I worry for the Clinton people. This obsession over a quick trip is not healthy.

[Armstead]

Gosharooney. So many posts over a quick trip by Bernie to a conference that people are saying is a trivial waste of time.

If it were just a few snarky posts, hey no big deal. Business as usual.

So much concern for the logistics of Bernie's campaign schedule is appreciated, but gee willikers.

But I worry. I just hope nobody pops a blood vessel over the obvious trauma that Sanders is causing by choosing to attend a conference on economic and social justice.

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[Joob]

1. Uh, it's not. But I like watching them self-implode, like Hillary. nt

[ibegurpard]

2. They seem upset...

https://m.

[NWCorona]

3. I am starting to see why online

I did a quick search and it looking like this will end up helping Bernie with the Catholic vote.

[NWCorona]

14. True but NY is coming up and being closed. He needs all the support he can get.

[grasswire]

20. and considering that Bill has just infuriated young AA people...

....it's going to be a helluva roller coaster.

[MisterP]

38. more than that, it's legitimating--a major world leader with unimpeachable (officially)

moral authority over kings and presidents thinks a Dem candidate's good enough to come over and talk; this is "statesman stuff," Sanders going around under one head of state and meeting with the others, and coming away affably and with highly-respectable world media coverage, 4 days before NY

[SoLeftIAmRight]

4. she has it in the bag and they are going crazy - something does not add up

a sad lot really

they do not understand that hillarys steady course leaves us on the road to destruction

[Viva_La_Revolution]

36. she does not have it in the bag, and they are finally realizing it.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

42. wait until they see what we do with the superdelegates

BOOM - it is going to be so very sweet

[Lizzie Poppet]

5. They're shitting themselves over the optics.

Bernie at a Vatican conference on economic justice...while Hillary attends a legal bribery session with celebrities.

Plus, they're trying desperately to deflect from Bill's horrific performance(s) with #BLM.

[RufusTFirefly]

25. Perhaps Hillary can rush in uninvited into the middle of the conference

Kind of like an old Crest toothpaste commercial

https://m.

[nichomachus]

37. More like this

[TheFarS1de]

7. Their concern is noted .

...and promptly dismissed . If it annoys them then Sander's is probably doing something right .

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Hillary wasn't invited to a conference on economic justice.

It's chapping a lot of asses, apparently.

[merrily]

9. Unhealthy. Ya think?

Reminds me a bit of the day Bernie (eeeek!) ended an interview with a reporter who had gone overtime.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280151508

But, on steroids.

[CentralMass]

10. Just sit back watch the show.

[reddread]

11. the only thing worse than the Catholics

is the Jews.

"racist" sarcasm coming from me.
dead serious from those pinch heads.

[MisterP]

41. actually those are my top picks for "who'll America blame for everything once we

get bored with the Muslims" list

[Fumesucker]

12. The optics (for lack of a better term) do not favor Clinton

She will be doing a very high dollar fund raiser while Bernie is speaking about justice.

That's all you really need to know to figure out the snit that's being had right now.

Plays exactly into Bernie's campaign rhetoric, he couldn't buy coverage like this no matter how much we donate.

[COLGATE4]

32. Bernie does not have a speaking role.

He's merely an attendee.

[hedda_foil]

46. Outdated talking point. He's speaking.

[Nanjeanne]

13. And he took time out tonight to see Hamilton.

He only did two rallies today. Shouldn't he have been attending some big fundraising event?

Well maybe he practiced using a metro card to get to the theater.

[RashaMZak]

15. They're trying to nail the "disqualify him" part of the platform

Flinging whatever shit at the wall until they see what sticks. They'll "disqualify" until a "defeat" at all costs. There won't be any unifying the party after that, though, at this rate. Look at how quick they escalated in the past week alone - we still have two long months until June 7 ; )

[Kalidurga]

16. I don't worry about people who are content with the status quo

They are bullies so it goes without saying they started out with issues.

