# My state has embarrassed me again **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085 "2012-03-08T00:05:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jasper\_Kent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@Jasper\_Kent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasper_Kent)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/1 "2012-03-08T00:05:43Z")
Don’t get me wrong-- I love Tennessee. Ain’t no place I’d rather be. But my beloved state frequently makes me squirm with shame. Last night Santorum won the Republican primary here. Not that I like _any_ of the GOP candidates(although Ron Paul is OK), but Santorum? Jeezus-fuckin-christ! Thanks, folks, for reinforcing the stereotype that that we’re all ignorant, bigoted, bible-thumping inbreds. Well, not all bible-thumpers-- got meth? So, how does your state embarrass you? Yer Buddy, Jasper Kent of Tennessee (state motto: **At least we’re not Mississippi** ) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/2 "2012-03-08T00:19:43Z")
I’m trying to think of some way that Ohio _doesn’t_ embarrass me, but I’m not coming up with much. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/3 "2012-03-08T00:20:30Z")
I’m from Texas. Before Rick Perry embarassed us in front of the nation, there was W. We’ve, ah, been humiliated enough for the moment, politician-wise. Guess it was your turn. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/4 "2012-03-08T00:25:02Z")
Bachmann. Need I say more? ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/5 "2012-03-08T00:25:06Z")
Governor Scott Walker 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/6 "2012-03-08T00:28:29Z")
I do not consider New Jersey “my state,” although I currently live there. And our fat fuck governor is a bully, a religious fanatic and has a grudge against those of us who commute _out_-of-state to work. \*And \*he is aiming for President next time around! Oh, and Snooki. Or Snookie, or Snooky, or however she spells it. She is pretty embarrassing. Though her “I feel like a pilgrim in the frickin’ Twenties!” was pretty awesome. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/7 "2012-03-08T00:30:58Z")
I live in GA. The 'pubs in my state voted for Gingrich overwhelmingly yesterday. Newt motherf’ing Gingrich. The Sta-Puft Marshmallow Bigot. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/8 "2012-03-08T00:32:42Z")
Blago. \>:[ ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/9 "2012-03-08T00:56:57Z")
> [@Jasper\_Kent](#): > > Don’t get me wrong-- I love Tennessee. Ain’t no place I’d rather be. But my beloved state frequently makes me squirm with shame. Last night Santorum won the Republican primary here. \ > > So, how does your state embarrass you? What’re you bitching about, we made him **Senator** Santorum! _Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between_ ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/10 "2012-03-08T01:04:51Z")
Tennessee also. At least we’re not GA. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/11 "2012-03-08T01:06:07Z")
We are getting a bust of Rush Limbaugh added to the hall of famous Missourians. > **[Bust of Rush Limbaugh to join Twain's, others in Missouri Capitol](https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bust-of-rush-limbaugh-to-join-twain-s-others-in/article_4aba525d-c395-5b3a-8860-0131a44b87fa.html)** > > Missouri House Speaker Steve Tilley intends to honor Rush Limbaugh with a place in the Hall of Famous Missourians. ---
**Author:** ![Jasper\_Kent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@Jasper\_Kent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasper_Kent)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/12 "2012-03-08T01:12:53Z")
> [@Tabithina](#): > > We are getting a bust of Rush Limbaugh added to the hall of famous Missourians. > > [Bust of Rush Limbaugh to join Twain's, others in Missouri Capitol](http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bust-of-rush-limbaugh-to-join-twain-s-others-in/article_4aba525d-c395-5b3a-8860-0131a44b87fa.html) Rush Limbaugh next to _ **Mark Twain?** _ OK, you win. And you have my deepest sympathy. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/13 "2012-03-08T01:13:33Z")
Not a state, but I’m from Essex, England. We are the butt of many blonde-type jokes. We have a whole TV series. And all the jokes and the TV series are about my _specific_ little corner of Essex. I moved. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/14 "2012-03-08T01:24:59Z")
Voting for Scrotorum \*is \*pretty bad. There should be things about NJ that are worse, and I’m sure there are but obviously I’ve repressed them. I do my best to ignore Christie. Sometimes I try to imagine him as the Michelin man and that makes me feel a little better. He does seem like a caricature of himself and that’s no mean feat. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/15 "2012-03-08T02:34:19Z")
Massachusetts. Ted “I’ll drive off that bridge when I get to it” Kennedy John “Liveshot” Kerry Need I say more? hangs head in shame ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/16 "2012-03-08T03:06:42Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Ted “I’ll drive off that bridge when I get to it” Kennedy That one made me snort. I’m from Las Vegas. Our [former mayor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Goodman#Remarks_to_schoolchildren) is well known as a mafia defense lawyer. He told a group of schoolchildren that his favorite pastime was drinking gin, and if he were stranded on a desert island and could bring only one thing it would be a bottle of Bombay Sapphire (who he was a paid spokesman for). He’s arguably the most popular Las Vegas politician in history, winning 86% of the votes for his reelection. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/17 "2012-03-08T03:24:17Z")
Texas. Home of Dubya, Rick Perry, Ross Perot… We got a lotta 'splainin to do. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/18 "2012-03-08T05:06:42Z")
Florida here. Butterfly ballot, etc… -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/19 "2012-03-08T05:24:30Z")
Another Tennessean here. At least we’re not Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas, or Texas. Or Missouri. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085/20 "2012-03-08T05:48:29Z")
I also love my home state of Tennessee, but I could not put up with the people, so I left. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/615085.md?page=2)