2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Most Americans Don't Deserve Someone Like Bernie [View all]Bleacher Creature
(11,256 posts)Because winning the Presidency and then actually having to do something would be a harsh reality check for most of Bernie's supporters.
The fact his, he's a career politician who has been playing the game for three decades. And there's nothing wrong with that. He seems like a great guy who is on the right side of many, many issues, but running an entire branch of government takes a whole lot more than just good ideas.
In a hypothetical Sanders presidency, he either sticks to his positions and crashes and burns, or he compromises and gets accused of being a "corporatist" or "third wayer" or whatever nonsensical name is the insult of the day here. Either way, it would have been an extremely rude awakening. Better to have it all be a pipe dream, and let you keep the magical halo in your imagination.