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[hrmjustin]

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[Lucinda]

1. Really?

Oh my!

[hrmjustin]

2. He is going to a refuge conference on the island of Lesbos Greece.

[Lucinda]

3. This story just keeps on giving.

I'd love to see Greece!

[seabeyond]

17. Lol Lol. Ah man, I hear we are jealous, of something Sanders doesn't have. I am not sure how that

works, but they think it is a clever meme and say it repeatedly. Lol.

[Treant]

4. So he'll be a Lesbian that day.

[BlueMTexpat]

11. DUzy worthy!

Well done.

[DemonGoddess]

6. Karma

good

[Skid Rogue]

24. LMAO!!!!!

Are you serious?

[hrmjustin]

26. Yep!

[SunSeeker]

5. Anyone taking bets Sanders will find some excuse not to go to that conference?

[IamMab]

14. I'd think he's too on the hook to back out now.

After the fuss that's been made so far, he should take a big hit if he backs out.

[SunSeeker]

33. So he's going to leave the campaign trail "because he's wanted elsewhere" a la John McCain?

Just days before the NY Primary? Because he HAS to go to a conference in Vatican City when the Pope won't even be in town? And Sanders is not even listed as a speaker?!

Well I certainly hope he flies off to Italy! Leaving the campaign trail worked so well for McCain!

[IamMab]

34. This fits perfectly into the expected behavior for...

...someone who thinks of themselves as a figure above the petty concerns of mere mortals.

Sanders seems to be aiming a lot higher than Mt Rushmore lately.

[HillareeeHillaraah]

7. You do all that canvassing....

...AND you give us this delightful morsel.

Gratitude abounds

[hrmjustin]

8. I live to serve.

[Walk away]

47. And it's a dish best served cold!!!!!

[DURHAM D]

9. Think Jane Sanders can get an invite to Lesbos?

This is too funny.

[George II]

10. His loss. St. Bernard was going to allow Pope Francis to kiss his ring.

[hrmjustin]

12. Link

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0X227F

[BlueMTexpat]

18. Thanks for this.

My link says the 16th. I have a feeling that there is some real dissension in Rome about Bernie's invitation.

Yes, there is a tragic humanitarian crisis going on in the Mediterranean right now, with refugees being shipped back to Turkey. But it isn't new and the first shipments began this week. So for the Pope to head there at the time of Bernie's visit speaks volumes.

[DURHAM D]

30. I bet the name Kim Davis has come up a lot today. nt

[okasha]

35. Frequently.

It is just too rich that Bernie was going to Rome--and make the visit look like a papal endorsemen--and Francis won't even be in Italy at the time.

I wonder where Santoro Sanchez will end up after this gaffe. Bishop Antarctica, Apostle to the Penguins?

[Koinos]

41. This whole things looks like a setup by Jeffrey Sachs and Santoro Sanchez.

With supporters like this, who needs political opponents?

[Her Sister]

43. They think they are so clever!!

and you know us New Yorkers ~ we just loooooooooooooove being fooled! We are known for that!

[Koinos]

45. I am flabbergasted.

They believed that this alleged "audience with the pope" would make NY Catholics flock to Sanders?

[leftofcool]

42. The last guy got fired. I bet Sanchez gets fired!

[DemonGoddess]

46. Yep. I expect in a few months he'll have been "reassigned"

to a meaningless post with no power, just like the LAST one who tried this.

[sheshe2]

13. Ha!

[BlueMTexpat]

15. Hi justin!

Great to hear this. But my info says that he will be there on Apr 16. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-greece-pope-idUSKCN0X4165 Perhaps he'll leave on the 15th. ??

What I do find interesting is that the trip is described as a "lightning visit" - which sounds as if this is being arranged in a big hurry.

I had mused earlier today that his reps would get him FAR away from Sanders -and fast - in order to avoid any inference that he was supporting a Sanders bid for the Presidency. Absolutely NOT the thing to do. The Pope "gets" that, even if Sanders and his people fail to.

[hrmjustin]

20. Papal trips are rarely just put together but i don't kniw how long this was planned.

My sense is Sanders screwed up and now will look to bow out.

[BlueMTexpat]

22. This whole situation is somewhat surreal -

but also very funny!

[hrmjustin]

25. It had the beginnings of a how do you top this day and now all his supporters have is he will be

in the Vatican so he is special.

[BlueMTexpat]

27. If I were a New Yorker,

I'd be going

Isn't this guy trying to win a primary in my state? How does visiting the Vatican - the Vatican!!! - just before the primary help him do that if we truly live in a democracy where Church and State are considered separate?

[seabeyond]

16. Perfect timing for a question asked me. Thanks Justin. Nt

[Kath1]

19. The island of Lesbos sounds cool to me.

Wish I had the money to attend.

[wildeyed]

21. Of course he is!

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[OhZone]

23. As a lesbian, I approve of that trip. nt

[nygurl]

39. +1...Self-inflicted wombs..the gaffe that keeps on gaffing

middle of the New York night, utterly LMEAO. (Laughing My Entire...)
so appreciate being here wit youse!

[revmclaren]

28. K & R

You just made my evening. You just cant make this shit up.

[Iliyah]

29. Read that the Pope won't be there on the 14th, 15th and 16th.

He's getting the heck out of there!

[itsrobert]

31. Bernie's staff is fuckng him over

First they tell him Hillary said Bernie was QUOTE UNQUOTE not qualified to be president and advise him to fight back. And now his staff probably told him they lined up the Vatican for him to meet with the Pope. And Bernie goes off half cock on the View that he has a visit with the Pope planned. They don't call them Camp Pinocchio for nothing.

[hrmjustin]

48. Weaver should be fired.

[Cha]

32. ATHENS (Reuters) - Pope Francis will visit Greece on April 14-15 and plans to visit the island of

Lesbos which is at the forefront of Europe's refugee crisis, a government official said on Tuesday.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, would also be present, the official said."

So why did BS say he was going to meet the Pope on The View?

[LiberalFighter]

36. Did you post this elsewhere?????

You really should.

[Surya Gayatri]

37. Delicious irony...did the Bern get his dates mixed up?

[Historic NY]

38. Lights are on & the Pope's not home.....

when Bernie come to visit.

[betsuni]

40. #VatiCANT

[Koinos]

44. Actually, this gives Sanders an excellent excuse to cancel the trip.

He can claim that the pope had to schedule a last-minute trip to Lesbos and was therefore unable to meet with Sanders.

Sanders still gets the MSM PR point he made with the "fictional" announcement of the pope wanting to meet with him, but he doesn't have to actually go through with it and possibly violate FEC rules about expenditures for non-campaign trips.

He also doesn't have to sit through a Catholic social theology discussion.

And his followers will never totally grasp what really happened.

[hrmjustin]

49. This whole thing is a debacle.

[Koinos]

51. We saw it happen to Romney and others.

The greatest threat to any campaign is ridicule.

[hrmjustin]

50. Kicking for 50.

[Gothmog]

52. It will be hard even for the Pope to be at two places at once