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I’m saying it was unnecessary for you to type all that out. I’m well aware of MA’s political and demographic history. But there are more than a few FReepers whose knowledge of history on their own states are, shall we say, shallow. More than a few have presumed the state has been nothing but a bastion of the Democrat party ad infinitum and have little idea it was one of the premier GOP states in the country with some of our best and brightest leaders. It’s either because they’ve been misinformed or haven’t really taken the time to do the research. I’ve had a lot of time to do research, so it’s why I can talk about nearly every state in the country, their dynamics, and history. I’ve used MA has a warning beacon for what can happen to a vibrant state GOP when bad or opportunistic leadership, elitism, stagnation, misguided policy, ignorance, bad values and class bigotry come together. It didn’t have to turn out that way, but it did. You may disagree with my conclusions in these discussions, but I’m far from uninformed by a long shot.

There is a suspicion that I have had for a while that the liberal wing of the Mass. Republicans would rather deal with Democrats than Conservative Republicans. I remember Steve Pierce and Ray Shamie, then there was another candidate, I forgot his name, but it seemed that there was always an embarrassing story about them in the Globe three weeks before the election.

I think the California party was decimated in the same way. I believe the insider business interests want someone in the corner office who speaks for their little clique. These insiders seem to be more fearful of the conservatives than the Democrats. I think they understand that the Democrats are crooked and can always be bought off whereas the conservatives have principles. These RINOs fear principles the way Dracula fears sunlight.