The most definitive article to date: Vatican: Pope Didn't Invite Bernie Sanders

[MADem]

5. It's so damned OBVIOUS--but then again, it always WAS.

I don't blame Bernie for being a bit hornswoggled, but he should have done a bit more due diligence on how the issue would be perceived.

His PR team should have reached out to the PA team--AND The Vatican offices of the Pontiff (assuming he wanted to meet Himself). And that should have happened before he went on TV giggling about how "The POPE" invited him to "The Vatican."


If he thinks the imagery of himself, Correa and Morales is going to be some kind of resonating and iconic thing, he just Did Not Think It Through.

And if he thinks that Francis--or Margaret Archer--are going to be happy that he stunk up the PA conference with "politicking" he'd probably best think again.

This whole thing is in Crash and (LOL) "Bern" territory at this stage of the game. It's the best thing that could have happened to Clinton, though, so I am not displeased. It takes BS OFF the campaign trail for three or four days at least, at a critical time. It's not going to help him with American Catholics who

a. Don't like to be played

b. The conservative ones are GOP, the liberal ones like this Pope's attempts at liberalization ... and don't like seeing him blindsided.

There is a tiny window of opportunity for BS to meet the Pope, but he's going to Lesbos to be with the refugees, so he's going to have to squeeze it in on day 1, if he can find a red eye plane leaving right after the debate...!!

And this??? HILARIOUS!!!!!!!! You'll have to watch on YT, but funny....