Ranking States’ Citizen Embarrassment Levels

[SoCalDem]

http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/ranking-states-citizen-embarrassment-levels-20357/

News and Options
August 18, 2010

Ranking States’ Citizen Embarrassment Levels
Amid a rush of political scandals and missteps, we figure that some citizens are more embarrassed for their state than others. We look at the shameful headlines and determine where these states would rank on the citizen embarrassment level.

By Matt Palmquist


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If we’ve snubbed your state or left out a well-qualified candidate for our collection, please give us your nomination and your reasoning by leaving a comment below or by e-mailing [e-mail]. Until then, we’ll just focus on our not-so-magnificent seven: Virginia, Illinois, California, New York, Tennessee, Arizona and Texas.

Click a state in the box below to learn more about the hijinks, incompetence and corruption in that particular state capital.


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[napi21]

1. How can you possibly leave out SC? The Gov. who "went hking the trail"

er...not really. Mark Sanford went to visit his girlfriend in Argentina! I used to live in SC, but moved, thank God! Then they were so stupid in that State that they voted for Greene who has trouble speaking a complete sentence!