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* Rick Perry, former 2012 Republican candidate for President, takes this trope to [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] levels. Another example is another former President, [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].
* The Texas State Capitol building is 11 feet taller than the US Capitol building. Don't tell me size doesn't matter!
* Molly Ivins talks about her state in [https://web.archive.org/web/20141016093833/http://www.thenation.com/article/texas-america?page=full "Is Texas America?"], an article for ''The Nation magazine.
** Ivins practically built her career on talking smack about Texas, and made no secret of her belief that she was one of the only intelligent people from there.
* Inverted with [[Audie Murphy]], at only 5'5".
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[[Category:Bigger Is Better]]
▲[[Category:Truth in Television]]
[[Category:Indexed States of America]]
[[Category:Truth in Television]]
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