Meet Tito The Builder
LEESBURG, VA - For days Sarah Palin has been speaking of "Tito the Builder" as another embodiment of a small business owner seeking lower taxes; another "Joe the Plumber." On Monday, Tito Munoz spoke for himself.
Munoz - dressed in an orange reflector jacket and yellow construction hardhat filled with Republican campaign stickers - welcomed Palin to Virginia Monday with a message of free enterprise and hard work.
"Everything we stand for is in danger by higher taxes and less freedom," Munoz told an enthusiastic crowd at JR's Festival Lakes, who frequently chanted his name. "Everything we stand for is made stronger by people like you, like John McCain and Sarah Palin."
For her part, Palin noted the name Tito has not been mentioned this often since the heyday of the Jackson Five. And she said the Columbian immigrant was unhappy with the way Joe Wurzelbacher had been treated after he questioned Obama at a Toledo, Ohio, rally earlier this month.
"Tito wants to know, and I quote, he asked, he says, 'Why the heck are you going after Joe The Plumber,'" Palin said. "'Joe The Plumber has an idea. He has a future. He wants to be something else. Why is that so wrong?''
Palin reiterated the message to small business owners she has said daily on the trail, suggesting Obama's tax plans would hurt small businesses and make it harder for them to hire new employees.
"Tito loves this country, and Tito isn't the only McCain supporter who feels that way," she said. "In fact, I know that we have a lot of small business owners here with us today, and they feel just like Tito does."
Palin also said the McCain administration would lower the nation's business taxes, which are the second highest in the world.
The crowd in Leesburg was creative, inaugurating several new slogans, including "I am Joe" and "Vote McCain, use your brain." When Palin began speaking of her aim to help families with children with special needs, the audience chanted, "Bless your heart."
The stop in Leesburg is one of three rallies Palin will hold in today in this battleground. The statewide tour comes as the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll finds Obama with an eight-point lead in the traditionally red state.
(NBC/NJ's MATTHEW BERGER)








If Tito the Builder earns less than $250k per year, he gets a bigger tax cut from Barack Obama.
Simple as that.
Ethan, you're the one that's simple! If you actually believe Obama will give ANYBODY a tax cut, there's a bridge in AZ I want to sell you.
OBAMA is LYING TO GET ELECTED.
Simple as that ETHAN, of michaelmoore.com
Tito the Builder will be better off if America's Middle Class and Working Class (let's just say those making under $250,000 a year) expands. Otherwise, he'll only be building houses for only 5% of the population -- and those people have enough homes in this country, but may want to buy another across the Pond or the Pacific --- in which case Tito the Builder will be sorry out of luck.
Palin is a fraud. Every couple of days there is a new story out there about her corrupt governing ways.
Palin appointed friends and donors to key posts in Alaska, records show
100-plus jobs went to campaign donors or their relatives, sometimes without apparent regard to qualifications. Several donors got state-subsidized loans for business ventures of dubious public value.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-palinrecords24-2008oct24%2C0%2C2462948%2Cfull.story
Reporting from Anchorage -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, plucked from relative obscurity in part for her reform credentials, has been eager to tout them in her vice presidential campaign.
"I took on the old politics as usual in Juneau when I stood up to the special interests and the lobbyists and the big oil companies and the good old boys," Palin told the Republican National Convention in her acceptance speech. She said that as a new governor she "shook things up, and in short order we put the government of our state back on the side of the people."
In some other respects, a Los Angeles Times examination of state records shows, her approach to government was business as usual. Take, for example, the tradition of patronage. Some of Palin's most controversial appointments involved donors, records show.
Among The Times' findings:
* More than 100 appointments to state posts -- nearly 1 in 4 -- went to campaign contributors or their relatives, sometimes without apparent regard to qualifications.
* Palin filled 16 state offices with appointees from families that donated $2,000 to $5,600 and were among her top political patrons.
