Gee Golly

Gee Golly

Well, gosh. Them politics sure make people mad. A Washington Post story on the “mysterious calculations” of swing voters, particularly those in Wisconsin, describes Green Bay as a place where mean words, such as the “f-word,” rarely enter into political discourse: Voters here tend to be relatively reserved in their political discourse by modern standards, with “flubbed” being a typical f-word. Some won’t talk politics at all. Ask their opinion and they shake their heads as though a response would be unseemly. Next, reporter Joel Achenbach makes a strong case for labeling this the “Go Figure State.”

Well, gosh. Them politics sure make people mad.

A Washington Post story on the “mysterious calculations” of swing voters, particularly those in Wisconsin, describes Green Bay as a place where mean words, such as the “f-word,” rarely enter into political discourse:

Voters here tend to be relatively reserved in their political discourse by modern standards, with “flubbed” being a typical f-word. Some won’t talk politics at all. Ask their opinion and they shake their heads as though a response would be unseemly.


Next, reporter Joel Achenbach makes a strong case for labeling this the “Go Figure State.”

Matt has written for Milwaukee Magazine since 2006, when he was a lowly intern. Since then, he’s held the posts of assistant news editor and, most recently, senior editor. He’s lived in South Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, Iowa, and Indiana but mostly in Wisconsin. He wants to do more fishing but has a hard time finding worms. For the magazine, Matt has written about city government, schools, religion, coffee roasters and Congress.