# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678 "2025-02-22T21:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 266
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5301 "2026-08-02T10:51:33Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > In a lot of cases, if you just slightly scratch the surface of that “OK with Jews”, you’ll find things like “Jews have to survive until the End Times so they can all be nuked at once to fulfill the prophecies in my Bible fanfic”. In a completely different — and yet, somehow similar — vein: back in the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell days, I found myself talking to a young woman who was looking to join the Air Force; she told me that she was in favor of letting gay people serve in the military: enthusiastically explaining that, _they’re going to hell anyway, so why not get some use out of them while they’re here?_ ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5302 "2026-08-02T11:19:45Z")
According to wiki it’s " **Waukesha** ([/ˈwɔːkɪʃɔː/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English "Help:IPA/English") [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Waukesha.wav "File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Waukesha.wav") _[WAW-ki-shaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key")_)" I _think_ the point JAQ was making is more that the middle syllable is “kah” not “key”. I don’t hear much of a difference with the accent on the first or last syllable, but when it’s on the middle, and the speaker says wauKEYshaw, it, at least to me, sounds wrong. And I say that knowing plenty of Waukesha residents that pronounce it that way. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5303 "2026-08-02T11:54:47Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The program will showcase how to prepare healthy meals for less than $5 a serving whenever possible, according to HHS… It’s amazing how out of touch these people are. On the other hand I’d rather him do his stupid show than try to administer HHS. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5304 "2026-08-02T14:17:04Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Isn’t it “WAW kah shaw,” with the accent on the first syllable? Now you got me cornfused! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5305 "2026-08-02T14:45:39Z")
I’m not a Wisconsinite, but my firm used to do a lot of business with the WI government. So I’ve dealt with a lot of WI people at the state and county government levels with all their interesting accents and interesting place names. At one time I had most of the county list memorized just from repetition. IME, the difference in stress between the waw and the shaw is very minor. Both are stressed lots and the kuh/kah/keh/kəh middle syllable is very much destressed. Sometimes the waw is a smidgen stronger than shaw, and other folks say it the other way. But in either case the difference is real subtle. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5306 "2026-08-02T16:28:33Z")
I am native speaker, and I got confused as to which sylLABel is stressed. Sitting here I say Waukesha stressed on the first or the last and they both sound right. Not that is isn’t a large difference. It’s a small stress. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5307 "2026-08-02T22:07:56Z")
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) says his son-in-law, Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), is a psychopath who is not fit for office after Miller declared he’s staying in his reelection campaign despite revelations that he scalded his wife with boiling water, held a gun to her head, and broke their 2-year-old daughter’s collarbone. > **[GOP Sen. Moreno says ex-son-in-law Max Miller shouldn't serve in House, needs...](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/02/bernie-moreno-max-miller-house-psychological-help-emily-moreno.html)** > > Miller has denied the allegations made against him by his ex-wife Emily Moreno, daughter of Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5308 "2026-08-02T22:28:38Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > > For the non-WI-native readers out there, it is pronounced “Waw kah SHAW” . Not Waw KEY sha. > > There was an old insurance commercial that emblazoned that pronunciation (the correct one ) on my brain. Wasn’t that Wausau? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5309 "2026-08-02T22:42:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > he scalded his wife with boiling water, held a gun to her head, and broke their 2-year-old daughter’s collarbone. The party of family values! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5310 "2026-08-03T00:12:44Z")
I’m wondering wherefrom Bernie summoned the integrity to diss Max. That’s really _not_ the R way. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The party of family values! The value is that the man owns his family and can kill or torture (or sell) it at will. Jeebus said it, trump believes it, and that settles it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5311 "2026-08-03T00:18:11Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’m wondering wherefrom Bernie summoned the integrity to diss Max. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > The value is that the man owns his family and can kill or torture (or sell) it at will. Well, there you go. Bernie’s property rights as father trump Max’s as husband. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5312 "2026-08-03T11:31:02Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Yes, I disagree. > > I have personal experience of people who hate black people who genuinely do like and respect Jews. Ditto for anti-LGBTQ people but still OK with Jews. > > Do a lot of people hate Jews? Yes. But not _everyone_ hates Jews. I’ll second this. When I was growing up, even the obvious bigots in my home town didn’t hate the Jews. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5313 "2026-08-03T12:43:49Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > On the other hand, if you were a straight _black_ Jew in the US being targeted for being black might be as likely or even more likely than being Jewish. TITUS ANDROMEDON: Gay, Black, _and_ old?! How will I know which box to check on the hate crime form? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5314 "2026-08-03T15:41:35Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Wasn’t that Wausau? Aw, that’s it! I think variations of the original ad mentioned other Wisconsin towns though. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5315 "2026-08-03T16:06:46Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > And I say that knowing plenty of Waukesha residents that pronounce it that way. Sounds like the US version of New-fin-land vs. New-found-land. I’ve heard both Newfies and non-Newfies using both pronunciations. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5316 "2026-08-03T21:01:21Z")
Here in WA, the ballot initiative process, which we used to use for cool stuff like legalizing marijuana and gay marriage, has been co-opted by right wing millionaires who buy their way onto the ballot to push culture war BS. As such, we get to vote this November on whether 5-year-old girls who want to play t-ball will have to undergo genital inspections. > **[The Push to Force Genital Exams on Student Athletes](https://www.thecut.com/article/washington-state-campaign-genital-exams-girl-athletes-il26-638.html)** > > In just a few months, Washington could become the first state to require sex-verification tests for girls playing sports in K–12 schools. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5317 "2026-08-03T21:34:58Z")
Obviously a job for the FBI. [![](https://cdn.printerval.com/image/960x960/t-shirts-men-heavyweight-t-shirt-1,black,print-2022-10-15_9001341c-28a7-4d45-8c65-ebd53f0a7e8c,000000.jpeg) ](https://cdn.printerval.com/image/960x960/t-shirts-men-heavyweight-t-shirt-1,black,print-2022-10-15_9001341c-28a7-4d45-8c65-ebd53f0a7e8c,000000.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5318 "2026-08-03T21:49:23Z")
Republicans seem to be hell bent on creating a way for them to legally be allowed to examine and inspect the naked bodies of minor children. I wish this was surprising at this point. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5319 "2026-08-03T22:00:42Z")
They’re not girls unless Trump himself attests that they are! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5320 "2026-08-03T22:31:35Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > Republicans seem to be hell bent on creating a way for them to legally be allowed to examine and inspect the naked bodies of minor children. Privates Investigators [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=267)