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mia

(8,363 posts)
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 10:35 AM Apr 2016

Attacking Bernie Sanders Over His Visit With The Pope Is Garbage

http://www.mediaite.com/online/attacking-bernie-sanders-over-his-visit-with-the-pope-is-garbage/


Independent Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders had a big weekend, jetting off to the Vatican to deliver a speech at a conference there, and even getting to meet Pope Francis himself, and to hear Sanders’ opponents tell it, this makes him history’s greatest monster. According to online critics, Sanders flew to Rome on the Marie Antionette Express, murdered the environment, crashed the Vatican like some drunken neighbor peeing in your barbecue pit, stalked the Pope, and claimed he was now an honorary Pope, too.

I’m only exaggerating slightly, and as a public service to all you Bernie-haters on Twitter, I’m going to explain why this is all garbage before you make yourselves look stupid.

First of all, Bernie is taking a lot of heat for supposedly jetting off to Rome on a “private jet” that cost “up to $200,000,” and had fancy menus with lobster sliders on them, all on his $27-buck-apiece supporters’ dime. The genesis of this garbage is a combination of this Daily Mail story and this tweet from Sanders beat reporter Yamiche Alcindor:

The facts are that Bernie didn’t take a private jet, he chartered a commercial jet, the cost of which is unknown, but which would be shared by the news organizations covering Sanders, and wow, he’s got letterhead! And an inkjet printer! The fact is he had no choice but to use a private charter flight in order to accommodate his staff, the traveling press, and the Secret Service. Aside from the fact that this attack, along with the tabulating of fuel consumed, puts you in the same intellectual space as PJ Media, or Fox News the time they complained about President Obama‘s “$200,000,000 trip to India,” it’s just ignorant of the way politicians travel. The dude’s running for a job that comes with several private jets....

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Attacking Bernie Sanders Over His Visit With The Pope Is Garbage (Original Post) mia Apr 2016 OP
Attacking him for his lying about the details is completely justified. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2016 #2
Oh, you are back already? DURHAM D Apr 2016 #3
really? We have to do this again today? Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #4
Has anyone ever told you... tonedevil Apr 2016 #8
Are you talking about his first visit or his second visit? rock Apr 2016 #5
Not aware of more than one visit. n/t mia Apr 2016 #6
Right you are! rock Apr 2016 #7

Response to Buzz Clik (Reply #1)

DURHAM D

(32,611 posts)
3. Oh, you are back already?
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 10:43 AM
Apr 2016

I ask again... please tell us who you really are before you have to leave again.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
4. really? We have to do this again today?
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 10:43 AM
Apr 2016

No.

If you want to believe his full announcement on The View, believe it.
If you want to believe that he had a private meeting with the Pope in his residence to discuss issues, believe it.

I don't care. I really don't.

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