* Several of Palin's leading campaign donors received state-subsidized industrial development loans of up to $3.6 million for business ventures of questionable public value.
* Palin picked a donor to replace the public safety commissioner she fired. But the new top cop had to resign days later under an ethics cloud. And Palin drew a formal ethics complaint still pending against her and several aides for allegedly helping another donor and fundraiser land a state job.
Most new governors install friends and supporters in state jobs. But Alaska historians say some of Palin's appointees were less qualified than those of her Republican and Democratic predecessors.
No, see boomer, ya see, that's what the Republicans do. And what you are doing is called Projection, look it up.
Obama Endorsed by: Warren Buffet, the Financial Times, Paul Volker, etcetcetc.
Tito is being used just like joe. If he actually thinks the Repubs care anything about him I have a piece of property in New York that he can get for $20/acre. The reason people question joe is because he put himself in that position; he approched Obama lying like he was getting ready to purchase a business, the newsreporters (not Obama's people) were the ones who actually did the background investigation that turned up the fact that he was not an actual plumber so he could not buy the business even if he had the money, that he already owed back taxes so why was he so concerned about taxes because he doesn't pay the ones that are due now, and that he would actually fare better under Obama's plan than mccain's. Joe had a scheme to make Obama look bad but instead ended up making himself look stupid; apparently he checked his IQ at the door. I ask you, whose fault is that? Tito, be careful - the republican party uses people and then discards them, Tito check out their position on immigration or are you willing to check your IQ at the border!
Thank you Tito for reminding Americans how fortunate they are to live in such a wonderful country with so many opportunities for anyone that wants to get off thier butts and take advantage of the opportunities instead of just letting someone like Barney Frank or Barack OBama tell us what they will do for us. Do Americans really think these people who are successful in thier own right are going to bend down and pick them up? There is only so much wealth and resources to go around. If we allow this campaign to end up like the liberal media has already decided it will end up we lose, big time. They think Americans are so stupid we will just give it to them!!! There will be changes alright, but why change something that works. You see Tito knows what Democracy is supposed to look like, cause he and others have already seen the other side. The side of being born in a certain class determining who you are, rather than your innate abilities and drive to succeed. Let it be our choice and not decided by a small minority of rich demogogues. Election day is coming and everyone has not voted. I am saving my vote for the day it is supposed to be. So don't think it's all over yet!!!!
Thank you Tito for reminding Americans how fortunate they are to live in such a wonderful country with so many opportunities for anyone that wants to get off thier butts and take advantage of the opportunities instead of just letting someone like Barney Frank or Barack OBama tell us what they will do for us. Do Americans really think these people who are successful in thier own right are going to bend down and pick them up? There is only so much wealth and resources to go around. If we allow this campaign to end up like the liberal media has already decided it will end up we lose, big time. They think Americans are so stupid we will just give it to them!!! There will be changes alright, but why change something that works. You see Tito knows what Democracy is supposed to look like, cause he and others have already seen the other side. The side of being born in a certain class determining who you are, rather than your innate abilities and drive to succeed. Let it be our choice and not decided by a small minority of rich demogogues. Election day is coming and everyone has not voted. I am saving my vote for the day it is supposed to be. So don't think it's all over yet!!!!
Being an immigrant, Tito understands what makes this country the great place it is, better than many Americans themselves. He has not allowed himself to become part of the entitlement crowd. He does not want the crumbs provided by the government handouts - He knows you make your way through hard work and that nothing should be free. One must have personal responsibility to spend their earnings as they wish and make responsible decisions to where best spend it. Government handouts are what people on the left offer to coddle those they see as less fortunate. Another post says that Tito is being used by the Republican Party, well I say Democrats use needy people by coddling them to get their vote. The more handouts the government provides - the more people become dependent on those handouts - hence more voters that will vote for the party that will continue to coddle them (the Dems). Fortunately there are many of us that want to have the satisfaction that we can make it without those handouts - and the best way to do that is cut taxes for all so we keep all of what we earn. Obama’s plan keeps people down - and it makes sense - he needs people to be dependent on him for their votes. We Americans that hold these values dear do not want to be coddled by our government. My vote is also being saved for Nov 4 - don't count the Republicans out just yet!
