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In reply to the discussion: This is NOT first time Sanders camp feinged or faked some type of endorsement or proxy credibility [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)212. Your candidate tells detailed lies which favor Republicans and smear LGBT and you are fine with that
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This is NOT first time Sanders camp feinged or faked some type of endorsement or proxy credibility [View all]
uponit7771
Apr 2016
OP
+1, he spent resources to go over there and place Francis in a bad position... 100% selfish IMHO
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#7
Have you read Francis's statements on the encounter?! There was no "meeting" as Sanders claimed
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#111
Far from jealous, perhaps this was not the shining moment Sanders envisioned.
Thinkingabout
Apr 2016
#226
Exactly!! There's no need to do what he did ... it would NOT have bought him much and right now
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#10
Will you quit spreading that lie? The Pope never said this. It has been debunked
lunamagica
Apr 2016
#134
Ha ha. Did you play this soundtrack when the Berners were gloating about the "personal meeting"? No
Buzz Clik
Apr 2016
#88
So in other words nobody said there was an endorsement and your OP is disingenuous
Bjorn Against
Apr 2016
#19
In other words your attempt at a strawman doesn't work on focused people, here he sought credibility
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#26
Another strawman... OR is in the OP... its a word and I meant to use it to describe Sanders selfish
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#40
Sanders misrepresent the encounter between him and the pope, that's a fact not in dispute and
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#50
Please provide a link to where Francis said Bernie misrepresented their encounter
Bjorn Against
Apr 2016
#73
I never said the Pope said Sanders misrepresented the meeting like you claimed
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#92
Cause the popes words supercede any Sanders camp excuses for Sanders selfish move
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#95
yes, there was no 'meeting' as Sanders claimed... the encounter was a greeting as tje pope was
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#100
Francis: "I greeted him, I shook his hand and nothing more" Francis over Sachs and Sanders
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#199
I did read what you posted and in the post you still speculated, Francis's words were clearn...
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#201
Nuance has been lost with Sander camp a couple of times in the past with mailers that had
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#203
His campaign made a mistake in including logos on some of their literature without prior permission
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#207
I see lots of claims, but no evidence of any wrongdoing by Bernie. n/t
Admiral Loinpresser
Apr 2016
#141
If he halved her vote count then that would be true and "momentum" doesn't vote
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#13
My take? I can't for the life of me understand why NO ONE in this forum will talk about
ScreamingMeemie
Apr 2016
#9
This is an issue!! MANY people have limented that Sanders is just like any other politician just an
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#14
Outright lying and using another person to do so isn't silly... goes direct towards his character..
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#18
It is my sincere wish that we move on to actual issues that affect our country.
ScreamingMeemie
Apr 2016
#20
Sanders has constantly called Hillary bribed and bought of with "artful" words and has centered his
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#23
If these links don;'t at least raise questions....Well then I guess you;re happy with...
Armstead
Apr 2016
#46
Of course they raise questions but ones important to the way she'll govern?! no... not at all
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#47
I think you are obsessed with trivia more than actual issues that will shape the future
Armstead
Apr 2016
#12
Sanders patter of lying about endorsements or crediibilty by proxy is not trivia. If Clinton coughed
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#15
Yes it does, Sanders camp has misrepresented proxy credibility multiple times and calling
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#91
The Pope is a great person, he has not indicated any interest in our politics.
Thinkingabout
Apr 2016
#176
Why should he?.. good grief, he has more important things to do than be a part of BS' political
Cha
Apr 2016
#184
AARP, League of Conservation Voters, American Legions, NH newspapers, Sanders stole them all.
IamMab
Apr 2016
#24
Yeap, my understanding its not just once or twice either. This is no doubt a pattern
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#38
Then, misrepresenting the "meeting" forcing Francis to counter... 100% selfish move. Don't understan
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#29
I trusted Sanders at one time, I no longer do ... he's lied multiple times about endorsements
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#36
I disagree, it's not credible to misrepresent something and involve other people in the
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#43
So the Pope came home to find Sanders sitting on his couch, playing his X-box and drinking his beer?
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2016
#69
I take Francis's word for the encounter not someone who camp has lied multiple times about
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#71
Yes, a greeting is NOT a "meeting" and "he knew I was coming out at the time" = Sanders was waiting
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#78
This was no planned meet and greet either...the Pope said Sanders was waiting for him and knew what
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#101
The Pope's words make it very clear he appreciated Bernie's kindness....
