[Hemingway's Ghost]

The long-gone GOP stronghold in Massachusetts consisted of the old guard Yankees and the blue-bloods---Protestants---who despised Roman Catholics to their very core. It's no surprise that the Irish, the Italians, the French, and even the Germans found their way to the more populist Democratic party.

And old habits and prejudices die hard. That's why, despite the seizure of the Democratic party by the leftists in the 1960s, many Roman Catholics remain Democrats, at least in name. But I know many Democrats in the Commonwealth who are just as conservative as a southern Republican when it comes to social issues.

[acapesket]

That’s the problem. No matter how many issues they agree with us on, they pull the D lever like Pavlov’s dogs!

[acapesket]

I am Irish and I am Catholic. Twice Lapsed. I refuse to give money to the Church due to their political stances. I believe firmly in my faith, and raise my family that way.
I no longer attend Mass on a regular basis.
We are family, Country and God in this house.
All because we live in this socialist sewer.

[Zionist Conspirator]

The long-gone GOP stronghold in Massachusetts consisted of the old guard Yankees and the blue-bloods---Protestants---who despised Roman Catholics to their very core.

Ironically, rightwing neo-populists consider those the very people who were/are "secretly behind Communism," aka the Anglo-American Establishment. There's a whole literature devoted to proving they were the real power behind American radicalism.

And considering that today's political map is a photo-negative of that of the late nineteenth century (a Democrat South and Republican Northeast and West Coast), sometimes I wonder just what goes on at The Bohemian Grove.

As an old Republican who identifies with the tradition of Hamilton, Adams, Lincoln, and McKinley, I'm ashamed of those parts of the country today, and certainly appreciate the chance to blame their current political ideology on someone other than Boston Brahmins!