Eugene Delgaudio is the most colorful board member of the Public
Advocates of the US, a deeply homophobic organization devopted to spinning
gay-related news (and other things) into their own flavor of loon (their
president is (or at least was) one Ronald Pearson). The result is the usual stuff,
incuding conspiracy theories, hate, and paranoia (and some rather loaded
quizzes for the public). Indeed, the organization serves as a backdrop for
Delgaudio’s spamming activities (called “fundraising activities”), primarily in
the form of requests for money sent to everyone who has ever discussed issues
remotely related to homosexuality, regardless of what side the recipient may
happen to be on, and selling his mailing lists (do don’t sign up for anything).
Delgaudio also represents the Sterling District on the Loudoun County,
Virginia, Board of Supervisors, by the way.
As for his anti-gay agenda, Delgaudio has said things like
“[a]s homosexuals die off due to AIDS, the remaining AIDS carriers prey on
children to replenish the Homosexual Community,” “the Homosexual Lobby and its billionaire donors are flush with cash. When
Congressmen and Senators see the power and riches of the radical Homosexuals,
they get tempted. You’d be surprised how many politicians are already bought
and paid for,” and “I absolutely must find $73,575 before the end of next month
to pay for printing, telephones, research, and postage.” The rest of his output
consists of variations on those three (there is a completely weird one here),
but primarily the latter. Here is a typical fundraising letter.
You can see Delgaudio claim that the Gasparilla Pirate
Festival in Tampa is infiltrated by “radical homosexuals” seeking to exploit
unsuspecting college students here (and here).
As for paranoia (well, more paranoia – everything he writes is drenched with
paranoia) Delgaudio has claimed that “[i]n the past, the radical homosexuals
have attempted to kill me, even threatening and stalking my family;” here is the accompanying fundraising letter.
Indeed, according to Delgaudio the homosexual conspiracy is
supporting “anti-discrimination” measures as part of their plan to convert kids
to homosexuality. Here is the accompanying fundraising letter.
The problem, according to Delgaudio, is that there are too
few left willing to fight against the homosexual propaganda machine. Here is the accompanying fundraising letter.
Among his most famous screeds is his argument against the
TSA’s full-body security scans:
“It's the federal employee's version of the Gay Bill of Special Rights ... That
means the next TSA official that gives you an ‘enhanced pat down’ could be a
practicing homosexual secretly getting pleasure from your submission;” and
here is the fundraising letter accompanying his “TSA porn scanner” rant.
Despite his apparent pathological shortage of cash the Public Advocates actually pay Delgaudio in excess of $ 150 000 a year (more here).
In 2012 Loudon County actually initiated an investigation of Delgaudio
concerning the way he was using his office. Delgaudio’s response to the investigations was actually quite epic (recommended link).
There’s an excellent, if old, portrait of Delgaudio here.
And here is another, more recent, spam mail fundraising letter. A grassroots
Delgaudio recall movement was formed in 2013 – this guy holds public office, for the sake of anything and everything that is
decent upon this Earth!
In a pang of absolutely astonishing self-aggrandazing
delusion Delgaudio was audacious enough to take the credit when TSA
replaced the scanners in 2012.
Diagnosis: Thoroughly delusional and deeply paranoid
bigotbot and spam machine. Probably more of a nuisance than a real threat, but
his blind hatred should probably not be completely overlooked.
Delgaudio essentially skated on the charges, so you won't see him doing a perp walk any time soon.
ReplyDeleteDelgaudio did get disciplined by the county board, though.
ReplyDeleteHe is still trying to raise money, allegedly because the gays are trying to kill him.
ReplyDeleteDelgaudio gets book burning extremist Andrew Beacham elected to the library board.
ReplyDeleteOh, and he still needs your money.