{"id":2444,"date":"2020-12-02T17:07:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T17:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2020-12-03T14:25:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T14:25:57","slug":"campaign-strategy-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2444","title":{"rendered":"campaign strategy, and&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/campaign-sign-1024x655.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/campaign-sign-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/campaign-sign-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/campaign-sign-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/campaign-sign-469x300.jpg 469w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/campaign-sign.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>photo by the candidate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Catching up&#8230; I&#8217;m writing this on Dec. 2.  And yes, my campaign sign is still up.  And no, I&#8217;m not waiting on any recounts and\/or favorable court cases.  I&#8217;m actually waiting for <strong>Dec. 14<\/strong>.  This is the day designated for electors to officially file their votes in their respective states.  So&#8230;  What if between now and then, there&#8217;s this HUGE epiphany throughout the country that I am, indeed, the <em>best<\/em> candidate &#8212; and all these electors jump ship and vote for, well, me?  It could happen&#8230;  You know, after giving a talk at <strong>Antioch College <\/strong>during Campaign 2000, a professor there referred to me as a &#8220;cockeyed-optimist.&#8221;  She was right&#8230;.   However, while waiting for my tremendously surprising victory, I still have to, well, put food on the table &#8211;and keep up my &#8220;populist&#8221; image.  So to that end, my son Jonathan and I have just finished a porch painting project on a big, 100-year-old rather stately home on Main Street in Bluffton.  Came out pretty nice, actually.  They don&#8217;t call me <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteforjoe.com\/making-a-living\">&#8220;Joe the Painter&#8221;<\/a> for nothing&#8230; Speaking of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteforjoe.com\/jonathan\">Jonathan<\/a>, when he&#8217;s not painting, he&#8217;s playing soccer.  In fact, he was just named to the 1st Team All-State in Division III Boys High School soccer.  Quite an accomplishment&#8230;  On the small town journalism front, I did, among a number of stories, a nostalgic piece on an old, rather iconic, Marathon Gas Station in a neighboring town.  It&#8217;s no longer there, except in folks&#8217; memories and old black &amp; white photos.  It was  referred to back then as a &#8220;full service gas station.&#8221;  That is, besides a full-time mechanic, high school boys would greet you when you pulled up, pump your gas, wash your windshields, and check your oil. The station was in operation during the 1930s, &#8217;40s and &#8217;50s.  And speaking the 1950s, we might want to consider recapturing some of the ethos (wholesomeness, etc.) of what that was all about.  Our campaign things so.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteforjoe.com\/the-50s\">See&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catching up&#8230; I&#8217;m writing this on Dec. 2. And yes, my campaign sign is still up. And no, I&#8217;m not waiting on any recounts and\/or favorable court cases. I&#8217;m actually waiting for Dec. 14. 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