Here is a long essay by Jason Schwartz from Boston Magazine that lays out in detail just why Massachusetts does not like Mitt Romney. Excerpts:
As governor, Romney showed Massachusetts that—pragmatic to the core—he was willing to say whatever was needed to advance his political career. Facing an emboldened Democratic majority in the legislature after his 2004 election debacle, Romney began to turn his attention away from Beacon Hill and toward Washington, DC. In the process, the former self-described “progressive” shifted his views on gay rights, abortion, and stem cell research to appeal to a more conservative audience.
In 2005 Romney vetoed a bill that would have expanded embryonic stem cell research even though his wife, Ann, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, had recently said she hoped that same research could help cure MS. The legislature ultimately overrode the veto. Romney would later veto an emergency contraception bill as well, only to see that one overridden, too. The growing sense that Romney viewed Massachusetts as merely a steppingstone did not go over well. By November 2005, a Suffolk University/7 News poll found that his favorability rating—47 percent a year earlier—had plummeted to 33 percent, while his unfavorability rating had rocketed up to 49 percent.
Everybody on BMG knows this stuff, of course. The article is addressed to the rest of the country, many of whom seem to be unaware of Mitt’s true nature.
Schwartz brings it home to the present campaign:
Just as it’s difficult to recall another governor who shifted his views so much to appeal to a bloc of voters, it’s difficult to recall a presidential candidate who has relied so much on falsehoods and out-of-context quotes.
The first sign of trouble came in an ad Romney’s campaign ran last fall, quoting Obama saying, “If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose.” In reality, the clip came from the 2008 election, and Obama was actually referring to something said by a John McCain aide. A small controversy over the ad erupted, after which Fehrnstrom, Romney’s top adviser, affirmed to the press that the outright distortion was part of a calculated strategy.
It’s hard to believe that the country could be so gullible as to elect a man like Mitt, but I thought the same thing about Nixon.
..is that when he was out of state he mocked us, which should be pointed out whenever he accuses the President of “apologizing for America”, and when he was in state it felt like he was meddling, even though as Governor he had a perfect right and duty to be involved.
there are plenty of people out there in the great beyond (as in beyond Pittsfield) who can’t imagine ever “apologizing for America” but think mocking Massachusetts makes perfect sense.
Is that when Marriage Equality was set in place, Romney had no problem surrounding himself with the clueless “God Hates Fags” wackjobs on the steps of the statehouse in order to make his blinding hatred of LGBT people and Marriage Equality a national story for his eventual run for national office.