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I share much the same perspective, rlmorel.
Born and raised on Cape Cod. My career as tech industry journalist was made in Massachusetts, to which I'm deeply grateful.
There's a hearty and intelligent stock of people who live in Massachusetts. But the Baizou spirit is strong there.
There's Martha's Vineyard, where many rich New Yorkers have come to settle thanks to DeBlasio turning NYC into a Covid19 gulag.
Add in: Kennedy-land, New England Patriots, the home of American Revolution, famous colleges, Big Tech/MIT, and the nickname given to the State: "The Hub of the Universe". These factors have created an elevated pride among its residents.
Combine that with the Irish political machine on Beacon Hill and the power of group think and Orwellian correctness, and you have the perfect storm of cocky, thick-headed and destructive policies.
Even the republicans who have come to power in the Bay State -- Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, and Charlie Baker -- would cause John Adams and Paul Revere to roll over in their graves.
The question is: which factor will destroy Cape Cod first: white sharks or crushing Covid19 restrictions that swallow up the Cape's tourist business.
As a citizen, I feel completely unrepresented, and have my entire adult life, which is perhaps why I pay more attention to national elections and their results.
This state is lost, it is in the thrall of Leftists, and they have done over the last forty years at the State level what the Left is now trying to do at the national level. They have made it impossible for a real conservative to win election in this state.
My father, who ran for local office back in the Seventies and Eighties, knew this full well. I believe he was a plank owner in Citizens for Limited Taxation, and was a conservative in every sense of the word.
But he knew he could not win any office as a Republican, so he ran as a Democrat, which at the time didn’t raise an eyebrow on me, but looking back, makes me laugh a bit.
I love this region. The weather. The museums. The History. The mountains. The beaches.
But I despise and detest the corrupt Leftist politicians and politics in this state. The reprehensible, criminal politicians in this state are like a Murderer’s Row (in the case of Ted Kennedy, a real Murdering Row) of Leftist Icons.
Kennedy. Kerry. Frank. Warren. Studds. Romney. So many more I can’t even name them.