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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie took time out to try for a photo op at the Vatican, but ... [View all]Raster
(20,998 posts)41. No it has not. And I can't believe you are still obsessing about this shit.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-vatican-idUSKCN0X5257
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was invited to speak at an April 15 Vatican event by the Vatican, a senior papal official said on Friday, denying a report that Sanders had invited himself.
"I deny that. It was not that way," Monsignor Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo told Reuters in a telephone interview while he was traveling in New York. Sorondo, a close aide to Pope Francis, is chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, which is hosting the event.
He said it was his idea to invite Sanders.
A Bloomberg report quoted Margaret Archer, president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, as saying that Sanders had broken with protocol by failing to contact her office first.
"This is not true and she knows it. I invited him with her consensus," said Sorondo, who is senior to Archer.
An invitation to Sanders dated March 30, which was emailed to Reuters, was signed by Sorondo and also included Archer's name.
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was invited to speak at an April 15 Vatican event by the Vatican, a senior papal official said on Friday, denying a report that Sanders had invited himself.
"I deny that. It was not that way," Monsignor Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo told Reuters in a telephone interview while he was traveling in New York. Sorondo, a close aide to Pope Francis, is chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, which is hosting the event.
He said it was his idea to invite Sanders.
A Bloomberg report quoted Margaret Archer, president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, as saying that Sanders had broken with protocol by failing to contact her office first.
"This is not true and she knows it. I invited him with her consensus," said Sorondo, who is senior to Archer.
An invitation to Sanders dated March 30, which was emailed to Reuters, was signed by Sorondo and also included Archer's name.
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One minute, he's an ATTENTION HOUND, the next NOT INTERRUPTING OTHER SENATORS
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2016
#3
One minute he's crashing the democratic party and needs to fucking go away cause he's not a real
Autumn
Jun 2016
#6
Not hardly. Bernie was outed by a papal spokesman. Bernie asked to meet the pope
tonyt53
Jun 2016
#34
this is an example of the pettiness and suckingness of this place after the ban.
roguevalley
Jun 2016
#38
I would like to know if Hillary ever divested her Walmart stock or are those shares still parked
Snotcicles
Jun 2016
#56
Unfortunately, yes. He's be called a showboater. There was no need for him to be there to pass it.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2016
#22
Nah, we've seen how any action he takes, any word he says, is cast as despicable and awful.
Scootaloo
Jun 2016
#35
So the people in the party of which he was running to be nominee aren't his colleagues?
anigbrowl
Jun 2016
#29
Hillary supporters howl all the time that he's not a democrat so don't take me to task over their
Autumn
Jun 2016
#44
Could you let Bernie know that Hillary won? He doesn't seem as caught up as you
anigbrowl
Jun 2016
#30