Bernie is finally going to get some Foreign Policy Experience to add to his resume

[Sheepshank]

It may not be much, it's not really negotiating with a political leader, and he will be in the same town as a foreign leader, but it's pretty much all he has...or will have...maybe.

[arcane1]

1. Like Obama n/t

[Sheepshank]

6. Obama wasn't competing with the experiences that Hillary has on the table

his experience levels were on par with most of the other candidates.

[arcane1]

16. And she lost. Just like she'll do this time n/t

[Motown_Johnny]

33. Her experience is in getting things horribly wrong over and over and over again.

Bernie has been right over and over and over again.

[Lucinda]

2. And in the process has created a situation where Vatican officials are publicly fighting.

While he certainly isn't responsible for the Vatican infighting, his statement about the nature of his invitation has created a heck of a mess. And If he did misrepresent his invitation, he has some ownership of the situation.

[DrDan]

4. not only did he misrepresent the invitation, he misrepresented his "visit" with the Pope

very clearly said on The View that he would be meeting with the Pope

[Lucinda]

14. I had heard that he said that, but hadn't watched the vid yet.

I'm seeing Sanders supporters saying the media attention over this situation is a great thing, but I doubt the State Dept thinks so.

[DrDan]

19. here you go - "You're meeting with the Pope?" . . . "Yep"

[Lucinda]

25. Thanks! I certainly can agree with what he likes about the pope, but this is akin

to those headlines that he used in that video where the entities he listed had actually endorsed Hillary. They could have just made a video about the good things being said about Bernie, but they just had to imply that those agencies had actually endorsed him. The original video was titled "Endorsements"

This is very misleading, at best.

[DrDan]

28. I know - he seems to be implying a closer familiarity than really exists (probably)

[Lucinda]

39. I was married to a guy like that once. He always embellished even if the base story

was wonderful on it's own. It's pathological in some people. And sooo unnecessary.

I don't know where this trait comes from in the Sanders campaign, I've never noticed it in Bernie before this, and I used to follow his FB page and shared it often, but I suppose I could have missed it. Whoever is slanting things is really not doing Bernie's campaign any favors.

[DrDan]

42. it's like they do not understand that the truth will come out

I used to respect him as a honest and trustworthy person . . . but that is fading

[Lucinda]

51. I still suspect the core of it comes from someone else, and he has been going along

I say that because he didn't want to run as a Dem, he let them talk him into it, and after getting angry when asked if he was a Dem and having to answer that he was, he finally outted himself when he said he ran for the resources and media access. I wouldn't have lost any respect for him if he'd just said up front that you have to run Dem or Rep to get a fair shot, so he made the choice. But he didnt say that.

And I also don't like his breaking his word about downticket fundraising. That alone would have lost my support if he had been my candidate. Anyone who doesn't see the need to work to elect Dems, isn't someone I want in a leadership position.

[Avalux]

30. How do you know he's not going to meet the Pope?

It is possible that Bernie knows something you don't.

You people are so upset about this it's hilarious.

[DrDan]

34. I am quite sure the Pope is seeking his counsel

being the amendment-king and all . . .

[NWCorona]

8. It's not Bernie's fault someone caught some feelings

If anyone is to blame it's the ones who tried to make something out of this.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. He'll probably get a lot better advice from Frank than Hillary got from Henry.

[nichomachus]

5. Would you rather

that he bomb a few hundred thousand women and children and destroy a few democracies? Apparently that's what the Clintonists think counts as "experience."

By the Clinton standards, Bonnie and Clyde had a wealth of banking "experience."

[Sheepshank]

9. the FACT that he financed all those bombings, trainings, and firearms is pertinent to your post

...yet you attempt to miss that important point. Loser argument for sure.

[Fumesucker]

35. Support the troops!

I actually saw one of those stickers a few weeks ago, it had been quite a while.

Even my family member who kept a flag on top of her car for six months after the invasion never thinks about it any more.

As a vet let me say, thank you for your support.

[Sheepshank]

55. no generic line items...it was specific to funding the war

no funding, no war

[reformist2]

53. That was my first thought as well!

[NuclearDem]

7. Well, he did go hang out with the Sandinistas that one time, too.

Also, Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq did I tell you he voted against Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq

[Sheepshank]

12. while he voted to finance it......n/t

[Human101948]

32. Doyou suggest that he should have abandoned our soldiers?

Chintzed on weapons and armor like Bush and Cheney did?

[Sheepshank]

56. I suggest that he voted to fund a war he found abhorrent

he voted Yes...he could have voted "no" and you do realize they soldiers would still have been sent out with the full finding the got anyway. His one "No" would have made no difference to the finding but it would have sent a message.

[Human101948]

60. Like Hillary did right?

Her message was blow the Goddamn Iraqis to hell and gone. You and your compadres are a bunch of hypocritical jerks.

[Kalidurga]

10. He went to Russia on his honeymoon.

He lived in a Kibbutz. And his visits to Central American countries have been thoroughly criticized. And now you want to pretend Bernie has never been outside of the US.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/bernie-sanders-foreign-policy/470019/

You look more idiotic by the day. I would suggest you delete this nonsense, but it is far to entertaining.

[NuclearDem]

15. Ah! The Sandinistas and the Soviet Union.

That'll win him all sorts of voters.

