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[cantbeserious]

1. Bye Bye To Full Ignore

eom

[morningfog]

20. Concern troll bullshit.

[Live and Learn]

38. +10,000 And ditto. nt

[matt819]

3. Grow up (nt)

[JackRiddler]

25. It's the most astounding spin yet.

It wasn't just a handshake, the pope actually took time to sit down and talk with Sanders. How can we make this into a bad thing?

[arcane1]

30. And it's even getting a few disohest rec's too.

I'm so glad I don't have to be defensive about my candidate

[elleng]

31. Sadly, JackRiddler,

MANY people here are trying to do just that, make this into a bad thing; and not only @ DU.

[Punkingal]

4. Get a life...

People can exchange pleasantries for 5 minutes. Is it your hobby to pick fly shit our of pepper?

[JackRiddler]

26. I wish you hadn't said that.

THere's fly shit in pepper. Damn. You're ruining my appetite.

[MattP]

5. You believe the Pope who has no reason to lie or Bernie?

[2pooped2pop]

6. Jeese, You are trying too hard. If you want lies, look at Clinton

where you will find many more lies than truths. You Hillarians are sure making a whole lot out of nothing, especially since you claim that Bernie is no threat to you. Looks like he must be a bigger threat than any of us realized.

Get a grip.
Take the advice of the Pope.

[TDale313]

7. Oh, ffs, get over it already!

Bernie got invited to speak at a conference at the Vatican about creating a more moral economy- something he's been passionate about for decades. He had a brief meeting/exchange with The Pope. Hillary supporters are the ones making this such a huge deal. It was a nice moment. You just look silly making it out to be something nefarious or to imply Bernie exaggerated about this. He was clearly honored, but never exaggerated about it.

[Avalux]

8. Seriously - this is one of the most asinine posts I've read about the subject. Madness. n/t

[ecstatic]

9. Who would have something to gain by lying?

The answer to that question will help solve the mystery.

[itsrobert]

10. Did Bernie put SuperGlue on his hand before the shake?

at Tad Devine's suggestion? 5 minute handshake?

[lumberjack_jeff]

11. The latter.

Regardless of his support for economic changes in the US, he wants to sidestep the internal shitstorm that will ensue for speaking with a pro-choice presidential candidate.

[SidDithers]

12. More Pinocchios for Sanders...

He's building quite the collection.

Sid

[itsrobert]

14. Bernie supporters can donate $27 for the 27 Pinocchios I am giving him.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. It's those deathgrip Argentine handshakes.

Like the perplexing chinese finger traps, they are not easy to get away from.

Bernie was lucky it only lasted five minutes.

[jillan]

15. Now the newbies are insinuating the Pope is a liar. Are you doing this to help Hillary? Hurt Bernie?

Because you are not doing either.

All you are doing is making yourself look ridiculous.

Welcome to DU - now go back to BNR.

[lunamagica]

19. Pssst... They are not saying such thing about the Pope. If someone lied here

it's Sanders

[jillan]

21. Bullshit. Pope's exact words being twisted. HERE is what the Pope said.

Pope Francis, who chuckled afterward than anyone who viewed the "polite" chat as meddling in politics should "look for a psychiatrist."

[lunamagica]

22. What??? Your reply had nothing to do with what I posted

[jillan]

23. And nobody said Bernie shook the Pope's hand for 5 minutes! If you or the OP do not understand

the difference between a handshake and a meeting, I have nothing left to say.

[uponit7771]

34. Ummm, no... no wonder you're not linking... here's what the pope said

http://qz.com/663579/the-pope-met-with-bernie-sanders-out-of-politeness-and-good-manners-he-says/

To the Pope, however—well, even the word “meeting” seems to overstate how he saw their encounter. He made a point of clarifying that the handshake and pleasantries they exchanged should not be seen as a political endorsement.

“This morning when I was leaving, Senator Sanders was there,” he told reporters in Italian aboard the papal airliner today, after his visit to the refugee-filled Greek island of Lesbos. “He knew I was leaving at that time and he had the courtesy to greet me. I greeted him, his wife, and another couple who were there and were sleeping in Santa Martha. This is called good manners and it is not getting involved in politics.”

[cherokeeprogressive]

16. 2 day member with 40 posts is the true version.

[Old Codger]

17. Why not

Go somewhere else,that Bullshit is boring as hell..and pretty childish..

[DefenseLawyer]

18. Slow news day at Blue Nation Review

Get to the bottom of this!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

24. Give it a rest

[arcane1]

28. You cannot possibly be stupid enough to take your own post seriously.

[elleng]

29. a "greeting and a handshake",

GOT IT?

[Califonz]

32. Hillary shill day on DU

*plonk*

[uponit7771]

33. Its not the first time the Sanders campaign has misrepresented proxy credibilty via endorsements

... or overstating what happened during an ecnounter

[elana i am]

35. is this for real????

they are both saying the SAME FUCKING THING!

is this battle coming down to the semantics between the words "meet" and "greet"? you can't shake a persons hand and greet them without a meeting. and you can't greet a person without exchanging some kind of pleasantries. are we going to start fucking arguing whether or not it was actually 3 minutes vs 5 minutes now?

the fuck kind of world did i wake up in this morning?!?!?!

[bvf]

36. Give it up. Two days of solid stupid should be plenty for you.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

37. Bernie people-- please do not feed trolls. n/t

[NurseJackie]

39. That's awkward.

[Onlooker]

40. What a mess Sanders dragged the Pope into ...

... He did to the Pope what Sheriff Arpaio did to Jane Sanders.