Posted on 01/02/2016 5:01:53 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
Fun facts about Wisconsin. (And I still wear beaver, although that coat is getting awfully heavy, but it sure feels good on a day like today.)
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Was there a 19-century Karl Rove telling them that they were going "too far" to the right?
Number one is in error. Everything that Wisconsi is is due to global warming which melted the glaciers. Just sayin.
I’ve never had the pleasure of visiting Wisconsin, but I sure envy you your Governor.
...and the birthplace of progressivism, IIRC
I just saw the series `To Make a Murderer’. Did Steven Avery and Brendan Dassy kill that poor woman in Manitowoc county, or not?
Go Pack!
I think WI also gave birth to the socialist movement.
And I think Milwaukee is the only city to have socialist mayors, and then under democrat rule for over a century.
And the Wisconsin State motto is? ...
“Come smell our Dairy Air”
My handy-dandy fact I happen to know, with all of the lynchings that have happened in the USA, Wisconsin never lynched a black man. Massachusetts I believe shares this distinction as well as possibly some other states. One can look this up.
GOP founding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29#Founding_and_19th_century
he first public meeting where the name “Republican” was suggested for a new anti-slavery party was held on March 20, 1854 in a schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin. The name was partly chosen to pay homage to Thomas Jefferson’s Republican Party.
The first official party convention was held on July 6, 1854, in Jackson, Michigan.
“Ripon Republicans” are supposed to be left-wingers. They still have that Ripon Society.
I knew 8 of them!
Here is one you may not know. Due to a surveying error, the top 10 miles of Illinois should actually be in Wisconsin.
In the Western part of the state are the Wisconsin Dells, those are real pretty and made me think of being out west when we traveled through. I’m sure they are not that high but they were very scenic.
Lovely land, lovely wildlife but way too cold at times.
And Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists!
Your #5 is patently incorrect.
After meeting in Jackson, Michigan, the nascient members of the Republican Party, (having separated from the Whigs) gathered in Ripon Wisconsin to nominate one Abraham Lincoln for POTUS.
The Republican Party was first formed in Jackson, Michigan.
I believe there is one other place that claims to be the birthplace of the GOP. I think its in NY state.
Likely a bunch of wymyn; or Amish yoots?
I looked for confirmation but couldn’t find it, I thought they say too, one can ride across Wisconsin on a bike trail and never have to ride on the highway.
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