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pnwmom

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5. They both tried -- and failed -- to use the Pope in a publicity stunt.

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 23, 2016, 03:29 AM

Apr 2016

Bernie didn't care about celebrating a 25 year old encyclical on the virtues of capitalism -- which was the purpose of the conference he attended. This was blatant pandering to the Catholic vote, and he just looked ridiculous.

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Latino vote, a sleeping giant, has been awakened [View all] Tarc Apr 2016 OP

Perfectly stated.. busterbrown Apr 2016 #1

NY Times reported some "fed-up" immigrants are Hortensis Apr 2016 #11

Bernie is gonna win the Latino vote in California. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2016 #2

Except they're too smart to think he was invited to the Vatican by the Pope. pnwmom Apr 2016 #3

You keep trying to equate Bernie and Kim Davis Scootaloo Apr 2016 #4

They both tried -- and failed -- to use the Pope in a publicity stunt. pnwmom Apr 2016 #5

TAKE PRIMARY TALK TO THE GD-P, please. Hortensis Apr 2016 #9

Alternately, you're motivated by your own irrational hatred of the man Scootaloo Apr 2016 #15

'wangle an invite', 'waylaid the Pope', 'polite handshake, nothing more'. appalachiablue Apr 2016 #13

Here is an article from a Catholic source. pnwmom Apr 2016 #14

Those articles have been seen and the subject has been well covered already. appalachiablue Apr 2016 #17

My words reflected those from multiple articles. "Wangle" and "angle" an invite mean the same thing. pnwmom Apr 2016 #18

Got it, the first time. appalachiablue Apr 2016 #22

I think so, too. Major Hogwash Apr 2016 #7

No, I'm sorry. We Latinos wach and read the news. We know what really went down lunamagica Apr 2016 #21

They should have already been mobilized against the current President. For all of the talk about Chakab Apr 2016 #6

You might want to watch this video BigBearJohn Apr 2016 #8

PRIMARY TALK, belongs on the GD-P. Hortensis Apr 2016 #10

I thought you were talking about the Latino vote, so I posted a Latino video. What's wrong? BigBearJohn Apr 2016 #12

Mostly that the talk isn't going in his candidate's favor Scootaloo Apr 2016 #16

He lost the Latino vote in NY lunamagica Apr 2016 #24

Asian communitues, too. For a long time, many asians were republicans. AgadorSparticus Apr 2016 #19

33% of Hispanicss say the economy is the #1 issue. Hortensis Apr 2016 #20

Shhh... Jeffersons Ghost Apr 2016 #23