Quote (Skinned @ May 1 2020 07:07am)
He will be the GOP's Jimmy Carter, except he would ironically be his complete opposite...
Jimmy Carter being a good man who shed his party loyalty when he became president of all Americans and passed more legislation than any comparable president.
They will probly be talked about in the same breath and ironically by some people.
Unfortunately things that make a good president, like selflessness, ability to put country before party, people over ideology, and pass legislation that benefits people, are things that also guarantee you won't be competitive for president.
Bernie is a great case study. He always supported positions that we now agree are correct (gay rights, marched for civil rights, etc. long before it was popular), he was able to be practical and endorse the better candidate after he was eliminated, he passed a ton of legislation but gave up the sponsor title to give credit to others so he could secure the necessary votes to get it passed, etc. etc.
Bernie really is the ideal of what a president should be, and every time he was attacked for being exactly that. People don't actually want the things they say they want, and that's clear from their actions.