{"id":1840,"date":"2018-12-31T18:42:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T18:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2018-12-31T18:42:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T18:42:59","slug":"its-a-political-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=1840","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a political marathon&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/boston-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/boston-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/boston-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/boston.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pictured here is Rachel Mathewson.  I just interviewed her for a newspaper article.  She&#8217;s 42-years-old, the mother of seven &#8212; and has run the Boston Marathon twice, and counting.  (She currently has her eyes set on &#8220;Boston 2020.&#8221;)  I currently have my eyes set on &#8220;Election 2020,&#8221; for the presidency.  And like Rachel&#8217;s ongoing quest, so, too, has been mine.  I&#8217;ve run for president in six successive election cycles, and counting.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteforjoe.com\/tour-maps-overview\">I&#8217;ve traveled some 250,000 miles doing cross country research, as well as 100,000 miles <\/a>campaigning.  Its been a MARATHON!  Rachel keeps on, as do I.  In her last marathon, Boston 2018, Rachel finished 18,751st.  I&#8217;ve finished higher than that, each campaign.  Just sayin&#8217;.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured here is Rachel Mathewson. I just interviewed her for a newspaper article. She&#8217;s 42-years-old, the mother of seven &#8212; and has run the Boston Marathon twice, and counting. (She currently has her eyes set on &#8220;Boston 2020.&#8221;) I currently <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=1840\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1842,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions\/1842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}