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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Says He Met Pope Francis at the Vatican [View all]2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)96. So sorry, I didn't go.
but Hillary was shilling for more from the rich. She never will learn. She is a person who is incapable of making good decisions. She would be more dangerous than Bush was as POTUS. She scares the fuck out of me in the respect.
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Did he meet with him to talk about the homophobic and anti-abortion views of the Church? n/t
Onlooker
Apr 2016
#2
Looks like he mentioned his differences with the pope on women's and lgbt rights to someone:
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#8
They were sure he was going to pander to the bigots but he didn't, he stood up for us.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#17
Absolutely correct! It was perhaps one of the greatest speeches I've ever listened to.
delrem
Apr 2016
#18
See my post # 20, they are outraged at the lack of ourage directed at the Pope by Sanders
Dragonfli
Apr 2016
#22
Unless Secretary Clinton does it instead. ... you said a mouthful and are completely correct.
bjo59
Apr 2016
#12
I am well aware of the historical context. That was not my question. I asked who had been
Tanuki
Apr 2016
#35
Oh, I understood it all right. I just wanted the poster to acknowledge it as a cheap
Tanuki
Apr 2016
#57
When 'the come for' a minority group, it's not always about arrest. It's beatings and arson and
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#90
If you read the last line of the post I responded to, you would not make a perverse claim that
Tanuki
Apr 2016
#93
Bernie tends to do exactly that in religious settings, Hillary tends to do the opposite, she panders
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#89
Good point. I've seen people excoriated here for even mentioning the Pope or the Vatican
R B Garr
Apr 2016
#104
I hope there's a photo, they won't believe anything, and even then.. denial...but cool beans
Joob
Apr 2016
#6
I'm guessing he found out where and when the Pope has breakfast and ambushed him
Tanuki
Apr 2016
#16
LOLOLOL! Because there's no security at the Vatican! They'll let anyone "ambush" the pope!
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#19
He was reportedly accompanied by Monsignor Sarondo, who is an insider and who worked
Tanuki
Apr 2016
#21
"Vatican source said the meeting was not a chance encounter and had been planned."
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#26
OT but that gif never fails to get a huge guffaw every time you post it
riderinthestorm
Apr 2016
#31
You know that palace has guards? One doesn't just get to wonder around like one does in
Autumn
Apr 2016
#71
No way would Bernie lie @ this. The Vatican would smack that down immediately nt
riderinthestorm
Apr 2016
#13
Yes I know, the meaning of the word private escapes you: no pictures allowed.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#44
No, the meme is that Sanders was negligent because rather than agreeing with his shared goals
Dragonfli
Apr 2016
#20
This Pope met with Kim Davis and Bernie Sanders. Interesting, how he likes to play
msanthrope
Apr 2016
#28
Well, in a manner of speaking - Kim Davis was thrust upon him unwittingly and....
George II
Apr 2016
#87
You could find lots of verbiage to adopt from the Republicans' tantrum over Obama's trip to Berlin
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#91
I can do that too. Did you know that I met with Carol Burnett several years ago.
NurseJackie
Apr 2016
#50
Difference is no one gives a shit if you did or did not meet her or anyone else.
2pooped2pop
Apr 2016
#63
You call out lies and exaggerations when you see them, yet support the biggest liar in politics?
2pooped2pop
Apr 2016
#61
As long as you try to spin a 5-minute ambush in a foyer as "an audience with the Pope"
Tarc
Apr 2016
#73
She spent time sucking up to hedge fund managers for big, big money donations...
Human101948
Apr 2016
#82
It was Pope Francis' glow-in-the-dark cross that was the 'radiance' Sanders thought he saw.
randome
Apr 2016
#62
The building is not 'a hotel' it is Domus Sanctae Marthae or St Martha's House and it functions as
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#88
Sachs is now trying to say the meeting was prearranged... no one believes Sanders camp caused they'v
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#99
Looking at the Pope's comments, he wasn't expecting Sanders' et. al. to be in the lobby that early.
George II
Apr 2016
#103
Of course it was prearranged. That's what "he had the courtesy to greet me" means. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2016
#105