{"id":2702,"date":"2022-10-28T15:43:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T15:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2022-10-28T15:43:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T15:43:57","slug":"relating-to-the-everyday-working-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2702","title":{"rendered":"relating to the &#8216;everyday working class&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/joe-painting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/joe-painting-810x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/joe-painting-810x1024.jpg 810w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/joe-painting-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/joe-painting-768x971.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/joe-painting.jpg 1012w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>selfie by, well, me (&#8230;our campaign photographer was on vacation, LOL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently watched a flurry of debates a couple weeks out from the mid-terms.  If there was a common denominator, &#8216;populace&#8217; mantra in these, it would be a version of this:  &#8220;I can relate to the everyday working people of our state.&#8221;  Meanwhile, in a relatively small rural village in the Midwest, I&#8217;m taking it (ladder) steps beyond, day in and day out, actually <em>being<\/em> one of those &#8220;&#8230;everyday working people.&#8221;  Enough said.  Or, actually, I&#8217;ll add <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteforjoe.com\/making-a-living\">this&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently watched a flurry of debates a couple weeks out from the mid-terms. If there was a common denominator, &#8216;populace&#8217; mantra in these, it would be a version of this: &#8220;I can relate to the everyday working people of <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2702\"><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-2702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702","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=2702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2704,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702\/revisions\/2704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}