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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders DEFINITELY met privately with Pope Francis [View all]NWCorona
(8,541 posts)53. Yeah my new phone and the predictive text is bugging me. Still should have caught it tho
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He ambushed the pope! He bragged to the press! He eats babies for breakfast!
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#22
Proof of that claim? You wouldn't want people to think you're making it up.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#21
I'd brag about it too! Who wouldn't? And he had the Pope's blessing to tell the world.
RiverLover
Apr 2016
#37
thanks for posting current retort #3...please advance to retort #4 for all further posts
islandmkl
Apr 2016
#33
Normally I wouldn't care....but...the Hillary supporters made such a huge fucking deal out of this
Bread and Circus
Apr 2016
#6
Why would anyone apologize for taking the Pope at his word? He said he wouldn't be there.
randome
Apr 2016
#8
The ceaseless and breathless mockery of Sanders regarding the whole Vatican visit has been awful.
Bread and Circus
Apr 2016
#16
It's definitely overblown on both sides. Some of those I agree with are culprits, too.
randome
Apr 2016
#20
Sanders LIED repeatedly about it. And is lying NOW using the Pope's image to pretend
KittyWampus
Apr 2016
#59
Sanders is far from pure, his utilitarian votes on gun control and the F35 are examples of that.
Bread and Circus
Apr 2016
#41
Ummm, it was to be private BEFORE they met so the press wouldn't be all over it. Not afterwards.
RiverLover
Apr 2016
#14
Only before the meeting, not after, why is this so difficult to comprehend?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#19
Lol, what bullshit. Sander strategically bumped into the Pope's retinue in a foyer
Tarc
Apr 2016
#24
YEAH...the Pope is just running around in his pajamas and Bernie is just waiting...is that it?
islandmkl
Apr 2016
#44
Yeah my new phone and the predictive text is bugging me. Still should have caught it tho
NWCorona
Apr 2016
#53
upcoming retort (#? - i've lost count): "yeah, well did the Pope write a check to Bernie's campaign?
islandmkl
Apr 2016
#51
So Sanders co-opts and uses the Popes image again? It's disgusting to pretend
KittyWampus
Apr 2016
#56
He sure did! And lots of malcontent troublemakers are grinding their teeth over it.
DisgustipatedinCA
Apr 2016
#57
No picture? Prove it happened! They took a picture? What a creepy media whore he is!
CentralCoaster
Apr 2016
#65
I'm glad he met with the Pope, but even happier he spoke at the conference on income inequality.
EndElectoral
Apr 2016
#63