Bjorn Against
Apr 2016
#106
Red Herring, Sander was kind of course.. was he supposed to cuss the Pope out in his own house?
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#107
"He had the kindness to greet me" = "thanks for meeting with me at this time of my choosing"
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2016
#132
There was no "discussion", you guys are really pushing the reality thing no?
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#136
I'm seeing the popes own words in black and white; no "meeting" with Sanders
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#58
I'm not Catholic and don't value the organization enough to be "jealous" of anything ...
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#70
Cause his camp has lied before when it comes to proxy credibility?! MULTIPLE times during this ...
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#81
I take Francis's word for the encounter not someone who camp has lied multiple times about
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#67
Armstead...I think the US government is stronger than a couple of people doin the nasty
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#104
Sanders camp has misrepresented proxy cred multiple times during the primary...
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#96
yes they are indeed - Bernie Sanders says private meeting with Pope Francis is not an endorsement
azurnoir
Apr 2016
#112
There was no "meeting" there was a greeting and that was it. I take Francis's word of the ecounter
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#116
JPost-Pope meets with Bernie Sanders, thanks him for addressing Vatican on the 'moral economy'
azurnoir
Apr 2016
#121
Bookmarking to laugh off meeting/greeting pope "controversy." ROFL. n/t
Admiral Loinpresser
Apr 2016
#147
“This morning as I was leaving, Senator Sanders was there,” Francis said. “He knew I was coming out
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#114
Nah, more bothered that a guy who should've been kept out of the mix had to proffer a correcting
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#149
True, the pope used the word greeting multiple times in his statement....so, Francis over Sanders
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#163
The meet/greet "controversy is a non-starter." This thread is silly. Over and out. n/t
Admiral Loinpresser
Apr 2016
#152
"..I greeted him, I shook his hand and nothing more..." It doesn't matter the other nuances the
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#204
No its not. You are still obsessing. Breathe man! Let it go. They didn't want Hillary.
2pooped2pop
Apr 2016
#211
"There's desperation in the air. It stains all your clothes and no detergent gets it out."
hobbit709
Apr 2016
#137
Failed Strawman 4, there's an "OR" in the OP title... or proxy credibility... either way, lying abou
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#139
I'll take Francis's word over Sanders, Francis calls it a greeting Sanders called it a meeting and
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#144
Why does that make a difference? The conversation is about Sanders statement and the popes
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#158
It's pretty obvious to any rational thinking person that the Pope supports Bernie.
ThePhilosopher04
Apr 2016
#148
They know deep down but simply can't come to terms with it. Really fascinating to watch.
ThePhilosopher04
Apr 2016
#187
This is elementary school crap ( Clinton fake outrage, trying to make a mountain out of a molehill).
Skwmom
Apr 2016
#172
+1, whomever green lit this move should be fired... we all know what Sanders was trying to do
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#189
Boy are you incorrect. She's not a Vatican official at all, Lady Archer is a Professor at a secular
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#220
All of it. It's just words you typed, assumption and presumption and not a word of support for
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#216
When will the Hillary folk finally let this whole Vatican thing go?
cloudythescribbler
Apr 2016
#209
Your candidate tells detailed lies which favor Republicans and smear LGBT and you are fine with that
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#212
HRC didn't smear LGBT in the vid you posted... How do you post imbeded vids on DU? Thx
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#213
Yes she did, she claimed we did NOTHING until Ron and Nancy started the activism. Horrible smears.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#217
Could you point to the seconds she said LGBT did "nothing until Ron and Nancy" started anything? tia
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#222
Do I look like your servant? You might be like Hillary, so uninformed about the actual history that
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#224
What she said is like saying George W Bush was the savior of New Orleans after Katrina.....
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#218
Hmmm, I don't hear anything like that in the vid but I wouldn't go as far as to say that was a smear
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#223
It was a horrible smear and you are dismissing it and excusing it and refusing to discuss it.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#225
Waiting for Bernie to crash the Dalai Lama's birthday party armed with a selfie stick.
Squinch
Apr 2016
#227
No, it wont be over soon... it establishes what many thought of Sanders; another politician
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#233
Not really, I've been saying for nearly a year that Sanders can NOT throw the stone that he
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#234