UPDATE: Originally this post said, mistakenly – including in the title – that Loretta Sanchez endorsed this guy. With the screenshot below you can see why. She has contacted us to say she does NOT endorse him. So now we can add deception to this guy’s list of negatives. And so much the worse for Lou and the DPOC. – Editor
State Senator Lou Correa is his own man when it comes to endorsements, and I appreciate that. At times he endorses candidates who are deserving of his support, even if they are not Democrats.
This year however Correa has already endorsed John Leos, a Republican who works for the Orange County Probation Department, for the Anaheim City Council, although there are two good Democrats in that race – Bill Dalati and John Santoianni. And Leos, as it turns out, is for unfettered gun rights. He is also for the death penalty. But that endorsement is mild compared to Correa’s endorsement of a fellow named Robert Louis Douglas.
Douglas is running for the Orange City Council. He has run before for other seats – and never won. This time however he may have gone too far. This is what he listed as his political philosophy, on his Smart Voter page: “I will work on a policy to fight illegal immigrant crime in Orange.”
Say what? Is it just me or is Douglas yet another immigrant basher? And this guy was also endorsed by the Democratic Party of Orange County!
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez also endorsed Douglas, according to his website, as did the entire Democratic Party of Orange County!
Well, I hope that this was an oversight on the part of Correa and the DPOC. Douglas needs to explain himself, now, or he ought to lose those endorsements. The Orange City Council is already dominated by GOP nutters. The last thing we need is an immigrant-bashing Democrat to take a seat on that Council as well.
Say what? Is it just me or is Douglas yet another immigrant basher?……. yes it is just you.
That’s a real shame.
However, I’m not at all surprised about the DPOC endorsement. They seem to be more concerned with insuring all endorsed are anti-prop 8 candidates and couldn’t care less about the candidate’s position on another civil rights issue, Arizona 1070.
This definitely goes to prove my frequently mentioned point that is just because there is a “D” before their name don’t assume they aren’t racist or inclined to use a racist issue for political gain.
I’m inclined to give a pass on Loretta on this one because she at a national level.
Unfortunately, Lou has been giving out his endorsements like he’s adding friends on Face Book. Is he asking them their position on Arizona’s 1070 or Costa Mesa own racist policies.?
I wonder if Senator Correa asked John Leos or any of the other local candidates he endorsed about their position on Arizona 1070 or their feelings on city councils like Costa Mesa and Orange who have made an issue of targeting people who look Hispanic.
I remember I was proud of the Latino advocacy group, Los Amigos, asking Garden Grove councilmember Rosen to renounce his endorsement of the racist Mayor of Costa Mesa, Mansoor.
I hope that tell Correa to renounce his endorsement of Mr. Robert Douglas and ask him to make sure Leos and the others are with us.
Hell, even ignoring the bashing issue entirely, you’d think that the DPOC/Sanchez/Correa could endorse someone who can spell and use basic grammar. Douglas’ website is an embarrassment; is this apparent subliterate moron the best that the Democrats can do in Orange?
(… and this should show the boys over at the LibOC how little Correa’s endorsement is worth; apparently he just has his staff rubber stamp the first couple of requests that come in for any given city.)
You obviously struggle with comprehension, Zorro – he states he will fight illegal immigrant CRIME, not illegal immigrants. Are you suggesting that Correa and Sanchez should support illegal immigrant CRIME?
How about just fighting CRIME in general… and we are talking about the city of Orange here, not a place where I usually have my guard up or watch my back! LOL!
gabriel,
Exactly! Why call out immigrants? This candidate obviously is a clueless hater.
if i pointed out that the stance is not immigrant bashing per se would it get thru to you? It isnot like the difference between imflammable and flammable but rather illegal and legal.
Correa’s endorsements are everything you’d expect from a DINO!
First, I would like to say that I am not against Immigration but I am against Illegal Immigration . Second, I didnot say in my web site that Congresswoman Sanchez endorsed me. It stated support and the word endorsed is not used. I ROBERT DOUGLAS support everyone in the City of Orange. Robert.
Robert,
That is not what your website stated. Why are you bashing immigrants? What sort of Democrat are you?
And no, you don’t support everyone Robert – you certainly don’t support Latinos. Shame on you!