Tarc]

36. Oh yea, I did clear my ignore list the other day

But, sorry, a meeting in a foyer is not "private".

Keep digging though, that 2nd-place hole is getting pretty deep.

[beam me up scottie]

38. That's it, KEEP MOVING THOSE GOALPOSTS!!!

[islandmkl]

34. please stop using retort #2 and skip #3...they have both expired...

please advance to retort #4...

see post #33 above

[Tarc]

35. It must be hard for you

having such a letdown from "an audience with the Pope" to "we said hi in a foyer".

Lot of face to save.

Good luck.

[beam me up scottie]

39. Actually we're the ones laughing while you eat crow.

How is it?

[Tarc]

42. Once again

"The Pope invited Sanders to visit the Vatican" FICTION <-----> TRUTH "Sanders was invited to a conference"

"Sanders has a prized and prominent speaking slot at the conference" FICTION <-----> TRUTH "Sanders spoke for 10 mins before a coffee break"

"Sanders received a letter from the Pope" FICTION <-----> TRUTH "The Poe sent a letter to the conference attendees in general"

"Sanders will meet with the Pope" FICTION <-----> TRUTH "Sanders (conveniently) ran across the Pope's retinue (on its way out of the country) in a foyer (for a 5-min chat)"



And back to ignore.

[beam me up scottie]

43. Fact: the Vatican confirmed the meeting was planned

Enjoy:

[islandmkl]

45. which is it that you cannot process: TRUTH or FACT?

you are an embarrassment of ignorance...

but you ARE amusing on an early Saturday morning...

i think i'll go hit the beach and know i'm having a much better day than you...

PS - i see you are doing the hit & run 'ignore' method....nice

[Aerows]

66. Um, yeah

because everybody is allowed to roam around in the Pope's private residence.

[islandmkl]

44. YEAH...the Pope is just running around in his pajamas and Bernie is just waiting...is that it?

you are merely...vacuous...

the Pope just might have a little 'security' around him at all times...and you know that...or maybe you don't...

like anybody is going to get near the Pope without prior planning...

and maybe you should check out the arrangements that were made for the...oh damn...only about 5 minutes of face time...

you don't have a clue, so you post some 'said hi' bullshit...boy, that one really stung...or not...but definitely one of the two...

i hope you keep posting because i am really beginning to admire your hole...don't stop digging...

[beam me up scottie]

46. They're in full meltdown mode, it's something to behold, isn't it?

The tears are going to short out those nice new servers.

[islandmkl]

47. Pope must check in on DU and just did what was necessary...

he has always exhibited a certain sense of humor...

this is so much better than we could have ever expected...not really the part where Bernie meets the Pope (which is great)...but the total meltdown/denial/obfuscation/anti-Catholic tones of all those who were not only wrong, but continue to double-down and think they are looking 'right'...

some minor karma for a Saturday morning...

[beam me up scottie]

48. Yep! Honestly I wish all politicians would stay away from the pope.

But the more they sneered and taunted the more I wanted this to happen.

Just. To. Piss. Them. Off.

[Buns_of_Fire]

49. Next up: "Yeah, but it was only a BRIEF meeting!" nt

[NWCorona]

50. So it was planned and happened in the pope's resistance.

That sounds like a highly personal meeting.

[winter is coming]

52. I think you've been a victim of autocorrect.

If not, I really don't want to know what the Pope's resistance is.

[NWCorona]

53. Yeah my new phone and the predictive text is bugging me. Still should have caught it tho

I frequent a few electrical forums and use that word a bit.

Thanks!

[islandmkl]

51. upcoming retort (#? - i've lost count): "yeah, well did the Pope write a check to Bernie's campaign?

...so...FAIL!"

time for me to give the local rum factory some revenue...

[KittyWampus]

56. So Sanders co-opts and uses the Popes image again? It's disgusting to pretend

he's got the Pope's endorsement.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

57. He sure did! And lots of malcontent troublemakers are grinding their teeth over it.

Good. They need this, and a thousand other things thrown right into their dishonest faces.

[beam me up scottie]

62. They deserve it, what goes around comes around.

You can't spit in people's faces for a week and not expect a backlash.

[CentralCoaster]

65. No picture? Prove it happened! They took a picture? What a creepy media whore he is!

Haters have to work overtime constructing multiple outrage scenarios.

It must be brutal.

[beam me up scottie]

67. They're trying the "we're OUTRAGED by the pope" talking point now.

It's like watching toddlers have tantrums, peeking at their parents to see if it's working.

[CentralCoaster]

69. OMG, I was just half-kidding and then found this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1107103297

[beam me up scottie]

70. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt! Derp!

[amborin]

60. KNR

[EndElectoral]

63. I'm glad he met with the Pope, but even happier he spoke at the conference on income inequality.

Honestly, this has been one of the lower moments of the campaign by Hillary supporters who are somehow attacking him for going.

I'll give it to HRC that she has not taken the same "tone" on this as some of her supporters.

[kiva]

64. But the Pope's not a delegate!

And only delegates count, you know. Well, delegates and Wall Street.

[pa28]

68. The meeting Hillary supporters claim he lied about? Yup. I believe it is. n/t