With all due respect to adult readers of comic books, District 2 Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart’s crude attempt to use comics as campaign material affirms the view that District 2 is not under adult supervision.
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Rinehart is seeking a second term even as he’s fighting felony criminal charges involving his first campaign for county commission. A comic book being used to promote Rinehart’s re-election should be brought up on charges of poor taste.
Not only are the drawings crude, the message is simplistic: Rinehart is on the side of angels, his opponents are satanic. Sheriff John Whetsel, one of the distinguished people making Rinehart’s enemies list, said the work is “extremely pathetic and very bigoted.” You’d have to see the piece to understand how restrained the sheriff is in describing the comic book that way.
Spelling errors abound in the material; some words are not only misspelled, they’re misspelled several ways. We’re accustomed to Oklahoma’s county commissioners being grammatically challenged, but this piece of work could have been done by an 8-year-old. (Our apologies to 8-year-olds!)
In 16 pages of tripe, Rinehart glorifies himself and demonizes anyone who dares come against him. Actually, Rinehart is the dark knight who served with little distinction on the Oklahoma City Council before serving with even less distinction on the county commission.
Republicans should take note that the District 2 race has a viable Democratic contender who could take the seat in November. Choosing Rinehart as the GOP nominee offers no comic relief, only a defeat for the party. Rinehart has two serious challengers in the July 29 Republican primary.
Voting is no laughing matter. Crude comic books have no place in an election. Rinehart has no business continuing as a commissioner.
If his legal problems don’t remove him from office, the people must. And the sooner the better.
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His little comic book reminds me of those crazy Chick tracts with the crazy "anti-everything but me" kind of approach. Sure makes burning in hell look more palatable than hangin with Brent.
Don't forget Tim Pope's role in this sordid affair involving Rinehart. Neither of them should ever be allowed to seek public office for ANY position, ever again.
I beleive the "roads scholar" is a program set up by OSU to teach the basics of road and bridge design and maintenence, not "Rhodes scholar", as in Oxford.
After reading the comic book I can understand why some atheists want to boil all Christians in oil. For those of us who are people of faith this garbage dishonors Christ and continues to make Christians easy targets for thinking people who are non-believers.
"Roads Scholar"???????????? Where the hell did that come from? One would think that an Oxford Scholar would know how to spell the name of it's benefactor. Just when you think you've seen it all.............. Rebecca, I'm no republican but it truly is grossly unfair to paint the whole party with the toilet brush that Brent showers with. Brent Rinehart! Coming to an airport restroom near you! You can almost hear his foot tapping even as I type.
25 years ago when county commissioners throughout Oklahoma went to jail for corruption we should have eliminated county government. County government is a waste and duplicates that which is already done at the state and/or municipal level. Knowing that Rinehart is the caliber of person we elect only proves that this level of government should be abolished.
I wish I hadn't read this so called comic strip. My eyes now need a long deserved rest. This comic strip, if you want to call it that, is the most tasteless thing that I've read. It's obvious to me that Rinehart has some serious social issue; aka homosexuals. How many times did he repeat the word homsexual in this comic strip. He need get some counseling! I can not believe he was elected in the first place. Rinehart got into trouble for not paying his taxes, which he claims was an oversite. Right!!! First Kerns, now Rinehart. What's Oklahoma coming to. Why do Oklahomans keep electing people like these two. They use their position to promote fear and discrimination. Shameful, just shameful.
Bravo, Oklahoman staff! With Rinehart's extreme gay-bashing, one can only wonder if the comment "Methinks thou doth protest too much" might not be applicable.
His comic is crude, childish and about as far from a Christian attitude as a person could go.
Sounds like Westboro Baptist Curch in Kansas has a new member! District 2 - please do the right thing and give this joker the boot!
That comic is one of the most classless things I've ever seen, ESPECIALLY when considering it is being used in a political campaign. And by the way Brent, you promised us some time back that Wilshire was going to be repaved between Council and County Line, what gives? He promotes himself as some great businessman when he didn't even pay his taxes yet managed to have a new house built and avoid having the IRS lien attach to it by using a buddy straw buyer. Pathetic, Brent, pathetic.
This "comic book" does not deserve the attention that the Joklahoman is giving it. HE'S RUNNING TO BE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, NOT GOVERNOR. What is the Joklahoman's agenda here? This reeks of a vendetta against Rinehart for some undisclosed reason.
Thank you, OPUBCO. You are right on target with this editorial. I took the time to read the "comic" book, and was thoroughly disgusted. Brent Rinehart is an embarrassment to Oklahoma, and the "publication" goes a long way to show his true colors (pun totally intended). I pray the Oklahoma County Republicans will do the responsible thing and oust him in the Primary.
Rarely do I agree with an editorial in this newspaper, but this one hit the mark! Rinehart must go. He's a crook and is probably trying to hide the fact that he's a closet gay (not that there's anything wrong with that).
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His comic is crude, childish and about as far from a Christian attitude as a person could go.
Sounds like Westboro Baptist Curch in Kansas has a new member! District 2 - please do the right thing and give this joker the boot!