Well some of you may recall my post regarding one of Oklahoma’s finest State Rep. Sally Kern and her homophobic rant. Well Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart is up for re-election this summer and he is publishing this comic book as a campaign mailer. Let me tell you this is no ordinary comic book or campaign flyer. You’ve really gotta read the whole thing to appreciate how big a nut this guy really is.
This guys is getting some local airplay and newsprint because of this, but I can’t imagine it causing the storm the whole Rep. Sally Kern thing caused. I don’t live in Oklahoma County (it’s the most populous in the state since it include the OKC metro at 1 million+ people) but this guys is in the news regularly. He was elected in 2004 and is currently facing charges for illegally raising his campaign funds. He is set to go to trial I believe sometime this fall. I’ve never really knew what this guys political affiliation is, just about his legal troubles. After this, I guess he a first class right wing asshole of the reddest type. As a county commissioner, his primary responsibility is really only roads in the county as well as the sheriffs office. I’m sure there are other things he deals with, but social issues are not really one of them.
I don’t know why he’s such a homophobe. He does mention a Jim Roth who was actually another county commissioner who is openly gay. Jim Roth was recently appointed to the State Corporation Commission by the governor so is not longer a county commisioner, but I guess Rhinehart really hated serving with a homo.
Anyway, this comic book is really over the top. It’s got a lot of local political references in it that won’t mean much, but his constant reference to “the homosexuals” and other highly bigoted gay stereotypes was just a bit to much for me. I can deal with being politically incorrect, but this is way beyond that. I don’t live in Oklahoma County, but in this case I wish I did so I could vote against this asshole.
First, love your blog!
I googled “Brent Rinehart, Asshole” and your blog came up. Mostly, I’m just wanting to see what others are saying about him. I wrote a pretty lengthy blog about it at http://mommalittle.com, which is mine. It’s also posted at allisonkilkenny.com, which a political blog I contribute to.
The reason I write this is because I include in it that Brent is facing charges of campaign finance fraud right now. One of his donors has already plead guilty. If you haven’t seen the comic, let me tell you, it’s a gem. On page 6, one of the fictional “Oklahomans” says that he won’t be able to clear his name until after next week’s primary, which according to another character, is the liberal good ol’ boys last ditch effort to defeat Brent.
Clearly this comic was in part a last ditch effort of his. He should be in prison by this time next year!