Delgaudio ousted in Loudoun County Board elections

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2. Anti-gay politician loses Loudoun seat

That's the print title, in Thursday morning's Washington Post.

Virginia Politics

Defeat of anti-gay Loudoun politician comes with Democratic board victories



Loudoun Supervisor Eugene A. Delgaudio (R-Sterling) lost to Koran T. Saines (D) on Tuesday. The controversial politician said he will save his campaign yard signs for a possible comeback. (2012 photo by Tracy A. Woodward/THE WASHINGTON POST)

By Michael Laris November 4 at 9:33 PM 

Eugene A. Delgaudio has for years lived something of a bifurcated life: He was an elected leader in Virginia, debating taxes, zoning and other local matters. He also made a living as head of the anti-gay group Public Advocate of the United States, blasting what he calls the “homosexual lobby” and sometimes raising money by vilifying gay men as rapists and pedophiles.

On Tuesday, Delgaudio (R-Sterling) lost one of his jobs, as a member of the Board of Supervisors in Loudoun County, 30 miles northwest of Washington. ... By about 200 votes out of more than 6,000 cast, the 60-year-old politician was defeated by Democrat Koran T. Saines, 34, a human resources executive.
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“I think enough people with common sense finally got tired of the nonsense,” said Jim Burton, a political independent and former supervisor who frequently sparred with Delgaudio on the dais. “In the long run, it couldn’t help but be connected. That’s his reputation. The people in Sterling who pay attention understand that. Finally, enough of them went to the polls.”
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“I’ve warned about the homosexual lobby for 33 years, and I’m not using the phraseology from 33 years ago today,” said Delgaudio, who remarked that he has “plenty” of gay friends. He said the agenda of the “gay lobby” is dangerous.

Name one.

One of the commenters posted a link to this site:

Nice Work If You Can Get It

How’s this for a plan:

1. Send people letters and email, pleading for money to fight a terrible (yet non-existent) danger.

2. Use that money to finance another round of dishonest pleas for money.

3. Repeat steps 1 and 2, month after month, year after year, while taking a “management fee” for my efforts.

Nice, huh? Actually, I didn’t invent it. I’m trying to figure out if that’s what anti-gay activist Eugene Delgaudio is doing.