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reformist2

(9,841 posts)
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 08:04 PM Apr 2016

Open letter to Pope Francis: Please please please meet with Bernie when he's in Rome next week!

It will warm my heart. I suspect most Bernie supporters will greatly appreciate it, too. But most importantly, it will absolutely, positively drive Camp Hillary up the wall.

Sincerely,

A Catholic Bernie supporter.

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Open letter to Pope Francis: Please please please meet with Bernie when he's in Rome next week! (Original Post) reformist2 Apr 2016 OP
ha ha kennetha Apr 2016 #1
On The View today-Sanders said he was going to meet with the POPE riversedge Apr 2016 #2
So in how many threads are you going to spam this? TM99 Apr 2016 #3
Bernie would only have had to be honest and simply say. No, I will not meet the pope, I will riversedge Apr 2016 #5
And if it is clarified as a misspeak will you drop it? TM99 Apr 2016 #6
I doubt if Sanders will do TWO walk-backs in one day. riversedge Apr 2016 #7
Why? TM99 Apr 2016 #8
It doesn't matter. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #18
The Pope is not attending this conference DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #12
I find this pretty rich....or perhaps pretty ironic Sheepshank Apr 2016 #15
Thanks for your contribution. TM99 Apr 2016 #25
Ask the Super delegates being stalked and harassed how that working for Bernie Sheepshank Apr 2016 #27
They are not being stalked or harrassed TM99 Apr 2016 #29
Sure....it's ok to deny it. I'm good with that. Sheepshank Apr 2016 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author TM99 Apr 2016 #33
No, I'm serious, encourage BSers to call Super Delegates nt Sheepshank Apr 2016 #34
Revolution fun n serious Apr 2016 #4
You're asking the Pope to do something because you think it will help you distress other people. Squinch Apr 2016 #9
"Do onto others as you would have done onto you" BainsBane Apr 2016 #10
Doesn't that mean the poster is, by definition, being astonishingly hypocritical? Squinch Apr 2016 #36
Is that what popes do nowadays? Nt Sheepshank Apr 2016 #16
Nah. It just seems like Hillary derangement has led the poster away from his own beliefs. Squinch Apr 2016 #38
Ditto, An Atheist Bernie supporter. Vinca Apr 2016 #11
This post illustrates what is at the heart of the Bernie movement: the desire to see others suffer. DanTex Apr 2016 #13
At this point, Sanders should just bow out of the conference and save face Tarc Apr 2016 #14
Bernie has no reason to do any such thing magical thyme Apr 2016 #20
Sorry to disappoint, but I've read the Pope will be elsewhere that week magical thyme Apr 2016 #17
Yup. Agschmid Apr 2016 #23
Once again........ Amaril Apr 2016 #28
thank you. I thought I'd read it was the same day...nt magical thyme Apr 2016 #37
... SidDithers Apr 2016 #19
The Pope really should not meet with Bernie right now. MBS Apr 2016 #21
Yes because this primary is all about driving each other up the wall... Agschmid Apr 2016 #22
Sorry, He'll be busy elsewhere. In Lesbos. robbedvoter Apr 2016 #24
........... Amaril Apr 2016 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author Vilis Veritas Apr 2016 #26
LOL jwirr Apr 2016 #30
Not as much as Hillary winning the nomination and having Sanders endorsing her lunamagica Apr 2016 #35

riversedge

(70,270 posts)
2. On The View today-Sanders said he was going to meet with the POPE
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 08:11 PM
Apr 2016

No need for you pleading if Sanders is telling the truth on National TV




X-POSTED

On The View today-Sanders said he was going to meet with the POPE
One of hosts said to the audience--.....

Host: You're meeting with the POPE?
Bernie: "Yup" (sitting nodding)

Then the host told the audience --Pope Francis has invited Bernie sanders...Clap clap


Sanders said he was meeting with the Pope. Then when the host told the audience he said nothing--He just nodded ...!!(very short You-tube clip
WHOW!


PS--Sanders is NOT meeting with Pope Francis





 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
3. So in how many threads are you going to spam this?
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 08:19 PM
Apr 2016

Just curious?

He said yup, and I am willing to be that he, like the other attendees will meet the Pope in public at the conference.

And yeah, if he had spoke down the female host, I am certain the meme would be about sexist Bernie interrupting another woman.

I am going to laugh my ass when he meets the Pope and y'all have to eat a serious plate of crow!

riversedge

(70,270 posts)
5. Bernie would only have had to be honest and simply say. No, I will not meet the pope, I will
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 09:07 PM
Apr 2016

be attending a conference. Simple as that.. Now his lie is on National TV

 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
6. And if it is clarified as a misspeak will you drop it?
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 09:21 PM
Apr 2016

I doubt it but thought I would ask. I mean come on the Clintons are the king and queen of misspeak.

