{"id":24148,"date":"2016-05-01T23:16:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T03:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=24148"},"modified":"2016-05-01T23:16:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T03:16:00","slug":"the-worst-political-endorsement-of-this-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/01\/the-worst-political-endorsement-of-this-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Worst Political Endorsement Of This Cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sadly, really (and I mean really, really, REALLY kind of really) stupid people may just fall for this. Virgil Goode must have ran out of things to say.<\/p>\n

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Let’s go to the Chatham Star-Tribune’s website for this one. You don’t have to deal with any of that Register & Bee paywall crap at the Star-Tribune’s website.<\/p>\n

Goode endorses Shanks, Lindley, Whittle for Danville City Council<\/a><\/h4>\n

Virgil Goode is the former Congressman from the 5th District, so he’s got that going for him. We won’t talk about his political escapades since then.<\/p>\n

Anyway, let’s take a look at the letter…<\/p>\n

In the May 3 municipal election, Danville has the opportunity to elect three highly qualified candidates who can lead the city forward.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s actually five, but Virgil is only interested in three.<\/p>\n

Fred Shanks, Jim Lindley, and Madison Whittle have business experience and the drive and focus to promote education, public safety, and expanded job opportunities for Danville.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That may be a little bit of a stretch but hey, I’ll give him that flexibility since it’s an opinion piece. Let’s continue.<\/p>\n

They would fight any effort to make Danville a sanctuary city for illegal aliens.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Um. What?<\/p>\n

They would fight any effort to make Danville a sanctuary city for illegal aliens.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sorry. I must have heard that wrong. Could you repeat what you just said?<\/p>\n

They would fight any effort to make Danville a sanctuary city for illegal aliens.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What in the (CENSORED)<\/strong> is Virgil Goode talking about? There has never been and there will never be ANY<\/strong><\/em> effort to make Danville a sanctuary city for illegal aliens. Virgil Goode is trying to make one or two very (very, very) stupid people believe that there just may be possibly this thought in Danville somewhere in City Hall. Hint: It’s not.<\/p>\n

This is one of the dumbest ideas ever floated in a political endorsement and Virgil Goode should be ashamed of himself for writing that. Even though it’s probably too late to do this, the three candidates endorsed by Goode need to come out and disavow this fearmongering crap.<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, there’s more to Virgil Goode’s letter but after this “sanctuary city” junk, it’s all total horsecrap. This is the stupidest attempt at a local endorsement that I have ever seen.<\/p>\n

Somebody needs to start the music and play Virgil Goode off the set.<\/p>\n

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Good night, Virgil. Thanks for stopping by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sadly, really (and I mean really, really, REALLY kind of really) stupid people may just fall for this. Virgil Goode must have ran out of things to say.<\/p>\n

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