2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: More made up shit about the Vatican visit. [View all]CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)Even before Bernie left for Vatican City--they were spinning their tales.
Their vitriol has ended up being a big part of the story. I think their pettiness has seemed to damage the Clinton camp.
Here's another except and article, this time from Vanity Fair. As more information and reporting pours in on Bernie's trip to Vatican City--their talking points will further erode to dust. I hope they keep going. So easy to rebuke their lies.
Fortunately for him, his local liaison Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo was close to Francis and helped facilitate an audience for Sanders with the Pope at the Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican guesthouse where Francis keeps his residence.
As schedules continued to shift and Sanders bounced from meeting to meeting around the Vatican, the certainty of the Popes availability became increasingly cloudy. But while seated at dinner with foreign policy advisor Jeffrey Sachs and their wives Jane and Sonia, respectively, Sanders received the news he had been hopefully awaiting. His time with the Pope would be informal and brief, a quick meet-and-greet in the foyer of the Casa Santa Marta at 6 A.M. the next morning, but he had been granted an audience.
So, Monsignor Sordondo, a close personal aid of the Pope's, facilitated and arranged the brief meeting between Bernie Sanders and the Pope. The New York Times confirmed that the Pope's personal secretary informed Sanders, the night before dinner, that the meeting would happen at 6:00 a.m.
Tell us the story again, Hillarians--about how Bernie ambushed the Pope! I love that one!
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/04/bernie-sanders-meets-pope
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/us/politics/bernie-sanders-pope-francis-vatican.html?_r=0