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caquillo

(521 posts)
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 01:57 PM Jun 2016

Sanders brought his own breakfast to the White HOuse

Did he think they would poison him or something?

Bernie Sanders decided to bring his own breakfast to his Oval Office meeting with President Obama on Thursday.

The White House typically serves food and drinks to guests, but Sanders stopped at a Peet’s Coffee in downtown Washington to pick up coffee and a scone before heading over to the White House, according to reports.


http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/282875-sanders-bring-his-breakfast-to-the-white-house

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Sanders brought his own breakfast to the White HOuse (Original Post) caquillo Jun 2016 OP
Maybe he brought one for both of them metroins Jun 2016 #1
It's hilarious to me caquillo Jun 2016 #2
Supporting Corporate America..go bern! misterhighwasted Jun 2016 #4
I don't know, I actually think it's kind of hilarious. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #13
He got some Peet's coffee. bluestateguy Jun 2016 #3
Maybe he only eats Kosher. (Who knows?) NurseJackie Jun 2016 #5
I studied under the original pastry chefs at the White House. displacedtexan Jun 2016 #6
Thanks for that insider's angle. athena Jun 2016 #20
I find it so hard to believe that Bernie could possibly have bad manners.... Walk away Jun 2016 #25
Rude is just one of Sanders' adorable quirks. livetohike Jun 2016 #29
This isn't his first meeting there either. Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #39
Probably a good idea Blue Idaho Jun 2016 #7
LOL SharonClark Jun 2016 #14
lol DesertRat Jun 2016 #38
... BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #40
He's such a man of the people jehop61 Jun 2016 #8
Did he not trust the President or the Presidents staff? liberal N proud Jun 2016 #9
You may be right about this: misterhighwasted Jun 2016 #16
Maybe he needed comfort food! Her Sister Jun 2016 #10
I tend to go with your take here. Something he could control. Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #21
I wonder if it cost him $27? George II Jun 2016 #11
Maybe he visited Peet's for campaigning? Democrats Ascendant Jun 2016 #12
There's another fund-raising letter! It writes itself! stopbush Jun 2016 #15
Love it... CherokeeDem Jun 2016 #18
That's a parody? NastyRiffraff Jun 2016 #41
He's probably following a strict eating regimen. I see no problem with it. grossproffit Jun 2016 #17
Coffee and a scone? stopbush Jun 2016 #23
I was giving him the benefit of the doubt. Duped once again. grossproffit Jun 2016 #24
The media really does get desperate for news. LiberalFighter Jun 2016 #19
Can't relate to that at all Rose Siding Jun 2016 #22
i gave my wife a jar of homemade fig preserves, stonecutter357 Jun 2016 #26
Aw, that's so sweet. grossproffit Jun 2016 #30
It's just another childish dig at Obama. procon Jun 2016 #27
I just keep thinking about ... NanceGreggs Jun 2016 #28
You just reminded me of Annie Hall. grossproffit Jun 2016 #31
And you just reminded me ... NanceGreggs Jun 2016 #32
Well done! grossproffit Jun 2016 #33
He's not exactly a spring chicken Spacedog1973 Jun 2016 #34
Where do you think he was going? The Motel 6 lobby? displacedtexan Jun 2016 #37
He might consider it rude Spacedog1973 Jun 2016 #43
This thread is kinda dumb. In that I dont see a point other than FLAMEBAIT and divisiveness emulatorloo Jun 2016 #35
it was, at the very least, rude and insulting and completely declasse. niyad Jun 2016 #36
A scone can be very filling. betsuni Jun 2016 #42
Bernie just doesn't want to eat from the Wallstreet trough like the others. mrr303am Jun 2016 #44
Coffee at a chain coffee shop? itsrobert Jun 2016 #45
well, after that swank meal onboard the plane to Rome KittyWampus Jun 2016 #46
little shit? hopemountain Jun 2016 #47
He should have brought some humble pie. eom fleabiscuit Jun 2016 #48
omg. Say you didn't really mean that. Please, 2banon Jun 2016 #49

caquillo

(521 posts)
2. It's hilarious to me
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 02:01 PM
Jun 2016

Rather than getting served by THE WHITE HOUSE in a meeting with the President, he stops and grabs something from Peets.

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)
13. I don't know, I actually think it's kind of hilarious.
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 02:33 PM
Jun 2016

I guess it just kind of fits, in a very Bernie way. lol

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
3. He got some Peet's coffee.
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 02:02 PM
Jun 2016

IDK. Maybe the White House coffee is not to his liking?

They used to say that the Carter White House really skimped on food for guests, but I don't think the Obama White House is that way.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
6. I studied under the original pastry chefs at the White House.
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 02:14 PM
Jun 2016

You know, the ones Laura Bush fired and brought in the guy who wrote "Desserts For Dummies"? (I kid you not. You can't make this crap up).

Anyway, the White House begins serving small bites of food for meetings, beginning very early in the morning. To bring your own fast food to a meeting there is incredibly rude, and it insults the skilled chefs who work almost all night long to prepare exquisite morsels for guests.

