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Controversial propaganda strikes concern

Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 by Laura Peters | 49 comments | Email this story

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An image sent out by Public Advocate group, which Eugene Delgaudio works for on the left and the said-to-be original image that can be found on a Google search on the right.

With the recent email blast by the Loudoun County Republican Committee on Halloween featuring a zombie President Barack Obama with a bullet hole in his head, concerns have been raised over two other campaign images circulating among voters. Loudoun County Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling) recently sent out a Public Advocate fundraising letter, the organization of which Delgaudio is president. The picture features what appears to be a rainbow blood stained spatter in a doorway complete with a rainbow colored hand print on the door. The image, which is said to be doctored by Delgaudio to target the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender community, is believed to come from a blood stained door photo. Looks like paint to me, Delgaudio said. Theyre saying it looks like blood but I dont know what theyre talking about. We take out Google ads and I swear that looks like paint. Delgaudio said the image was originally rainbow colored and Equality Loudoun, a pro-gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender group doctored it to look like blood in another image. He said there is no image with blood that came from his organization. Its a clear indication that they are creeping through the door. If they want to convey it that way thats their business, Delgaudio said. When asked who they are, he said, the rainbow flag is them the gay lobby. Delgaudio said hes attacking conservatives that he feels have attacked him and his beliefs and said that the homosexuals are flooding in. This homosexual lobby has been Photoshopping me and everything Im associated with for my entire time being in public office, Delgaudio said. So this is really rich that they would be accusing me of Photoshopping something that I didnt Photoshop. They forgot that they Photoshopped this. Theyre deceiving themselves that I said something without calling me. The President of Equality Loudoun, David Weintraub said the original picture of the blood stained door can be found on Google images and no lobby group had doctored the image from rainbow to blood. All you have to do is a Google image search with the key words blood door and a whole page of them comes up. Thats just the reality. Its interesting that hed say that, Weintraub said. No one else is sending out images of bloody, gory crime scenes that are rainbow colored so I dont see how were singling him out for doing that, because hes the only one whos done it. Weintraub says that he reports on what is sent out by Delgaudio and the impact he thinks it has

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Weintraub says that he reports on what is sent out by Delgaudio and the impact he thinks it has on people. I tried to be concise and explain why I think a moral line should be drawn with this specific behavior when hes calling other people basically not human by referring to them as it, Weintraub said. When you express something like that about a hypothetical person as the member of an identified group, its directed at the real members of that group, real people. Another candidate being criticized is Democrat Shawn Mitchell who is running in the state Senate 13th District against Republican Dick Black. NARAL a pro-choice group that has endorsed Mitchell sent out a controversial letter to voters that shows a woman in a compromising position.
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The image on the front of the letter shows a woman in stirrups at a gynecologist appointment with the text: This is bad enough without extremist Dick Black involved. And below that it reads: Stop Dick Black. Vote for Shawn Mitchell on November 8th.

Dominic Gabello, campaign manager for Mitchell said that his campaign didnt have anything to do with the propaganda.

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I dont know their reasoning behind their imagery but Dick Black is very extreme on choice. He opposes a womans right to abortion in all instances. He sent plastic fetuses to the General Assembly in 2003 to highlight his extremism, Gabello said. Hes just too extreme for Loudoun and Prince William families and people to remember this when theyre going to the polls.

Gabello said the imagery was provocative and its NARALs decision of what they choose to send out to voters, not Mitchells, but agrees that the message of Blacks extremism is what should be conveyed. Dick Black was unable to be reached for comment by press time.
The proganda sent out by NARAL who endorsed Mitchell.

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Wed, Nov 02 at 11:00 AM by Just Askin' | Report this comment Health Resolutions Future Leaders Coming Soon

Are these Weintraub guys brothers?? No, they are not related by blood. I wont go farther than that, but their Facebook pages say it all.
Wed, Nov 02 at 10:32 AM by smoke and mirrors, slight of hand | Report this comment

To his credit, Delgaudio is anything but good ole boy or backwoods Virginia or