[Kalidurga]

20. It probably will

I love he went to the Soviet Union to talk to regular people there. He is always talking to regular people. He did it when he was a Mayor and he continues to do so. And now he is going to the Vatican to talk about issues a whole lot of people are dealing with. And all Hillarians can talk about is Bernie hasn't been anywhere when in fact he has been to 41 different countries. So have a nice day and try not to lie or obfuscate too much.

[NuclearDem]

21. Which ordinary people in the Soviet Union were those?

The ones forcibly relocated outside their homelands, the ones sent off to rot in the gulags, the ones who were rounded up and shot, or the ones who carried out the first three?

[Kalidurga]

22. Your desperation is showing

He went to Burlington's sister city Yaroslavl, Russia. It looks like it was too much trouble for you to look that up in your haste to be snarky. And disgusting by the way. Keep red baiting though it suits you.

[NuclearDem]

29. I know exactly where he went.

And I still don't care. Fuck that genocidal criminal regime.

[Kalidurga]

36. But, you still love America right?

[NuclearDem]

40. America didn't round up members of my family and execute them.

Those people, unlike the Americans who carried out the genocide of Natives, are still very much alive, and many are still in power. A lot of them definitely were when Bernie decided to go pay a visit.

So, again, fuck the USSR.

[Kalidurga]

43. Well it happened in my family.

But, I wouldn't crap on someone because they visit the United States. YMMV.

[arcane1]

17. Their desperation is getting more profound by the day n/t

[desmiller]

23. Very profound indeed. Another typical Hillmole added to my naughty list.

[frylock]

58. I know I shouldn't laugh at their deterioration, but it's Hillaryous!

[Armstead]

11. Keep it up. You could power a city with the spin.

[basselope]

13. I'd rather have someone with 0 experience...

Than someone with a record of complete and utter failure, like Clinton.

[Sheepshank]

18. too bad Bernie lied about the whole visit, purpose and how it came to be

the Papal office is distancing themselves from the whole thing...what a fucking joke, right?

[beam me up scottie]

26. Someone's lying alright but it's not Bernie:

[Sheepshank]

45. oh religion serves you well sometimes?

I wonder why the letterhead and the bottom address info is blurred and the rest of the document so clear?

it looks like the content of the letter was superimposed onto another set of stored data.

[beam me up scottie]

47. ALCOA!!!

[Sheepshank]

50. I cant help it if your artful picture of a letter looks fake.

[beam me up scottie]

52. Awww...

[CentralCoaster]

63. OMG, reminds me of the Birthers: "That COLB doesn't look legit!"

Fuck me, we've been through this once already!

Too funny!

[beam me up scottie]

64. They remind me of birthers too, the h8ers are getting desperate.

I can't wait to see what they come up with next.

[basselope]

54. Are you referring to that debunked story?

[timmymoff]

24. It's a shame he couldn't be part and parcel to a few regime changes.

Would 4500 more soldiers dead help him achieve the chops you desire? How about some region destabilization, would he then be on par with Hillary? Quite possibly 20,000 injured and/ or suffering from ptsd soldiers woiuld bring him up to her high caliber? Should he support Kissinger and name drop him to earn such a high standard like Hillary has set? Possibly a coup in Honduras? If you elevate these actions as experience, then I do not want that type of experience because it seems to be a long list of fuck ups to me.

[seabeyond]

27. Ha. Learn how to wiggle out of using the Pope as endorsement when Pope had no interest influencing

U.S. elections?

[jillan]

31. What foreign policy experience did Governor Bill Clinton have when he was elected?

Oh right! NONE!

[Marr]

37. True... Hillary certainly has a lot more experience fucking up foreign policy.

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[IdaBriggs]

38. Silly Senators don't ever pay attention to Foreign Affairs.

Which means Hillary was just dropped into the role of Secretary of State with Zip, Zilch and Nada, right?

First one in forever who wasn't an actual professor with academic credentials.

Maybe she would have done a better job of helping to promote world peace if she had some schooling behind her.

We'll see how Bernie does. I think he'll be fine. He's quite a statesman - used to finding areas to build consensus in.

And, if he gets a good Secretary of State (who knows how to obey the law when it comes to keeping national security information out of the hands of hackers and spies), all the better.

Go, Team Bernie!

[Skwmom]

41. Poor Bernie. He doesn't have blowing up the Middle East to put on his resume.

[Sheepshank]

48. but he can certainly add financing bombings, guns, training etc, just fine. not to worry.

[asuhornets]

44. lol...

Italy is a place we definitely need to keep an eye on.... <<<SARCASM>>>

[tm1323]

46. What qualifies as foreign policy experience?

Do you have to be Secretary of State first to be President? Is that the requirement? How ridiculous. The guy's been in Congress since 1991, voting on consequential foreign policy decisions. But I guess only Sec of States are qualified to be President.

[Sheepshank]

49. some election cycles it means more that others. Depending who the candidate is competing with.

[frylock]

57. Nothing like overthrowing governments and creating safe havens for ISIS..

but it's a start.

[ibegurpard]

59. Jesus you guys aren't even trying any more

Pathetic

[Armstead]

61. Give them a break....It gets tiring churning out faux outrage

[itsrobert]

62. Hey, I attended seminars in the Netherlands.

I have more Foreign Policy experience than Bernie. LOL