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[lamp_shade]

1. Oh ya right.

[Geronimoe]

5. Meanwhile at the Hillary campaign,,,,

Hillary Clinton Snags $15M+ From George Clooney-Hosted SF & LA Fundraisers

[SunSeeker]

7. That was $15 M for DOWN TICKET Democrats, so we can have a Dem Congress.

Something Sanders has not contributed one dime to during his campaign.

[Geronimoe]

8. Ain't going to happen

The Clintons lost both Houses of Congress in the 90s. The American people will want the Republicans to oppose Hillary giving America away for pennies on the dollar. You'll have exactly the same grid-lock of the past 50 years. Each political party blaming each other as they pass K Street legislation.

[PatrynXX]

35. that and any Democrat

who gets tied to Hillary will likely lose it in November. I'd stay closer to Obama. You'll have Republicans out in droves locally.

[Democat]

38. Go back to your right wing troll site

You sound like a Trump supporter.

No matter which candidate you support, attacking and bashing Democratic candidates is not the purpose of this site.

[PatrynXX]

33. well I wouldn't donate to Conservadems either

we want real Democrats in. something we should have learned during our drubbing in 2014 but I guess it takes more than one hand in the fire to lean our lesson. say when you say he hasn't contributed one dime what a load of BS. Neither has she. Her $$$$ donors have and nobody cares about them. The Rich fund the Rich. hence Rigged. Glad to see the pope is making things interesting. You just foolhardely fell for the argument Bernie is making. get money out.

[SunSeeker]

42. If we followed your purity retrictions, we would never get a Dem majority. nt

[pangaia]

49. payback

[Gomez163]

43. FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

20. Hillary would have made a campaign ad about it.

[PatrynXX]

36. Probably with kids

all around her from SH . disgusting.

[Zorro]

2. Oh that Bernie.

Such a sincere liar.

[OhZone]

3. It wasn't political for the pope -

but it was 100% political stunt for Sanders. IMHO

[George II]

10. A multi-million dollar political stunt.

[nini]

4. LOL

[SunSeeker]

6. Looks like Sanders groupie-stalked the Pope.

As the Pope described it:

"When I was leaving (Casa Santa Marta) Senator Sanders was there, he came to the meeting on Centesimus Annus, and he knew that I was leaving at that time, and he had the courtesy to greet me," Pope Francis said. "I greeted him and his wife and another couple that was with him."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/2016-elections-bernie-sanders-briefly-meets-pope-francis/

[LiberalFighter]

19. I wonder how Bernie knew the Pope was going to be there?

Bernie is not putting himself in a good light with that tactic.

[EvieM]

21. LOL! The Pope lives there~~~~IMO the light complements Bernie quite nicely

[SunSeeker]

23. The Pope's travel schedule was widely reported - and told to Academy attendees.

Looks like Sanders staked out the Pope's residence at 4 AM and cornered him as he was leaving for Greece.

[LiberalFighter]

31. Stalking the Pope?

[George II]

9. Not that he didn't want it to be. Here's EXACTLY what transpired, in the Pope's own words:

http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2016/04/16/pope-francis-calls-sanders-greeting-only-common-courtesy/

This happened at approximately 4AM, Sanders just happened to be in the lobby in the middle of the night!

“This morning as I was leaving, Senator Sanders was there,” Francis said. “He knew I was coming out at that time, and he had the kindness to greet me.”

“When I came down, he introduced himself, I greeted him with a handshake, and nothing more,” the pope added. “It’s common courtesy, this is called common courtesy.

[Geronimoe]

12. Phoney baloney from CRUX

These are the people that gave us the fake stories about Saint Kim Davis's meeting with the pope.

[George II]

13. Check the CBS report then, except for a word or two (probably due to translation), it was....

....an identical report.

[sus453]

18. So what.

If you had an opportunity to meet the pope wouldn't you?

[George II]

24. 20-hour round trip flight costing a million or two to "meet the pope"? I'd pass. I wonder...

...how many of the poor that he claims to be championing could have been fed with the money he frittered away on that trip?

[afertal]

28. Roughly about the same amount...

....as a few of Hillary's paid speeches.

