Seriously, what does the Vatican want with a Jew who wants to feed and clothe the poor?

[Avalux]

[jfern]

1. And worked as a carpenter

[Avalux]

2. True!!

[Hortensis]

13. Cute. But the Vatican doesn't want him.

This isn't an insult, just an explanation.

Bernie's joining a group of people from around the world with similar policy wishes in a gathering that will take place at the Vatican. The Pope will not attend, and there is no plan for Bernie to be able to shake hands for a photo.

[monmouth4]

17. You don't know the Pope's plans, he may surprise you..n/t

[Hortensis]

19. Of course we know the Pope's plans.

He has a schedule, and meetings with dignitaries from around the planet are announced. There are undoubtedly secret ones for secret dealings, but an American politician needing to be photographed with the Pope certainly wouldn't fall in that category.

You know, the Sanders forum folk can pump this up for all it's worth to them on that forum, verbally glad-hand, claim every Catholic in America will vote Bernie for sure now, do group prayers for Bernie's spiritual awakening, whatever. That's what it's for.

But people floating propaganda balloons here in the Primaries forum should expect to get pins poked in them.

[monmouth4]

21. Sorry this wonderful news upsets you so...n/t

[SCantiGOP]

39. Is the wonderful news

that he is the second coming?
From the tone of some of these comments I expect that is what his blissed-out supporters believe.

[enid602]

8. who worked as a carpenter.....

...in between unemployment stints in Northern Vermont in the early '70's. And who said bern has no prrivate sector experience?

[Mudcat]

15. And who preaches peace (instead of constant war)

[Sheepshank]

3. more deification from the Bernie Group

good god (pun intended)

[Avalux]

5. Oh lighten up!

This place has been too serious today.

[CentralCoaster]

9. I think the turnstile thing is the nail in the coffin

Of the entire campaign.

It's gotta hurt.

[Sheepshank]

16. this is like the 5th or 6th one, in very recent memory...it's kind of weird if you ask me n/t

[Armstead]

23. The meme machine has no sense of humor

Must churn out mud, must churn out mud....must produce faux outrage....

[rhett o rick]

14. Pure projection. Sen Sanders is just a soldier in our war against the Ruling Class

that is looting the 99%. We will fight on with or without him. I know that the Clinton fans don't understand. They seem to choose personality over principles.

[IdaBriggs]

24. We know it is a joke, but if you feel a need for prayer...

we get that, too.

[Sky Masterson]

4. And who seems to have a problem with Money changers.

Also, Jesus's middle name isn't F___ing!

[peacebird]

6. Awesome!

[azurnoir]

7. Thread of the day

[Vinca]

10. LOL.

It is more than a little amusing that none of the Bible thumpers on the right got an invite. Damn the compassionate old Jewish guy.

[tblue37]

11. That image is becoming the Bernie Sanders version of the George Takei "Oh, my!" gif. nt

[DebbieCDC]

12. Nice to see the Vatican finally coming around to its founder's vision

You know, help the poor, heal the sick, all that socialist stuff.

[msongs]

18. bernie can get his friends at Lockheed to give the pope some F-35s nt

[colsohlibgal]

20. Really

Go figure.

Seriously the best thing about this is it is driving the Hillary crowd nuts.

[liberal_at_heart]

22. K&R

[AwakeAtLast]

25. I see what you did there

[RazBerryBeret]

26. you win!

best post on this subject... and there are hundreds here!!!!! but this one made me laugh...

[wilt the stilt]

27. Can someone point out to me

all the time that bernie has worked with the underprivileged. Actually worked in the community.

[snagglepuss]

29. Seek and ye shall find, ask and it will be given.

...as mayor, Sanders never shifted his focus away from the lower- and middle-class citizens of Burlington. ..."


snip

“Bernie’s prime objective was to try to fight against the displacement of poor people,” ... such Sanders-era initiatives as an inclusionary zoning ordinance that required developers to offer a percentage of affordable units, and the non-profit Burlington Community Land Trust, as concrete relics of the mayor’s power-to-the-people rhetoric.


snip


De Carolis is the executive director of the Turning Point Center, a non-profit, peer-run recovery agency that serves 3,000 people every month. “When he would have town meetings,I was taken aback by the reception he got from people who were so far down on the totem pole that they couldn’t believe that a politician would actually listen to them and care what they had to say. We all wanted a different America, that’s for sure.


snip


“Without Bernie, you’d see people in a lot worse shape than they are today. When people have a secure, affordable roof over their heads, they can get better jobs, keep their cars running, and get a better education. It all starts with housing, and Bernie understood that.”






http://www.macleans.ca/politics/washington/where-sanders-was-king-heading-to-the-heart-of-bernie-land/

[noretreatnosurrender]

28. Very Creative

That was a really good one.

[azmom]

30. Kick

[DemonGoddess]

31. Can someone point out to me

when Sanders became the Son of God? What the hell IS this?
So, given the thing with the carpenter nonsense, next you'll be saying "he was crucified and buried, and rose on the 3rd day", right?

THAT is what I'm seeing.

GET A GRIP.

[hobbit709]

32. did you have a humorectomy?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

33. A Cubs fan - that says it all.

[DemonGoddess]

34. As you're all so hell bent on couching all this in religious terms

I fail to see where I had a "humorectomy" whatever the hell that's supposed to mean.

I'm calling it like I see it.

[hobbit709]

36. You have just proved that you did have a humorectomy.

[Jester Messiah]

40. Sense of humor, medically removed.

Requires the implantation of a stick up one's ass. Not a pleasant procedure!

[BainsBane]

35. Wow. Is the pope meeting with Bernie to declare

that he truly is the Second Coming?

[hobbit709]

37. Kick because it needs one.

[ismnotwasm]

38. Right? I mean, everyone remembers JESUS still around here don't they? Hello...

So obvious. Omg