“I mentioned this to a friend, and she said quite seriously that for her husband, it’s his great-uncle.
Remember, in the northeast (does the term “Northeastern Republicans” mean anything to you?), the Republican Party really was the party of “big business”, anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish. Until 20-30 years ago, local Democrats were actually very conservative — more conservative than MA Republicans.”
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There are deep historic trendlines, that may be shattered TODAY...:)