Today, in Gar Joseph's column "Clout," an article appeared about GOP City Council Candidate David Oh, and it said this:

GO to a political event, there's David Oh.

Go for a drive, he's on a billboard.

Look on YouTube, he's got a video.

Check the Web, he's got a site. Open your newspaper, there's his full-page ad.

We recently went to Municipal Judge Patrick Dugan's swearing-in ceremony. David Oh was holding the flag in a military honor guard.

That's a lot of Oh. He's running for City Council at large, which could be the fall election's most competitive race.

He's been endorsed by the Libertarians on the right and Young Philly Politics on the left. He has the backing of labor unions and the Chamber of Commerce political-action committee. He's been supported by gay groups and by fundamentalist ministers.

Somebody must be confused.

I know who is confused: Gar Joseph.

Young Philly Politics has not, and will not endorse David Oh running for City Council. Ain't gonna happen. I might like to see him win, but no, we will not endorse him.

Why? Well, for starters, he is a Republican. So, there is that. And while I know party labels in Philly are 'interesting,' I would never endorse someone who in 2006 passed out literature and did GOTV work for Rick Santorum and Lynn Swann. I understand with the system we have on Council, that the minority party seats could be won by a progressive. But if that was the goal, that person could do it under the Green party, Working Families Party, etc. Not the party of George Bush and Rick Santorum.

Gar is a good writer, generally 'gets' the internet (as Philly sports bloggers know) and I am sure we will get a correction. But again, no, we do not endorse David Oh.