Naaahh, I don’t think so. Bernie’s colossal pandering of the 9th degree yielded very little fruit. Here’s why --THE HEADLINES TELL THE REAL STORY — Politico:
Bernie Sanders secures five minutes with Pope Francis
The US presidential hopeful managed to sit down with pontiff after all.
ROME — Bernie Sanders privately met with Pope Francis at the pontiff’s residence in Vatican City on Saturday morning before the pope left on a trip for Greece.
The Democratic presidential candidate was joined by his wife Jane, advisor Jeffrey Sachs, Sachs’ wife, and Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo — who translated — for a roughly five-minute meeting before Pope Francis left for a trip to Greece, Sachs told POLITICO.
So, looks like Bernie got a 5-minute “mercy meeting” like the loony homophobic woman in Kentucky.
This 5-minutes of desperation was not worth it to me for the following reasons:
- Two days off the campaign trail
- 8000 miles of travel in two days on an aging candidate
- No photos or video for commercials
- Only 5-minutes does not a meeting make
- No campaign commercial material
- No press — which means we have to take his word
In my mind, all of this makes Bernie seem weak, desperate and inconsequential as the Pope tossed him a 5-minute bone on his way out of town.
The guy who wants to be president literally showed-up at an insignificant meeting at the Vatican, made an unremarkable 15-minute speech and hung around another day for a glimpse at a religious figure...even though many believe he’s an atheist.
One positive; he and his family took a nice weekend in Rome on their contributors dime.
Wow...that’s desperation the likes I’ve never seen before.