Radley Balko | July 17, 2008
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Commissioner Brent Rinehart is facing
a tough reelection campaign. He's been accused of abusing his
office for personal gain, and will go on trial in the fall on
felony campaign finance charges. But apparently, this is all
a conspiracy of homosexuals, liberal do gooders, and good ol' boys
to force Rinehart out of office. Rinehart lays out his case
in a comic book he's sending out to voters, which—you may be
surprised to learn—he wrote and
illustrated himself.
AP coverage here. And here are a couple of sample pages from Rinehart's masterpiece:


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