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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^By choice HC is not a pipeline for local Massachusetts politics. It always drew kids from all over the country with NY metro the biggest draw since the school founded in 1843.     HC traditionally was an upper income crowd  with parents being doctors, business owners, lawyers thus local politics wasn’t appealing. By contrast Boston College a school with humble roots like many other Catholic colleges-DePaul, Fordham, Providence, Seton Hall- its alums found politics as a way out of working class. Kids didn’t go to Holy Cross to be state reps similar to Notre Dame and Georgetown. On
A national stage HC has produced US Senators from NH, recently Pennsylvania, and the current Sen from Vermont. Finally David Walsh  an HC grad from the 1890s was the first Irish Catholic to be elected Governor and US Senator from Massachusetts in the 1910s- a large accomplishment beating the Protestant/ Boston Brahmin elite. And of course Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas is HC Grad believe the only Catholic undergrad to hold that position. Georgetown and ND law school grads have served on the bench but not undergrads- HC holds that distinction.
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My god, the idea that Clarence Thomas is a bragging point to anyone is truly terrifying. [/quote]

Also notice that the PP's narrative is always in past tense. That's because it is a has been school. Yes it WAS a great school and now it is a good school.[/quote]

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