[thesquanderer]

39. He didn't go *just* to meet the pope, but he was hoping to have that opportunity while there.

also, re: "round trip flight costing a million or two" - what's your source for that figure? Geek Tragedy said it's $100k for a charter flight to Rome, so assuming he flew that way both directions, it would be $200k. (Charter flights are for the plane, not per person.)

[840high]

46. You wouldn't pass.

[salinsky]

11. "We didn't want anyone to think this was political," Sanders said.

[Geronimoe]

15. The jaded Hillary supporters

think no decency exists, only the worship of the almighty dollar.

[SunSeeker]

26. The FEC might want to know why Sanders paid for this "nonpolitical" trip with campaign cash.

The trip was organized and paid for by Sanders’ campaign.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bernie-sanders-brings-family-trip-vatican/story?id=38416805

[thesquanderer]

40. Well, it's two different questions...

...whether the trip has a political component, vs. whether meeting with the pope was political. Either way, I guess you could report it to the FEC and see what they say, but since it was rather highly publicized, I suspect they know about it.

[SunSeeker]

44. I'm sure Sanders will get another FEC warning letter to add to his collection.

He's already had to pay back donations. This trip must have cost 6 figures. They chartered a Delta Boeing 767 and he took his wife and 10 relatives, various campaign staff, a Secret Service detail and members of the press. And he staked out the Pope's residence with Jeffrey Sachs, who was lead speaker at the Academy conference and got Sanders the Academy invite. Jeffrey Sachs is the Sanders campaign "foreign policy advisor."

[appalachiablue]

45. You got it, and absolutely NO SHAME whatsoever. All $$$$$, Craven Avarice and Greed.

[33taw]

34. Then why did he tell the press?

[thesquanderer]

41. Maybe to shut up those who said there's no way he's meeting the pope...

...and that therefore he lied when he said he would. See? No lie. That's all. That doesn't make it political.

[appalachiablue]

14. Awareness of drastic, rising wealth inequality and concentration recently has filled

the news this year and previously like the major reports issued by the Pew Research Foundation and the Davos summit to name just two sources. As well, major conferences and discussions sponsored by leading institutions like the Vatican, Oxfam and others have focused on this global danger and also pressing Climate Change around the world. For those who care at least.
It's the times, not the presidential primary campaign as Bernie's critics are want to think. Ssh, and get real. The Clooney's megabucks, posh CA fundraiser is a 'campaign opportunity' though, not the Vatican conference.

[afertal]

32. Oh, screw that!

We don't need no stinkin' worldview! It's all about "US." (sarcasm)

[thelasthope]

16. I believe him

I take Sanders' word for it

[Paladin]

17. Bullshit. (nt)

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

22. I wonder why Hillary fans seem so bitter.

Is it because they were so damn sure (and hopeful) that Bernie wouldn't be meeting the Pope?

[yallerdawg]

25. Just in case anyone tried to make it political...

Pope Francis says:

The pope told reporters about the meeting with Sanders in his own words Saturday, describing his greeting as simple "politeness" and denying that he was "meddling in politics."

"When I was leaving (Casa Santa Marta) Senator Sanders was there, he came to the meeting on Centesimus Annus, and he knew that I was leaving at that time, and he had the courtesy to greet me," Pope Francis said. "I greeted him and his wife and another couple that was with him."

"So when I went down, I said hello, a shake of the hand and nothing more," he continued. "This is politeness. This is called good manners, not meddling in politics. And if anyone thinks that to greet someone means to meddle in politics, then I suggest that they find a psychiatrist."

[beastie boy]

47. There issue is not whether the pope was meddling in politics

The question is whether Bernie dragged the pope into his politics.

[AZ Progressive]

27. It's pretty obvious what Hillary's propaganda squad will say about this

[gordyfl]

29. I Saw the Pope in Toronto Canada

It Wasn't political.

Not for me or the hundreds of thousands of attendees. I did not shake his hand or speak at a Vatican conference. I wasn't as fortunate , as Bernie, to be given that opportunity.

He was given the opportunity. He took it. Good for him!

I'm sure he is glad he went, regardless of the negativity coming from his opponents.

[WhiteTara]

37. How is this LBN? Shouldn't this be in GDP?

[tammywammy]

48. Locking

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