Being an immigrant, Tito understands what makes this country the great place it is, better than many Americans themselves. He has not allowed himself to become part of the entitlement crowd. He does not want the crumbs provided by the government handouts - He knows you make your way through hard work and that nothing should be free. One must have personal responsibility to spend their earnings as they wish and make responsible decisions to where best spend it. Government handouts are what people on the left offer to coddle those they see as less fortunate. Another post says that Tito is being used by the Republican Party, well I say Democrats use needy people by coddling them to get their vote. The more handouts the government provides - the more people become dependent on those handouts - hence more voters that will vote for the party that will continue to coddle them (the Dems). Fortunately there are many of us that want to have the satisfaction that we can make it without those handouts - and the best way to do that is cut taxes for all so we keep all of what we earn. Obama’s plan keeps people down - and it makes sense - he needs people to be dependent on him for their votes. We Americans that hold these values dear do not want to be coddled by our government. My vote is also being saved for Nov 4 - don't count the Republicans out just yet!
Go Tito..............You need to run for a political office. I love ya and would vote you INNNNN......God Bless Tito.
Mrs. Cathy Russell
its soooooo embarassing how all of you americans treat your own people. mc cain and palin have done something for america but you are all blind to be on obama's side who has done nothing for you! you see all this black people take care of their own? they will vote for obama! can you blame them? No...they love their own but u should be ashamed of your thoughts about this 2 people who has not done nothing wrong but to serve their country. next time you will be surpise when you white people will become the slave in your own land. don't be stupid......take care of your own.
Will Sarah Palin add a new phrase to her vocabulary next week?
"Barack the President"
This is the most ridiculous campaign I've seen in my 55 years.
The relentless attacks on the American free press.
The repeated lies to support positions.
Holding up obvious examples of people who will not increase their standard of living due to the policies of McCain/Palin.
That a working person can look back on the last 8 years and want to continue those failed ideas is beyond comprehension.
Yes. The McCain/Palin agenda very much would continue the old trickle down philosophy that has decimated the American middle class since Ronald Reagan convinced many Americans that they could trust the extreme upper class to give them a little if they were entrusted with keys to the treasury. Trickle down still doesn't work.
That Americans are taken in by the kinds of tactics used by this Republican campaign makes me fearful for the future of our great country.
Hey boomer. I'll buy that bridge!
~john b.~
Will Sarah Palin add a new phrase to her vocabulary next week?
"Barack the President"
This is the most ridiculous campaign I've seen in my 55 years.
The relentless attacks on the American free press.
The repeated lies to support positions.
Holding up obvious examples of people who will not increase their standard of living due to the policies of McCain/Palin.
That a working person can look back on the last 8 years and want to continue those failed ideas is beyond comprehension.
Yes. The McCain/Palin agenda very much would continue the old trickle down philosophy that has decimated the American middle class since Ronald Reagan convinced many Americans that they could trust the extreme upper class to give them a little if they were entrusted with keys to the treasury. Trickle down still doesn't work.
That Americans are taken in by the kinds of tactics used by this Republican campaign makes me fearful for the future of our great country.
Hey boomer. I'll buy that bridge!
~john b.~
Tito just goes to show everyone that there are people that appreciate America. Sure doesnt seem like Obama and his followers even like America because they wanna change mine and Titos country into a socialistic society where we are peasants and Obama and freinds are the rich elite
Obama will never get respect or support from over half of America and the numbers will grow in hatered as time goes on. He already wants to reverse tax cutting orders of president Bush. Well, he refused to respect the office of President by calling the Pres George W Bush ( and then he acted like he was spitting out sperm) so we will call him B Hussien O