He's going to advocate for the poor and disadvantaged, just like he did back in Vermont in the 1980's and 90's. Riiiight...

http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/el-cheapo/Content?oid=2433883

SEVEN DAYS
Vermont's Independent Voice

By Peter Freyne

October 16, 1996

EL CHEAPO!

Sanders is making more money than at any time in his life but gives next to nothing to charity organizations. This leads Peter Freyne to reminisce about Bernie's early mayoral charity-trashing speech to the United Way.

He's the only independent in Congress, the self-proclaimed champion of "poor people, working people and the elderly," and he wears his politics on his sleeve.
...

But some things never change: Bernie Sanders is still a cheapskate.
...

Revolutionary zeal was all the rage, and no one who was there will ever forget that memorable day at the Ramada Inn in 1981 when Mayor Sanders was invited to address the kickoff of the United Way campaign.

Ol' Bernardo couldn't conceal the contempt he held for all those well-dressed do-gooders. His infamous, in-your-face "I Don't Believe In Charity" speech knocked 'em on their tushes.

More at link:

http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/el-cheapo/Content?oid=2433883

That's what you have? That he didn't donate a sufficient enough percentage to charity in some years?

of mass inequality and corruption around the globe.

I just saw the Pope invite the only honest and moral candidate here, who talks the talk and walks the walk politically, to speak at the Vatican.

If you have a problem with that, perhaps the problem really lies in the morality of your supported candidate...

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misleading that he in fact received the invitation.

unreasonable. Days before the New York primary, the pope invites Sanders for an interview.

Sanders received an invitation from Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo to be part of a panel on poverty and inequality for the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

If you didn't know, Bishop Sorondo isn't the Pope, and being part of a panel of two dozen is not an interview.

my question was still not out of line, and definitely not anti-Catholic.

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35999269

That the MSM has been talking out of both sides of its mouth, is just another failure of the media:

"Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has accepted an invitation from the Pope to the Vatican.

Mr Sanders, who is Jewish, accepted an invitation to Rome for a conference at the end of next week.

The Vatican visit is four days before the primary contest in New York, a competitive battle between him and front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Mr Sanders said he was not sure whether he would meet the Pope but he was a big fan of the pontiff."

And this last month has shown me that I really ought to expect the worst of people with ^H next to their names.

articles they produced. While the media is reporting it in such a flim flam way, does not surprise me, it also is intentionally misrepresenting the facts, and that is a big problem

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35999269

These papal threads referencing Sanders are certainly missing the usual criticism for the Vatican, most often, he is criticized for regressive social platforms, sitting on "mountains of gold, real estate & huge amounts of $$...", "Ah, I foresee another PR victory for Pope Photo Op," "but...but he hugged an ugly person! And he thinks all dogs go to heaven!"

So as John Lewis and Planned Parenthood and Rachel Maddow are sacrificed on the pyre of progressive purity (I decided to use the hyperbole too), the Pope is transformed... reborn even, into a newer, better Pope than he was before he invited Sanders.

There's very little about the Catholic Church that demonstrates a "higher level of morality". Maybe there will be a breakout session about how to further cover up child rape.

I will take a brief pause and say that given the child rapist that Hillary bragged about getting off as a lawyer and rape allegations against Clinton, that your mentioning rape is a little comical.

Maybe you find the subject of rape comical. I do not. My comment was specifically in response to the notion that the Catholic Church is somehow even close to the moral authority they claim to be. The Clintons are an entirely separate issue.

While I don't find rape comical, I do find the attempt to use it to discredit or demean Bernie's participation in the conference by using it to be comical.

Oh, right, this is primary season, when usually nice people get quite hardened in their outlook.

Thursday follows Wednesday. Bernie made his outrageous comment about Hillary on Wed. Instead of apologizing or making nice, he doubled down on that comment yesterday, i.e., Thursday. Then Jane played the Bernie victim card on Rachel Maddow last night.

It is only today that Bernie says that, of course, Clinton is qualified. So, no, today (Friday) is NOT "the next day."

At least not in any of my calendars (I have a US system calendar and a European calendar; the weeks have different starts but the same days).

I'm afraid that my once-benign outlook towards Bernie became hardened last weekend after the shenanigans in NV, following a slew (spew?) of anti-Hillary remarks last week by some Sanders surrogates who were never chastised for making them. I used to cut a lot of slack. But when goodwill is once lost, ....

And hope DUers can do the same.

The goal is to beat Trump, not to destroy either Democrat before we even know who will be our candidate.

When she said she would choose him over any of the Republicans after he got on stage at a rally of thousands and said she was unqualified.

She looked like the adult that knows that you can't divide the party with attacks like that. All in all its good both have walked that back now because its kind of hard to say you support someone you claimed was unqualified to hold the position.

the co-anchor's loaded question with his oft repeated commending of Hillary and their long association.

"Did you overreact because you thought she said something more than she did?” Sheesh.

she has moved from well an ok 2nd or 3rd choice to
good lord i can't stand her

IS unqualified to be President. I wouldn't want anyone like that anywhere near the button.

who goes full-scale ballistic at his opponent without confirming the facts.

Hillary's IWR vote was nearly 14 years ago. Even if she had voted against it, Bush had all the votes he needed, including more Dems than not. And - even if he hadn't had them, he would have done it on his own. But yes, let's blame Hillary ALONE for the debacle because of CDS.

Bernie's full-blown tantrum occurred yesterday. Red flag indeed.

If she really supported the war, she could of told her hawkish constituents that "GWB already had the votes, he didn't need mine and I would have wanted to wait for more evidence." Something like that would have made her look good instead of a knee-jerk reactionary.

I just think she has poor judgement. From staying with a known womanizer, to her Iraq war vote, to the current e-mail scandal.

full blown CDS. OK, buh-bye!

So Bernie

...was not qualified to be President.