OK: One Tulsan Has Had Enough Of Ryan Walters

Sometimes the GOP generation gap really shows.

In Tulsa, Burt B. Holmes iskind of a big deal. In 1958, he foundedQuikTrip,now a big-time convenience store network (1000 stores and counting). He started amassive insurance organization(his father's line of work). The University of Tulsa, his alma mater, named him anOutstanding Entrepreneur in 2010. He's a past chairman of the university's board of trustees, and has served on all manner of boards.In interviews, he comes acrossas a pretty frank and straightforward guy.

"A believer in lifelong learning, Mr. Holmes is an accomplished entrepreneur and steadfast supporter of arts, education, and community," say one piece.

And as a guy somewhere around 90, he has certainly earned the right to just sit quietly. He's described as "mild-mannered and unassuming," and everywhere as a lifelong Republican, but apparently he has his limits, because here's what ran as a full page ad in the July 9 Tulka World:

That's a full page. From a lifelong Republican and prominent Tulsan. He can join the GOP Attorney General Gentner Drummond and other GOP officials in wishing that the GOP tent was at least a little smaller or that Walters could at least start acting like a grownup.