WARNING: What you are about to see/read will make Your Blood Boil!
First, before anyone gets confused (as I admittedly did) this delgadoforcongress is the REAL campaign website for our Democratic Candidate running to unseat Republican John Faso in NY-19.
This delgadofornewyork is not.
Its a phony campaign website set up by the Republicans to deceive people into thinking its Delagdo’s website and then using it to smear him in the most racist way. The stuff on this Republican website is not dog whistle racisim, it full throated bull horn racism. It contains a series of ads that portray Delgado as an angry black rapper with narration intended to strike fear into the hearts of white folk. Its a classic racist smear campaign at its worst.
But if you think this phony Republican website is bad, take a look at the confusingly deceptive and racist TV ad the Republicans (i.e., RNCC) have run on local TV:
Its deceptive and disgusting at the same time. It takes excerpts of a real Delagado ad and inter-splices (supposedly) some of Delgado’s past rap lyrics. Designed to both deceive and strike fear into the hearts of this mainly white District.
So for those who don’t know him, let me tell you who Antonio Delgado REALLY is.
His real website tells you he grew up in Schenectady, New York, a few miles away from NY-19, in a blue collar family. He got an education and started his own music company. He then went on and passed the bar exam to become an attorney. What the site doesn’t tell you is that he is a Rhode’s Scholar. Very impressive if you ask me, but I’m guessing he wants to avoid being portrayed as a highly educated elite. Pretty crappy in this day and age where the more highly educated one is, is viewed as a liability by some.
Anyway, while the Republicans are diving into the mud pit, here is an example of the fact based ads on the issues that matter which Delagado is running:
I’m glad that Delgado is running an above the fray campaign on the issues, but I fear that the racist smear campaign the Republicans are running will work in the mainly white, rural district that is NY-19. We need to expose the racist smear campaign the Republicans are running against Delgado and make it backfire on them. Here are some action items:
1. Write a letter to the editor to a local paper (e.g., Times Union, Schenectady Gazette, etc.)
2. Call your local TV station and ask them to stop running the deceptive ads (e.g., WTEN, WRGB, etc.
3. Sign up to Volunteer or contribute to Delgado for Congress.
This is a tight race, but one we can flip. If your mad as hell now, please do something about it.