 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
8. Why?
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 09:25 PM
Apr 2016

I mean Bill sorta kinda wanted to apologize for his racist remarks to BLM activists but didn't. Stranger things could happen.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
18. It doesn't matter.
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 01:19 PM
Apr 2016

There is no issue here and nothing for anyone to be indignant about.

What matters is that the Vatican DID invite him.

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
15. I find this pretty rich....or perhaps pretty ironic
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 01:13 PM
Apr 2016

A BS supporter complaining about spamming. Bwaaah haaa haaaaaaa

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
27. Ask the Super delegates being stalked and harassed how that working for Bernie
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 02:31 PM
Apr 2016

Its back firing in a big way. Let's not forget all the clickety click polls promoted here day after day just before the actual Primaries began.

 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
29. They are not being stalked or harrassed
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 02:33 PM
Apr 2016

and in fact several have said they will now vote for Sanders due to the high percentage wins in their states.

Next smear?

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
32. Sure....it's ok to deny it. I'm good with that.
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 02:35 PM
Apr 2016

Based on your comments, you should encourage them to do more.

Response to Sheepshank (Reply #32)

Squinch

(50,989 posts)
9. You're asking the Pope to do something because you think it will help you distress other people.
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 11:59 PM
Apr 2016

There is no end to the stupidity.

BainsBane

(53,041 posts)
10. "Do onto others as you would have done onto you"
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 08:26 AM
Apr 2016

The Golden Rule, that Bernie said was his key religious view in a previous debate. And now we have "causing distress" as a reason for the Pope to meet with Bernie.

Squinch

(50,989 posts)
36. Doesn't that mean the poster is, by definition, being astonishingly hypocritical?
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 03:49 PM
Apr 2016

Gee, this primary is so confusing!

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
13. This post illustrates what is at the heart of the Bernie movement: the desire to see others suffer.
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 08:43 AM
Apr 2016

This is why Bernie fans don't care that his policy agenda is all based on Madoff accounting. It's not about policy, it's about hatred.

Tarc

(10,476 posts)
14. At this point, Sanders should just bow out of the conference and save face
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 08:54 AM
Apr 2016

This has been bungled from the start.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
20. Bernie has no reason to do any such thing
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 01:21 PM
Apr 2016

one of two things happened. We either:

1. got a glimpse of some internal Vatican politics (note that Archer is a paid academic in the employ of the Vatican, not a member or insider there and that it was her boss, an insider and close aide to the Pope, who actually invited Sanders to the conference), or

2. a reporter/journalist took something said out of context, twisted it, misheard a few words (this was a translatlantic phone interview, easy to not hear it correctly, esp if one party or other was on cell), etc. and made a mountain of a molehill.

Frankly, given the blatant antisemitic dog whistles and snark the journalist reports, I have a hard time believing Archer said any of it.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
17. Sorry to disappoint, but I've read the Pope will be elsewhere that week
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 01:16 PM
Apr 2016

and frankly I find it hard to believe you really support Bernie.

Amaril

(1,267 posts)
28. Once again........
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 02:32 PM
Apr 2016

A visit by Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to the island of Lesbos was announced Wednesday by church and government officials in Greece, NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports. 

The Vatican confirmed the visit on Thursday, the Associated Press says. The trip is planned for April 16. 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/06/473209431/pope-francis-patriarch-bartholomew-may-visit-greece-this-month

MBS

(9,688 posts)
21. The Pope really should not meet with Bernie right now.
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 01:26 PM
Apr 2016

It's really important, for the sake of Pope Francis himself (as well as the integrity of the American electoral process) that he avoid even the implication that the pope favors any particular candidate, Republican or Democrat, in the 2016 US election.

robbedvoter

(28,290 posts)
24. Sorry, He'll be busy elsewhere. In Lesbos.
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 01:45 PM
Apr 2016

Last edited Sat Apr 9, 2016, 02:20 PM - Edit history (1)

Yeah, that's a real place. Damn you, wiminz, you did this to me again!

Amaril

(1,267 posts)
31. ...........
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 02:33 PM
Apr 2016

A visit by Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to the island of Lesbos was announced Wednesday by church and government officials in Greece, NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports. 

The Vatican confirmed the visit on Thursday, the Associated Press says. The trip is planned for April 16. 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/06/473209431/pope-francis-patriarch-bartholomew-may-visit-greece-this-month

Response to reformist2 (Original post)

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)
35. Not as much as Hillary winning the nomination and having Sanders endorsing her
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 03:04 PM
Apr 2016

will drive Sanders supporters of the wall.

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