[bjo59]

17. Only reason, of course, is that it is Bernie going to that conference.

If it were Hillary that were invited to speak, of course there would be no snarky or critical comments, quite the opposite. There's nothing he can do that won't elicit exactly the same kind of comments. It's programmed.

[GreatGazoo]

18. It comes after such a string of set backs and

it has similar optics to the bird thing -- that touch of spiritual serendipity that will likely never going to happen for Hillary. It has to be maddening to comfort oneself with daily delegate counts and echo chamber media spin only to see it all torpedoed by Berniemania.

[DemocracyDirect]

26. It really hurts that she's losing delegates at the same time as they count them.

Missouri and Nevada having flipped over to Bernie, she's actually won less states now at this point.
Massachusetts may be next.

[GreatGazoo]

40. They said the math would save them from the non-Southern states but now

they are losing delegates and voters they thought were carved in stone.

I factor in that many Hillary supporters are attracted to the relative safety of a known quantity like Hillary. When the "safe" option crumbles that is deeply unsettling. It would be like buying a Volvo and then finding out there is a massive recall on it because the car just slips into reverse at the worst moment.

[upaloopa]

19. I'll see your Bernie Pope story and raise you 10 Bill Clintoin vs BLM stories.

[Armstead]

22. I'm not a betting man, but i'd wager the proportion of Bill to Vatican threads...

heavily runs to the Vatican.

[HooptieWagon]

21. They're panicking.

Sanders has an audience with the pope, Clinton has an audience with FBI investigators. He's won 6 contests in a row, 7 with Wyoming. He's got the momentum, she's imploding. She's unqualified, and unelectable, and the Third Way has given the middle finger to the liberals and Independants she needs to win a GE. Stick a fork in her...she's done.

[Armstead]

23. Well I don''t think he's going to have an audience with the Pope

that would be icing on the cake though.

[CentralCoaster]

28. Nope, Pope will be out of town. They're relishing that fact. Bernie don't care.

Bernie will head out to see the Pope in person soon enough, after this election stuff settles down.

[DemocracyDirect]

31. I think they are backing away from the Pope being out of town that day.

It looks like it is the next day that the Pope is going to Greece to visit some refugees.

[JackInGreen]

34. Hes in it for the cause

Not the ring kissing.

[CentralCoaster]

39. Yup, and he was the perfect person to bring in to represent North America.

I suppose Warren would have been good, too.

Now, some in the Vatican camp aren't happy because of Sanders' Pro-Choice position but this summit is about economic justice, not abortion.

Should be a great event for us, for him, and for the Americas.

[JackInGreen]

44. I agree

I hope he approaches lady liz and has some remarks from her to offer in his address. That'd be some double barrel POW.

[COLGATE4]

35. Sanders is not even going to see the Pope

much less have an audience with him. The Pope will be in Greece at the time of the conference.

[Maedhros]

24. Well, they are opposed to economic justice.

Remember when they viciously criticized us all for caring about jobs, wealth equality, and opportunity for the working class?

[Armstead]

27. Certainly seems that way sometimes

[DemocracyDirect]

33. They worship at the altar of Goldman Sachs.

And practice the Golden Rule...

"He who has the Gold, makes the Rules"

[kgnu_fan]

29. hahaha, they are on the edge

[morningfog]

30. I started using ignore today. When a poster flat out refuses to ackowledge facts

And are rude about it, they are not worth it.

[sadoldgirl]

43. You have to see that they had a bad week,

in addition to that they threw in this meme of
"free stuff", so the fact that the Vatican or the Pope
may agree with that "free stuff" is very upsetting
to them.
In addition it is really angering them
that a secular Jew gets this honor instead of a
person, who is involved with "The Family, which
is part of a group including politicians, who believe
that they are Dog's especially selected messengers.

[cemaphonic]

45. Heh, this whole forum(myself included) is obsessed over the minutiae of the primaries

Especially with a lull in the schedule. 10 days to go until the NY primary - We're going to be arguing about which candidate has the superior sock color by then.