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By all means!

People who most embarrass the state/province you live in:

  1. Chief Justice Roy Moore, Alabama
  2. Samuel Dickstein, New York
  3. George Wallace, Alabama
  4. Rick Perry, Texas
  5. Jerry Jones, Texas
  6. Pete Rose, Ohio
  7. Justin Beiber, Ontario
  8. John Kasich, Ohio
  9. Fob James

Former governor who, among other things, did an imitation of a chimp on nationwide TV when protesting the teaching of “evil-lution” in public schools.
A parody of his equally stupid son’s “they’re givin’ driver’s license test that ain’t in English!” campaign ad went viral a few years ago.

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People who most embarrass the state/province you live in (with state/province):

  1. Chief Justice Roy Moore, Alabama
  2. Samuel Dickstein, New York
  3. George Wallace, Alabama
  4. Rick Perry, Texas
  5. Jerry Jones, Texas
  6. Pete Rose, Ohio
  7. Justin Beiber, Ontario
  8. John Kasich, Ohio
  9. Fob James, Alabama
  10. Sheldon Silver, New York
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People who most embarrass the state/province you live in (with state/province):

  1. Chief Justice Roy Moore, Alabama
  2. Samuel Dickstein, New York
  3. George Wallace, Alabama
  4. Rick Perry, Texas
  5. Jerry Jones, Texas
  6. Pete Rose, Ohio
  7. Justin Beiber, Ontario
  8. John Kasich, Ohio
  9. Fob James, Alabama
  10. Sheldon Silver, New York
  11. Wendy Davis, Texas

All that money, all that publicity, and she did WORSE than the previous 3 Democrats running for governor? Oh, and I loved the way she accused her opponent of opposing interracial marriage when he’s IN an interracial marriage!

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People who most embarrass the state/province you live in (with state/province):

  1. Chief Justice Roy Moore, Alabama
  2. Samuel Dickstein, New York
  3. George Wallace, Alabama
  4. Rick Perry, Texas
  5. Jerry Jones, Texas
  6. Pete Rose, Ohio
  7. Justin Beiber, Ontario
  8. John Kasich, Ohio
  9. Fob James, Alabama
  10. Sheldon Silver, New York
  11. Wendy Davis, Texas
  12. Richard Nixon, California

Our politicians always manage to embarrass the whole country!

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People who most embarrass the state/province you live in (with state/province):

  1. Chief Justice Roy Moore, Alabama
  2. Samuel Dickstein, New York
  3. George Wallace, Alabama
  4. Rick Perry, Texas
  5. Jerry Jones, Texas
  6. Pete Rose, Ohio
  7. Justin Beiber, Ontario
  8. John Kasich, Ohio
  9. Fob James, Alabama
  10. Sheldon Silver, New York
  11. Wendy Davis, Texas
  12. Richard Nixon, California
  13. Chris Christie, New Jersey

Next up: Your state’s favorite currently living person

  1. Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey
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Your state’s favorite currently living person

  1. Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey
  2. For Texas… a tie between Roger Staubach and Willie Nelson
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Your state’s favorite currently living person

  1. Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey
  2. For Texas… a tie between Roger Staubach and Willie Nelson
  3. Richard Simmons, Louisiana
    Mighta said Reese Witherspoon, but I did it for the lulz
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Your state’s favorite currently living person

  1. Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey
  2. For Texas… a tie between Roger Staubach and Willie Nelson
  3. Richard Simmons, Louisiana
  4. David Letterman, Indiana
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Your state’s favorite currently living person

  1. Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey
  2. For Texas… a tie between Roger Staubach and Willie Nelson
  3. Richard Simmons, Louisiana
  4. David Letterman, Indiana
  5. US President James K. Polk, North Carolina (Don’t laugh- he got us TX-NM-AZ-CAL and part or all of several other states). Honorable Mention: Michael Jordan
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Your state’s favorite currently living person

  1. Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey
  2. For Texas… a tie between Roger Staubach and Willie Nelson
  3. Richard Simmons, Louisiana
  4. David Letterman, Indiana
  5. US President James K. Polk, North Carolina (Don’t laugh- he got us TX-NM-AZ-CAL and part or all of several other states). Honorable Mention: Michael Jordan
  6. Billy Joel, New York
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Currently living?

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Oops. I need to slow down.

Make it only Michael Jordan.

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Your state’s favorite currently living person

  1. Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey
  2. For Texas… a tie between Roger Staubach and Willie Nelson
  3. Richard Simmons, Louisiana
  4. David Letterman, Indiana
  5. US President James K. Polk, North Carolina (Don’t laugh- he got us TX-NM-AZ-CAL and part or all of several other states). Honorable Mention: Michael Jordan
  6. Billy Joel, New York
  7. Jerry Brown, California
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Your state’s favorite currently living person

  1. Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey
  2. For Texas… a tie between Roger Staubach and Willie Nelson
  3. Richard Simmons, Louisiana
  4. David Letterman, Indiana
  5. US President James K. Polk, North Carolina (Don’t laugh- he got us TX-NM-AZ-CAL and part or all of several other states). Honorable Mention: Michael Jordan
  6. Billy Joel, New York
  7. Jerry Brown, California
  8. John Denver is dead so I’ll have to go with John Elway - Colorado.
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I would have gone with Jon Stewart.

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Your state’s favorite currently living person

(May we please continue to extend this to provinces?)

  1. Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey
  2. For Texas… a tie between Roger Staubach and Willie Nelson
  3. Richard Simmons, Louisiana
  4. David Letterman, Indiana
  5. US President James K. Polk, North Carolina (Don’t laugh- he got us TX-NM-AZ-CAL and part or all of several other states). Honorable Mention: Michael Jordan
  6. Billy Joel, New York
  7. Wayne Gretzky, Ontario

Hey Gordon Lightfoot could also fit the bill, but surely Gretzky is Ontario’s most famous international star. I hope they’re both above Bieber, Lavigne and Morrisette.

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Ooh. Much better. I think I was just reacting to the first entry on the list.

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Your state’s favorite currently living person

(May we please continue to extend this to provinces?)

  1. Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey
  2. For Texas… a tie between Roger Staubach and Willie Nelson
  3. Richard Simmons, Louisiana
  4. David Letterman, Indiana
  5. US President James K. Polk, North Carolina (Don’t laugh- he got us TX-NM-AZ-CAL and part or all of several other states). Honorable Mention: Michael Jordan
  6. Billy Joel, New York
  7. Wayne Gretzky, Ontario
  8. Channing Tatum

This based on how often he’s in the news and how I don’t think I’ve heard anything bad about him.

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Your state’s or province’s favorite currently-living person

  1. Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey
  2. For Texas… a tie between Roger Staubach and Willie Nelson
  3. Richard Simmons, Louisiana
  4. David Letterman, Indiana
  5. Michael Jordan, N.C.
  6. Billy Joel, New York
  7. Wayne Gretzky, Ontario
  8. Channing Tatum, Alabama
  9. John Glenn, Ohio
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Your state’s or province’s favorite currently-living person

  1. Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey
  2. For Texas… a tie between Roger Staubach and Willie Nelson
  3. Richard Simmons, Louisiana
  4. David Letterman, Indiana
  5. Michael Jordan, N.C.
  6. Billy Joel, New York
  7. Wayne Gretzky, Ontario
  8. Channing Tatum, Alabama
  9. John Glenn, Ohio
  10. Debra Messing, Rhode Island