I've got a GREAT joke for you...

[Barack_America]

So, a guy surrounded by Secret Service, and another guy surrounded by the Gendarmerie, just happen to bump into each other in a Vatican hall....

That's it. That's the joke.

That DOES NOT happen.

Anyone who really thinks otherwise is kidding THEMSELVES. The Pope is not going to be ambushed in the Vatican, nonetheless by somebody with his own security detail.

Bernie was invited to the Vatican. A brief, informal greeting was arranged. This does not signify a formal endorsement of Sanders by the Pope. But it does suggest that the Pope probably prefers Sanders to the other candidates.

Is there ANY chance we can accept this and move on to talk about something else?

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Thank you! Day two, and I still cannot wrap my head around the anger on this one.

Or the general avoidance of actual issues this primary season.

[Barack_America]

4. You figure they'd just try to let it sink...

...and move on to something else.

The Clinton camp is highlighting Sanders's Vatican visit just as much as the Sanders camp is.

They just can't help themselves.

[bvar22]

12. Doubling Down when they should just quit, and walk away.

A self-destructive compulsion.

[Barack_America]

14. Absolutely.

This episode has to live on as a DU meme.

"He ambushed the Pope in the bathroom" could be the next, "call Congress right fucking now!"

[99Forever]

2. Precisely.

Anyone who says otherwise, has either nefarious reasons or their head up their ass or perhaps both.

[JackInGreen]

3. Not as long as camp weathervane

Is lining up the barrels of hater-aid, I'm afraid it won't be dropped. It's about the most pathetic set of tantrums I've seen since we stopped my son from eating crayons.

[Barack_America]

10. I just want to tell you...

...your post cracked me up.


My 2-year old can't be trusted with crayons either.

[tblue37]

13. Crayola crayons and Pla-Doh both smell delicious--but I remember that

they taste awful. (I am 65, so it has been many decades since I tasted them, but the smell of both products is powerfully nostalgic.)

Off-brandcrayons and play dough don't have the same wonderful smell, so little kids are not as tempted to taste them.

[Paulie]

16. What about paste?

Was all the rage when I was a kid. Guess glue sticks sort of took it off the menu for kids today.

[tblue37]

17. For some reason paste never tempted me, though other kids did like to taste it. nt

[DrDan]

5. it does not suggest that at all (the Pope "prefers Sanders") - what a strange conclusion to jump to

[Barack_America]

6. You are free to come to your own conclusion of what 1 + 1 equals.

I'll stick with "2".

ETA: in case you're interested in how this all actually happened.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511751431

[DrDan]

9. well - so you justify/rationalize the statement that the Pope was personally involved with

offering the invitation by "He is not absent minded - he knows everything".

okee dokee then

[Contrary1]

7. I wouldn't come to that conclusion at all...

I see it simply as two men sharing a common belief that there is enough there for all of us; if we just let it happen.

[Barack_America]

8. The Pope does not see himself sharing that "common belief"...

...with any of the other candidates.

That's my point.

[jwirr]

11. Excellent analysis. And no they will not drop it - they have

nothing else to talk about.

[TheBlackAdder]

15. In politics, there's a time to spin and a time to STFU. All these OPs do is draw attention to...

.


Where SBS was?

Where HRC was?.

Why SBS was at the Vatican?

Why HRC was not at the Vatican?


No matter how each side tries to spin it, those four questions persist.


But, mostly, it presents these OP writers in a really bad light.


.

[Sky Masterson]

18. But But

We want it to be true!
We NEED it to be true.
When will the world forgive Hillary for her part in the Iraq war?
Yeah people were maimed and killed but we got SadammOsama Bin Hussain!!!!
She helped divert the hunt for Osama Bin Laden by aiding and abetting the Bait and switch from using every resource we had from hunting Bin Laden to removing Sadaam.
And birthing ISIS!
Lets reward her with the Presidency