07/17/2008
OK County Commissioner Brent Rinehart's Homophobic Comic Book
Earlier today I posted about Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart's homophobic 16-page reelection campaign comic book that he's sending out to voters. The comic book features all the horrible things that gays might do and highlights Rinehart's efforts against them.
The pages also target Attorney General Drew Edmondson and his attempts to force the Boy Scouts of America to drop its anti-gay policies adjacent to a drawing of (I suspect) a gay in a toga trying to lure a young boy crying "help" out of the woods.
According to the Oklahoman: "Edmondson filed felony campaign finance charges against Rinehart last year, alleging Rinehart and his former campaign manager illegally funded the 2004 campaign for county commissioner. A trial has been scheduled for September."
I've posted two pages from the masterpiece below (via Reason Magazine), and here's a PDF of the entire book (thanks to commenter znsd). Who knew we would get to take a look at it so soon?
Second page AFTER THE JUMP...
Posted 5:28 PM EST by Andy Towle in Brent Rinehart, Comic Books, News, Oklahoma | Permalink
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That hurt my eyes!
Posted by: Domo | Jul 17, 2008 10:19:33 PM
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Are you fucking kidding me?
Posted by: B | Jul 17, 2008 11:02:16 PM
Now, now. We're not all like that.
Posted by: OKLAHOMO! | Jul 17, 2008 11:13:20 PM
i called too (405-590-8245) and confirm that it is definitely his personal cell phone. i think everyone should call and voice their opinion. he is, after all, a public servant.
Posted by: chonga | Jul 18, 2008 12:07:48 AM
The gay rights activist on the top of the second page looks a lot like Troy King. Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by: homofascist | Jul 18, 2008 12:17:49 AM
This is strangely charming.
Posted by: thin mint | Jul 18, 2008 1:31:20 AM
I want a copy! It looks better than Handjobs!
Posted by: gregnsf | Jul 18, 2008 1:55:50 AM
It's like something a hateful toddler would dream up- maybe Damien Thorn's first kindergarten artwork...
Who's taking bets as to how long before the Seantor is busted in a Men's Room?!
Posted by: Wirrrn | Jul 18, 2008 2:37:03 AM
IT IS FULL OF SPELLING ERRORS!
Posted by: KFLO | Jul 18, 2008 3:15:20 AM
I called his office and left him a nice little message about his spelling errors and how pathetic and sad this cartoon is.
YOU SHOULD DO IT TOO! (405-713-1502)
Posted by: callnow | Jul 18, 2008 3:30:24 AM
Hopefully this will backfire and cause him to lose the election! This is pathetic fear mongering at its best. He is already a loser so lets hope that he does not get elected too.
Posted by: RB | Jul 18, 2008 7:28:02 AM
I wish stupidity was painful.
Posted by: 1♥ | Jul 18, 2008 7:57:36 AM
As my gamer friends $ I would say: that's Epic Fail.
Posted by: Aaron | Jul 18, 2008 8:47:22 AM
I think the wrong comic book movie is opening today... What would Christopher Nolan have made with THIS material?
Posted by: TonyG | Jul 18, 2008 9:00:53 AM
...I'm trying not to laugh
Posted by: Nonplussed | Jul 18, 2008 9:03:33 AM
Clearly inspired by the tracts handed out by evangelicals to scare people into being "saved" yet it fails in its purpose due to the numerous spelling and grammatical errors.
Sad that this guy thinks he is qualified to hold public office but even sadder that he will most likely garner more than a handful of votes if not win outright with this display of public ignorance.
I agree that he looks like a self-hating closet case. Very sad, indeed.
Posted by: Zigzag | Jul 18, 2008 9:15:30 AM
omg. lol. i've seen comics that exposed the gay agenda. but they were professionally drawn, and i was totally expecting that kind of execution.
lol. this is just laughable. like. so bad, no one could make it up.
those poor people in Oklahoma.
Posted by: ian | Jul 18, 2008 9:37:38 AM
You hear that Satan?! Brent Rinehart's got your number (and I wouldn't be at all surprised if he eventually calls).
This is the lamest thing I've seen this decade. What an asshat.
Posted by: FASTLAD | Jul 18, 2008 9:41:13 AM
Isn't it the Oklahoma City city council?
Not exactly going to make it to the cover of the New Yorker, is it?
Posted by: anon | Jul 18, 2008 12:46:22 PM
It's so bad it's awesome. I'm addicted. More comics, please, Bret Rinehart!
Posted by: Tom Joad | Jul 18, 2008 5:10:03 PM
I just love how they call themselves Christians!!!
Posted by: MDC | Jul 18, 2008 5:28:19 PM
Before anything else, I think someone just ought to explain to Mr. Rinehart that A DEPENDENT CLAUSE CANNOT STAND ALONE. Jesus. "If I can get the kids to believe homosexuality is normal!" At least support your bigotry with proper grammar, sir!
Posted by: Matty | Jul 19, 2008 3:19:58 AM
What an arrogant ass! It's one thing to have someone else promote you as a righteous leader, but to self-promote actually makes him, for lack of a better word, evil. The Bible teaches people to be humble, but Rinehart is far from that.
Posted by: Garst | Jul 19, 2008 1:28:37 PM
Matty, your grammatical advice is bad. Dependent clauses can and often do stand alone. Rinehart is using a future-more-vivid conditional sentence with an elided apodosis. Instead of telling the reader what will happen, he invites the reader to imagine what will happen if Satan can get the kids to believe that homosexuality is normal. Mechanically, Rinehart should have used an ellipsis, not an exclamation point, but otherwise it is a grammatically effective sentence. "If I can get the kids to believe that homosexuality is normal . . . ." Rhetorically, it's a pretty slick device since Rinehart's intended reader is homophobic and her imagination will run wild at the thought of children being indoctrinated by homosexual propaganda.
Posted by: I Heart Ryan Reynolds | Jul 19, 2008 5:13:24 PM
Yes, I also think he's a gay virgin. I would like to pop his cherry...the hard way, know what I'm saying?
Posted by: Jasper | Jul 19, 2008 11:39:06 PM