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
25. I find it so hard to believe that Bernie could possibly have bad manners....
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 04:28 PM
Jun 2016

Who would ever think he could be Rude?????

jehop61

(1,735 posts)
8. He's such a man of the people
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 02:17 PM
Jun 2016

he won't eat anything served by the establishment. ė
Both rude and phony.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
16. You may be right about this:
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 03:11 PM
Jun 2016


"Hmm, wonder if they'll feed me breakfast after all the really stupid mean things I said about Pres Obama & Hillary, & the Dem Party, & Sen Barney Frank & hmm..
better grab a scone & coffee just in case.."
 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
10. Maybe he needed comfort food!
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 02:22 PM
Jun 2016

Also to feel like there was a variable he could control. Which also is comforting.

Maru Kitteh

(29,048 posts)
21. I tend to go with your take here. Something he could control.
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 03:57 PM
Jun 2016

People are very funny about food sometimes. The older we get, the funnier we are about it too.

He was going into a HUGELY symbolic situation.

The people's house that will not be his
Occupied by a man who, Sanders knew, was endorsing Hillary
By a man he sought to have primaried in 2012
Not his house, not his territory, not his rules, not his comfort zone

Breakfast was probably the one thing, consciously or not, that he figured he could still control.

Let the guy have his scone I guess. Hopefully he was gracious enough to bring extra. That's how I was raised. Bring enough for everybody if you bring food somewhere.

stopbush

(24,630 posts)
15. There's another fund-raising letter! It writes itself!
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 02:41 PM
Jun 2016

Dear Bernie Supporter -

As you know, President Obama invited Bernie to meet with him this morning at the White House. While one would expect the WH to provide breakfast for such a morning meeting, Sen Sanders could not be sure of that, based on his experience that President Obama "coulda done more" for the middle class.

That's why Bernie stopped by Peet's Coffee on his way to the WH to get a cup of working-class joe and a scone. But then, the DNC stepped in unfairly and asked WH security to double check the sustenance that Bernie brought with him. This resulted in a delay that not only allowed his coffee to cool down to room temperature, but dried out his scone to the point where it was uneatable.

In the meanwhile, it was reported that Hillary Clinton was eating a substantial breakfast that was no doubt paid for with $ raised through our corrupt system of campaign financing.

That's why we're asking you once again to support all that's good in the world by donating an additional $27 to St Bernard's campaign. Doing so assures you that he will take the fight for free college, free cars, free healthcare, free mansions and free X-Boxes all the way to the convention.

Bernie needs you now more than ever. Don't allow the DNC to be successful in their quest to cool down everyone's coffee, and to turn your breakfast danish into a dried-out work of art.

Donate, NOW!

(the above is intended as a parody of a Bernie Sanders fund-raising letter and is not an actual request for funding from the Sanders campaign, DU or Kevin Trudeau).

Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
22. Can't relate to that at all
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 04:07 PM
Jun 2016

Can't imagine packing a snack in to the WH like it's any other old meeting. No time to eat before he goes?

The WH staff would accommodate a guest's dietary restrictions, wouldn't they? I can't relate.

stonecutter357

(12,768 posts)
26. i gave my wife a jar of homemade fig preserves,
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 04:35 PM
Jun 2016

i gave my wife a jar of homemade fig preserves on our first date.

procon

(15,805 posts)
27. It's just another childish dig at Obama.
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 04:42 PM
Jun 2016

As if the President would not be gracious and cordial enough to offer refreshments.
As if the neither President, or his staff, would be courteous enough to welcome a guest with a food service.
As if the President lacked the social graces to be an attentive host.

At least he didn't bring a pot to piss in... did he?

NanceGreggs

(27,835 posts)
28. I just keep thinking about ...
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 04:42 PM
Jun 2016

... Woody Allen in "Bananas", when he's invited to a dinner at the President's palace - and shows up with a box of pastries from the bakery.

"Who brings pastries to a state dinner," asks one of the president's aides after Woody leaves, "and doesn't even bring an assortment?"

grossproffit

(5,591 posts)
31. You just reminded me of Annie Hall.
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 04:56 PM
Jun 2016

There's an old joke: two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know, and such small portions."

NanceGreggs

(27,835 posts)
32. And you just reminded me ...
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 05:01 PM
Jun 2016

... of Jackie Mason talking about eating in a "regular" deli as opposed to a Jewish deli: "If you served a Jew a portion that small, you'd spend the rest of your life in court."

Spacedog1973

(221 posts)
34. He's not exactly a spring chicken
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 05:24 PM
Jun 2016

and its not unknown for people of his age to avoid eating certain foods, certain ingredients and having a healthy eating regime that can only be regulated by having full control of the food itself.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
37. Where do you think he was going? The Motel 6 lobby?
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 05:51 PM
Jun 2016

The WH staff feeds kings, diplomats, and every other guest from every country in the world. Do you think they're not good enough to serve Bernie Sanders? Do you think they don't find out who's coming for meetings and what will be needed, if wanted? It's incredibly rude to show up for a meeting with the POTUS and bring your bag of crap and your paper cup of coffee.

Spacedog1973

(221 posts)
43. He might consider it rude
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 12:43 PM
Jun 2016

and a hassle, and also embarrassing to be asking for special items for food because of medical issues for example. Everyone is different.

emulatorloo

(45,551 posts)
35. This thread is kinda dumb. In that I dont see a point other than FLAMEBAIT and divisiveness
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 05:33 PM
Jun 2016

(Did make me hungry for scones though)

I hope you will consider self-deleting.

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