Or: Too good to be true?

I want to be clear from the jump that the following is so far nothing but hearsay. According to this Blue Virginia post left in one of our Linkalicious lists, some Republican activists who claim to have been at a recent gathering report that former delegate Dick “plastic fetus” Black has been “gladhanding” and talking about a 2011 run for the 33rd District Senate seat occupied by Mark Herring. Unless and until there is an announcement from a reputable source, this must be regarded as merely the bloggy gossip it is.

I do note, however: Given the current leadership of the Loudoun County Republican Committee, which even prominent GOP activists  refer to as “wingers” and “Jesus nuts” (the latter seems terribly unfair to Jesus; my far more accurate suggestion would be “Farrisees”), the likelihood of primary support for Mr. Black is high, were he actually to run.  Recent history supports this as well; first, they gave us former Sugarland Run District supervisor (and Dick Black’s own son-in-law) Mick Staton. Next, it was Concerned Women for America state director Patricia Phillips (Dick Black’s wife is a big CWA activist.  As far as I can tell, the group’s activity in Loudoun is limited to harassing the school board for acknowledging the existence of gay and lesbian people.)

Maybe the GOP thinking will be that these two Dick Black stand-ins were resoundingly spanked at the polls for not actually being Dick Black.

Also, the independent committee to retire Dick Black back in 2005 has made a re-appearance, or at least the archived website has –  I suppose as a kind of memorial to those good times.

Bonus comic material: A description of the apparent event at which Mr. Black is alleged to have made these statements, found on the website of an “Emy Flor Delgaudio.” This person is the new wife of Richard A. Delgaudio (by her own statement, married to him the day after arriving from the Phillipines). Richard A. Delgaudio is of course the brother of Eugene Delgaudio – the brother who was caught photographing sex acts with a 16 year old girl in Baltimore. Seriously, people. The post is very long, and in a style very similar to a Delgaudio fundraising letter, and contains this paragraph, which I find by turns chilling and hilarious:

I am very excited today to be an American by choice, not accident of birth, writing a blog (with help from my teacher and husband) about American exceptionalism.

Frankly, it’s sometimes hard to believe that the whole thing isn’t an elaborate parody. But I don’t think it is.