Hillary Clinton
In reply to the discussion: Liberal media turns on Sanders [View all]stopbush
(24,795 posts)and dotes on him for coming so far.
But once it's over, any coverage will be about how he lost to Hillary, and how much the behavior of the Bros was responsible for his loss, and - more importantly - how HE egged on his Bros to commit the acts of violence and intolerance they displayed during the campaign.
Even Nixon got a chance to rehabilitate himself to the public, but I don't see that happening for Sanders, who has turned out to be nothing more than a self-centered asshole. At least Nixon got some good things done, like opening up China, creating the EPA and eventually ending the war in Nam. More important, Nixon wasn't a milquetoast communist (or socialist - it doesn't matter what you call Sanders. Americans don't know the difference) who verbally tried to destroy his Party, even though - like Sanders - he felt that everyone was against him.
No, Americans will not look fondly on Sanders going forward. In fact, once the reality of Hillary's presidency sinks in and the Ds are back in control of the Senate, the country will get back to the important business that the Rs have been blocking for the past 6 years. The SCOTUS will be put on a decades-long progressive path, the ACA will be tweaked, college tuition will be addressed (my daughter actually thinks Hillary's plan is much better than Sanders' "free" fantasy) and the name Bernie Sanders will remind people of unruly crowds of misogynistic white boys who deep down couldn't stand that they weren't going to get free cell phones along with that free college and healthcare Sanders promised.