The Q&Q For 2/23/24

This week’s quote comes to us from Wisconsin state Sen. Van Wanggaard who said in a statement:

“Republicans were not stuck between a rock and hard place. It was a matter of choosing to be stabbed, shot, poisoned or led to the guillotine. We chose to be stabbed, so we can live to fight another day.”

1. If it was YOUR choice which would YOU choose?

A) Being stabbed.

B) Being shot.

C) Being poisoned.

D) Being led to the guillotine.

2. What was Wanggaard referring to?

A) Which of four lutefisk dinners he had to attend in various Lutheran church basements in his district.

B) Which of four Gov. Evers’ nominees he actually had to vote to approve.

C) Which of four redistricting maps submitted by liberal groups he had to support.

D) Which member of ABBA he would have to dismiss from his favorite group.

3. Wanggaard’s a Republican. How many of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate voted for maps drawn by Democratic Gov. Evers?

A) All 11.

B) Eight.

C) Five.

D) One.

4. Democrats who opposed Evers’ maps said they did so because (choose all that apply):

A) They were just going to vote against anything Republicans voted for.

B) They thought the Republicans had discovered a fatal legal flaw in the Evers maps and wanted to rush them to the Supreme Court so that they could be overturned.

C) They suspected Speaker Robin Vos wanted this plan because it would keep the old maps in place through his anticipated recall election this summer.

D) They thought they’d get a better deal in the state Supreme Court.

5. The new maps now signed into law by Evers are projected to produce:

A) Democratic majorities in both houses.

B) A Democratic majority in the Assembly, but not in the Senate.

C) A Democratic majority in the Senate, but not the Assembly.

D) Republican majorities in both houses.

6. When was the last time the Democrats controlled both houses of the Legislature?

A) 2016.

B) 2012.

C) 2010.

D) 2006.

Answers:

1: I would choose D on a technicality. Being “led to the guillotine” is not the same as “being guillotined.” You can always hope that the king will change his mind before the blade drops.

2: C

3: D. Sen. Bob Wirch, who holds a district adjacent to Wanggaard’s in the southeast corner of the state joined the Republicans.

4: B and C, though D may have been their unstated reason and don’t rule out A.

5: D. The maps are projected to produce Republican majorities of 53-46 and 17-16.

6: C

Well, that’s all she wrote for this week. I’m going to my annual hunters dinner this weekend where I’ll make my famous venison roast from a recipe by the late, great Milwaukee Journal outdoor writer Jay Reed. Hope you have a good weekend. See you back here Monday.