A Latino star shines less brightly

The Los Angeles Times ^ | 7/6/2006 | Maria L. La Ganga and Sam Quinones

[Smogger]

Felipe Mares groped for words Thursday morning as he tried to explain his complicated feelings about the mayor he voted for with such high hopes just two years ago.

"I feel like a kid. I'm confused," said the Boyle Heights jewelry store owner, lamenting recent revelations of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's affair with a Telemundo newscaster.

Villaraigosa is "a person in a very important position," Mares said. "I think it's embarrassing. It's not supposed to be like that. He's supposed to be pro-family."

Over the last decade, the city's government has finally started to reflect its demographics. Los Angeles, with a Latino population of nearly 50%, has a city attorney named Rocky Delgadillo and a City Council on which five of 15 members are of Mexican descent.

But the telegenic Villaraigosa, one of the highest-profile Latino politicians in America and a likely future candidate for governor, has been the undisputed star. Shortly after his election as the first Latino mayor of modern Los Angeles, he made the cover of Newsweek, with the headline: "Latino Power." Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton bragged in May when she snared his endorsement.

In recent weeks, though, pride has turned to disappointment and wariness among some Latino voters as two promising political stars landed in the headlines at the same time for all the wrong reasons — Villaraigosa for his infidelity and Delgadillo for a widening scandal that included his wife's banging up a city car, driving with a suspended license and ignoring a warrant for her arrest.

[Smogger]

Heheh.. The times even has a pictorial of the affair up on their website. Here is a an latimes username and password if you need one:

mail3084500@gorillaswithdirtyarmpits.com/123456

I will let you guys caption this one:

[AliVeritas]

Go here and scroll down:
http://flapsblog.com/

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"I feel like a kid. I'm confused," said the Felipe Mares, a Boyle Heights jewelry store owner

Oh grow up you goofy schoolgirl drama queen.

You voted for an asshole. Learn from your mistakes.

[freeangel]

Just following democratic sop. No surprises here.

[Regulator]

Over the last decade, the city's government has finally started to reflect its demographics

A decade and a half ago the demographics were remarkably different. And for the previous 130 years they were even more different: Mexicans were a small fraction of the population.

And there is no reason why illegal aliens should have any representation, and no reason why they and their countrymen should be allowed to occupy by force the largest city in the United States, and even far less reason why any of them should have the ability to make laws for Americans: to rule them.

NO reason at all.

[Mr. Jeeves]

He’s still going to be the next governor of California. Plenty of time yet for this to blow over, and the MSM won’t push it after the novelty wears off.

[Smogger]

Plenty of time yet for this to blow over, and the MSM won’t push it after the novelty wears off.

Are you kidding me? His fellow Democrats will hammer him into the ground with it during the primaries. He is finished.

[PzLdr]

He’s a Democrat. Adultery is a requirement for his resume.

[vinwire]

What’s with those pants? He looks like he’s standing in a hole. He probably is.

[BibChr]

"He's supposed to be pro-family"

He knew he was a Democrat, right?

[OCCASparky]

telegenic Villaraigosa

Translation: media whore. Guy would go to the opening of an envelope if it would get him face time on a camera.

[Bruinator]

One word:

Zuit Suit. :)

[Mrs. Don-o]

Frankly, I’m encouraged that people are still basically decent enough to be disgusted by a self-serving, cold-blooded adulterer, whether it’s Clinton, Giuliani, or Villaraigosa.

[stm]

“I am a huge fan of Richard Gere, next time Mirthala I want you to put a gerbil this big up my.......”

[RooRoobird20]

“Oh grow up you goofy schoolgirl drama queen.

You voted for an asshole. Learn from your mistakes.”

ROTFLOL, couldn’t have said it better myself!!

[fr_freak]

He’s still going to be the next governor of California. Plenty of time yet for this to blow over, and the MSM won’t push it after the novelty wears off.

Being a Democrat gives him a huge leg up here, but I have seen no reason to believe that he will be the next governor. He may be big in LA, but he's nothing to the rest of the state, and I think even some fairly hardcore Democrats in this state would hesitate to pull the lever for a "brown power" type like him.

[fullosseousflap]

Here is the permanent link for the photo:

http://flapsblog.com/?p=5251 and other links.

Mayor Villa is going nowhere. Jerry Brown or Steve Westly will clean his clock with the tv ads now - especially if this second affair comes out.

Do you know he has two previous children from unmarried relationships with two different women.

Wow, he gets around.

[Regulator]

Frankly, I’m encouraged that people are still basically decent enough to be disgusted by a self-serving, cold-blooded adulterer

They voted for him because he's Mexican. Now they're upset that he isn't concentrating on what they "elected" him to do: confiscate the wealth and property of the Americans and give it to them.

That what you call "decent"?

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What’s with those pants?

[TheSpottedOwl]

“Dang Mirthala, can’t your bootie get a little bigger than this”?