Last week, Oklahoma County Commissioner Brian Maughan – the Red Lobster fanboy who, just like Lacey Lett, owns a burgandy OCCC Alumni Hall of Fame blazer – sent a postcard to every voter in his district seeking help in finding the "thugs" who were allegedly vandalizing the obnoxiously huge campaign signs he hammers into any available green space around town.
Rollin' Nolan with The Oklahoman quickly filed this report that – despite his paper's own apology for using "thugs" to describe protestors in an editorial – didn't acknowledge, or even attempt to explain, why Maughan – an elected official who oversees our country government operations – used the racially-charged word to describe the vandals who destroyed his signs.
Via The Oklahoman_:
In an unusual move, Oklahoma County Commissioner Brian Maughan sent a postcard to every voter in his district last week offering a reward for the identity of the vandals slashing his campaign signs.
"There's no place in our system for political thuggery!" his postcard states.
He also reported the vandalism to police...
Before we continue, let's give Brian credit for manufacturing attention for his campaign. From County Commissioner to US President, name recognition is a highly-important thing to have in politics, and this blatant attempt to get publicity will help boost his profile a tad, and maybe help people forget about the genuinely terrible job he's done as a County Commissioner.
In addition to that, the use of the word "Thugs" to describe the vandals will really boost Maughan's popularity with the politically incorrect, stick-it-to-the-libs, racist crowd out there! They're still a coveted voting block in Oklahoma County and love nothing more than supporting politicians who use language and rhetoric that a good chunk of the people in blue and purple America considers derogatory and racist.
Here are the postcards in case you want to check them out:
According to Maughan, the vandalism stopped after the postcards went out. That makes sense. I know if I was an elected official sneaking out at night to destroy my own campaign signs as part of a plan to generate publicity for myself, I'd also stop after I mailed a postcard to thousands of people offering a $1,000 reward for help in identifying the "thugs" who did it. Seriously, the last thing you'd want in that situation is to get caught in that act by a bounty hunter from Canadian County who's part of Sherrif West's posse! That would be awkward!
Okay, I'm just (kind of) joking around, but this whole thing has got me thinking which "thug," did this? Here are some logical guesses:
Brian Maughan
Who has the most to gain from this controversy? How about the guy who helped manufacture it! Seriously, you don't have to be a professional gumshoe to realize that the smeller here is probably the feller.
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