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If the beer, brisket and pecan pie weren’t enough, the Texas grit aimed at Roy Spence surely reminded those at the Dallas Ad League’s 3rd annual AdRoast just which state they were in.

Those doing the “Roysting” included former Texas Governor Ann Richards, PGA Tour commissioner Timothy Finchem, Southwest Airlines founder Herb Kelleher, fellow GSD&M co-founder Judy Trabulsi and Temerlin McClain’s Liener Temerlin. Even Bill and Hillary Clinton made an appearance, via video tape, to pay homage to a friend they’ve known for three decades (Spence once showed up at a White House party dressed as the Man With No Name from Clint Eastwood’s spaghetti western days).

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