In an hourlong State of the State speech on Thursday, Justice inveighed against the Mountain State's critics, including geriatric actress Bette Midler, highlighting more than $3 billion in economic growth as well as increased tourism to the state and its parks. He denounced the "rock-throwing" and "one-upping" of Washington, D.C., politics, saying West Virginia is "better than that." At the tail end of the speech, he lifted his English Bulldog onto the podium to deliver one last rebuttal.
