Robert Dornan

Robert Kenneth Dornan (born April 3, 1933) was a Republican Congressman from California. His uncle was Jack Haley, the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz. After attending Loyola Marymount University until 1953, Dornan volunteered to join the United States Air Force. His service in the Air Force was the inspiration for his nickname 'B-1 Bob'. During his time in the air force, he survived two emergency parachute ejections and two "dead stick" forced landings (including one of an F-100). Dornan also served as a photographer during the Vietnam War and he flew relief flights into Biafra. Some of the other causes that Dornan supported around that time was civil rights, Dornan participated in the March on Washington and voter registration efforts in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Another field that Dornan was involved in was entertainment. Dornan starred in the movie 'Starfighters', which was featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Dornan also hosted his own talk show in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. In 1976, Dornan was elected to Congress, representing western Los Angeles County. He was re-elected twice, until he ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 1982, finishing fourth in the Republican primary. Soon afterwards, Dornan returned to Congress, representing Orange County, California. During this time, he served on the Intelligence Committee. In 1996, Dornan ran for President, finishing with less than one percent of the vote in almost every primary. In 1996, Dornan lost his campaign for re-election to Loretta Sanchez by 984 votes. Dornan alleged that illegal immigrants had voted for Sanchez. Dornan was banned from the house floor in 1997 during the investigation into the election. Dornan was defeated by Sanchez in 1998 by a wider margin. In 2004, Dornan failed to unseat Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in the primary.

Quotes

"Every lesbian spear-chucker in this country is hoping I get defeated." -- As quoted in the Washington Post, 11/23/96 [He was.]