OK: One Tulsan Has Had Enough Of Ryan Walters

Sometimes the GOP generation gap really shows.

In Tulsa, Burt B. Holmes is kind of a big deal. In 1958, he founded QuikTrip, now a big-time convenience store network (1000 stores and counting). He started a massive insurance organization (his father's line of work). The University of Tulsa, his alma mater, named him an Outstanding 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 across as 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.