# Actual TV ad in Texas **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 1, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525 "2012-11-01T04:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/21 "2012-11-01T21:55:02Z")
I saw something similar in the billions of oversized postcards I’ve been getting in my mailbox. Arpaio’s re-election ad boasted about his Tent City and how it really is humane and has saved Arizona over $40 million since its inception\*. All I could think was, “Yeah, that’s right Arpaio, own your lack of respect for human rights.” \*Even if that’s true, $40 million over 15+ years isn’t much even at the county level. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/22 "2012-11-01T22:29:04Z")
> [@astro](#): > > What, specifically, makes Texans barbaric? You made your governor our president. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/23 "2012-11-01T22:33:07Z")
> [@astro](#): > > What, specifically, makes Texans barbaric? I think it has something to do with the chili; eating it without beans affects the brain chemistry. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/24 "2012-11-01T22:58:40Z")
Sending murderers to death row = safer neighborhoods? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/25 "2012-11-01T22:59:12Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > TEXAS is the most barbaric state in the union, and judging by the answers on this thread people are immune to barbarism. Nonsense, I find it quite pleasant. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/26 "2012-11-02T00:16:09Z")
> [@astro](#): > > What, specifically, makes Texans barbaric? They use a tomato base for their barbecue sauce. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/27 "2012-11-02T00:30:19Z")
It’s funny how insecure people who aren’t Texans or don’t live in Texas overcompensate for it with such gusto. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/28 "2012-11-02T00:37:40Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > It’s funny how insecure people who aren’t Texans or don’t live in Texas overcompensate for it with such gusto. I’ve lived in Texas. Texans are the overcompensaters but their BBQ is to die for. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/29 "2012-11-02T00:40:11Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > I’ve lived in Texas. Texans are the overcompensaters but their BBQ is to die for. I lived in Oregon for 23 years, and Texas for going on 4. Give me a Texan ANY DAY of the week, please. They are the nicest people I’ve ever met. And yes the BBQ is awesome but don’t tell that to the Carolinians. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/30 "2012-11-02T01:02:27Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > TEXAS is the most barbaric state in the union, and judging by the answers on this thread people are immune to barbarism. Hey, I live in Texas and I’m not barbaric in the slightest. I thoroughly cook the neighborhood cats before I eat them. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/31 "2012-11-02T01:19:05Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I lived in Oregon for 23 years, and Texas for going on 4. > > Give me a Texan ANY DAY of the week, please. They are the nicest people I’ve ever met. > > And yes the BBQ is awesome but don’t tell that to the Carolinians. Oh yes, they’re very nice people. They’re just overly proud of Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/32 "2012-11-02T01:35:11Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > You made your governor our president. Well, in all fairness they had some help from a few other states in his advancement. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’m from Montreal, and I can’t see what’s so shocking or even especially Texasy about the ad. I’m with you. Like I said, I spent the first 22 years of my life in Texas. Compared to some of the ads I remember that one is positively dull and could have been from any other of our lovely death penalty states. I admit Texans can be obnoxious but the vast majority of the folk are quiet pleasant. At least as long as Jesus, gay people and chili with beans don’t come into the conversation. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/33 "2012-11-02T01:51:14Z")
Yep, Native Texans are some of the friendliest, most likable folks I’ve ever met. It very well could be from the chili. I knew Devon Ward Wallace Anderson growing up. Even been to Ireland with she and 20 others on a college history trip. They don’t come much better and she was a fine judge too. I’m sure she married well. Don’t have much trouble with the ad either. But then we’ll be some of the ones he wants to see benefit. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/34 "2012-11-02T21:36:16Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > If you really want to get upset about a Texan,[pick this guy:](http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/12901/romney-considering-texas-attorney-general-greg-abbott-for-epa-administrator) Even if the characterization of Abbott’s career goals is accurate, this is still a yawn-fest. Small-government guys want a smaller, less-intrusive government. If that’s your (espoused) political philosophy, it makes sense to pick someone well-associated with an agency’s excesses to rein them in. It’s like sending Bolton to the UN. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/35 "2012-11-02T22:18:16Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’m from Montreal, and I can’t see what’s so shocking or even especially Texasy about the ad. It was shocking in the thirty years between '24 and '64. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/36 "2012-11-02T22:19:30Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > It was shocking in the thirty years between '24 and '64. Those must have been Texas-sized years. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/37 "2012-11-02T23:01:15Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > It was shocking in the thirty years between '24 and '64. I feel the need to point out the fact that your ad is somewhat disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/38 "2012-11-03T00:24:00Z")
I’m too dumb to count past 21. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/39 "2012-11-03T11:05:00Z")
All you Texas haters are right, so please, please, please- don’t move here. It’s horrible. You will hate it. Don’t bother. (Fellow, Texans- do not encourage them. My favorite swimming holes are too crowded already.) I couldn’t vote for either Anderson or Oliver, so skipped that race altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525/40 "2012-11-03T12:08:25Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Even if the characterization of Abbott’s career goals is accurate, this is still a yawn-fest. Small-government guys want a smaller, less-intrusive government. If that’s your (espoused) political philosophy, it makes sense to pick someone well-associated with an agency’s excesses to rein them in. It’s like sending Bolton to the UN. I agree it’s a yawn-fest, because I doubt Mittens will be picking _anybody_ for his cabinet. So Abbott won’t be able to wreck the EPA. He’ll just remain a Texas problem… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-tv-ad-in-texas/639525.md?page=3)