07/17/2008
Oklahoma Politico Preparing Anti-Gay Comic Book for Voters
Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart is reportedly preparing to mail out a homophobic comic book to voters featuring stories about how gays and Satan are out to get him, the Oklahoman reports:
"The 16-page comic book makes fun of homosexuals and criticizes Rinehart's political opponents. It features a man and woman admiring Rinehart's often-controversial political career."
Said Keith Gaddie, a political science professor at the University of Oklahoma: "This is one of the strangest things I've ever seen. I've never seen a comic book with the phrase ‘anal sodomy' in it before. That was a new one for me.”
An angel and Satan, as well as "toga-wearing gays, political figures, and trench coat-clad henchmen" figure among the comic book's characters in the odd re-election campaign propaganda:
"In one sequence, Satan says: 'If I can get the kids to believe homosexuality is normal!' The angel replies: 'Hey Satan, not with Brent around you won't!' Rinehart said he doesn't think the depiction is inappropriate and that he is proud of the comic. 'The history of my office is that I do expose the homosexual agenda, and that it does exist in the state of Oklahoma, and my history also would show that I am very much opposed to the homosexual agenda,' Rinehart said. Rinehart said he spent two months writing the comic. He said his friend Shane Suiters did the illustrations. Rinehart wouldn't say who is managing his campaign, and wouldn't say if he's running it himself."
Maybe Sally Kern is running it!
Posted 1:15 PM EST by Andy Towle in Brent Rinehart, Comic Books, News, Oklahoma | Permalink
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Of course he's some big closet 'mo.
But I love these stories ... I think the time is now for more publicity about this kind of stuff, Rev. Phelps, etc. Those people who have been rather ho-hum about gay issues/rights are starting to get more uncomfortable with these freaks.
The hardcore zealots will never bend or change so who cares about them!
Posted by: ATLSteve | Jul 17, 2008 3:54:59 PM
That shit took two months?!?
Posted by: Jason | Jul 17, 2008 4:00:56 PM
I feel conflicted...It is surely depressing that this guy is an actual politician and feels comfortable enough to forgo decency, rational discussion, and correct spelling...but then again...that comic is priceless! Are free copies available? Only in America -- self-parody reaches a new height!
Posted by: GBM | Jul 17, 2008 4:11:06 PM
WHAT A HACK! someone send me his email address and ill give him a piece of my mind. His website is making me "become a member" before I can contact him. What a joke - im sure he gets plenty of hate mail
A COMIC BOOK? This guy is a 10 year old closet case
Posted by: KFLO | Jul 17, 2008 5:54:02 PM
I want a copy! Sounds better than Handjobs.
Posted by: gregnsf | Jul 17, 2008 9:28:27 PM
The comic book is hilarious, and I myself have had several hours of chortling over it.
But I am also from Oklahoma City - and I can tell you that this does NOT represent the worldview of the vast majority of Oklahomans or Republicans - as evidenced by the many quotes from Oklahoma public officials (many Republicans) and academics who rightly condemn Rinehart. The Oklahoman, a conservative newspaper, condemned the comic book in a scathing editorial this week.
Rinehart is a mentally-disturbed narcissist with a penchant for pencil mustaches and corruption, and his (few) supporters are very unbalanced people.
Oklahoma City is a thriving metroplex of more than a million people (named by Forbes as among the top 10 recession proof cities, while a suburb, Norman, was named the 6th best small city in America by Money Magazine last week).
I also hope that those with an axe to grind against Christianity will not somehow take this comic book as indicative of a Christian worldview. Frankly, that’s like shooting fish in a barrel. This is a theologically-bankrupt work, if I may put it bluntly. Christians do not believe in a little midget-man Satan with a pitch fork, nor in malnourished angels with magic wands - any more than we believe heaven is filled with angels playing harps (see C.S. Lewis for a better explication of this). Nor do the vast majority of Christians spend their lives looking for a "homosexual conspiracy" everywhere. That’s a caricature of a caricature of a caricature.
If you’re an atheist, and wish to dispute Christianity, I would not use this comic book for the foundation of your arguments. It is not at all a representation of Christian beliefs - but is instead the product of a diseased mind.
One aspect of the “comic book” requires a little background - the references to “liberal good ol’ boys”: You should know that the Oklahoma was controlled by a one-party corrupt Democratic machine for its first century (the state just celebrated the centennial). This only has recently changed, but Rinehart is playing on old superstitions about corrupt Democrats who ran the state for so long - and literally almost ran the state into the ground because of THEIR culture of corruption.
Posted by: Arenap | Jul 19, 2008 12:02:38 PM
_SATAN________________
Has "GOTTEN BEHIND" this guy many times, I am sure: look at his face.
She is upset that she has to stay face down, since no one will fuck him if they get a look at him first.
Posted by: BOB | Jul 19, 2008 7:44:39 PM