Jeffrey Sachs admits he "helped the Vatican reach out to Sanders."

[Tanuki]

Sachs has an admirable record, no doubt about it. But he is also an advisor (paid? I don't know) to Sanders, and has been vituperative in his denunciations of Hillary Clinton. I hope he will be called upon to clarify his role in this affair more precisely. Sanders is the first one to rail against any perceived lack of transparency, covert quid pro quos with powerful organizations, and appearances of undue influence. If one of his (paid?) advisors, who is also a known insider at the Pontifical Academy and has organized conferences for them in the past, finagles an invitation to a conference, and then Sanders tries to spin it as a moving honor from the pope, that is pretty low.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/bernie-heads-to-the-vatican/477471/

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/01/politics/bernie-sanders-foreign-policy-advisers/

[Buzz Clik]

1. Two degrees of separation between Sanders...

...and the request for an invitation. It is what Reagan called "plausible deniability."

[SharonClark]

15. Have you made a saint prayer card from that image in your sig line?

You could make a killing on ebay.

[Koinos]

2. K&R

It appears this was a PR stunt orchestrated by Sachs.

I don't think Sanders is in charge of his own campaign any more.

[Cha]

3. berni led people to believe the Pope invtied him.. anything he says is suspect.. this isn't the

first time he's tried to fool people.. before this it was proclaiming "Hillary wasn't qualified to be president".

I don't know how he looks in the mirror.

[NurseJackie]

5. Clearly, he doesn't. I doubt he even owns one. (Would he even cast a reflection?)

Note to Jury: It's a freakin joke! There's no such thing as vampires.

[Cha]

6. Yeah, I doubt he looks in the mirrow, either.

[Her Sister]

4. Jeffrey D. Sachs ~ Another wonderful name/surrogate to add to the BS roster!

[Her Sister]

7. Why was my OP Thread on the Vatican Visit Invitation Deleted last night!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110795636

Not sure why was it deleted. Someone says it was debunked, but it seems the topic is still developing. There are conflicting stories.

It comes from this source: http://www.dailynewsbin.com/

[Cha]

8. It was hidden, Her Sister.. by the BSrs.. you can Abuse Alert it to Skinner as a partisan hide.

He needs to be made aware of the crap they pull.

And, I'm sorry about that.

[Her Sister]

9. Thanks Cha! I did report right away last night!

Did you see the sanctimonious response by this snaggle person. He or She decided that the topic was debunked and over!! LOL!

Glad we are still talking about it! HAHA! Saw that you rec'd it. THanks!

[Cha]

11. Report him, too. He wants to hide an ongoing investigation. Just because the

BS camp says it's been debunked means nothing on the veracity scale.

[Cha]

12. Even with this OP.. a BS supporter "admits he helped the Vatican reach out to BS"..

still ongoing.

[geek tragedy]

10. With friends like this, who needs enemies? nt

[UtahLib]

13. K&R. nt

[SunSeeker]

14. In before the hide!