By Lee Speigel

Oct 27, 2008 11:39pm

Palin Touts ‘Tito the Builder’

ABC News’ Imtiyaz Delawala reports: Move over, “Joe the Plumber.” “Tito the Builder” is on the trail.

Campaigning across the state of Virginia today, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was introduced at three rallies by small business owners concerned about Sen. Barack Obama’s tax policies — including Tito Munoz, a northern Virginia construction company owner who has become a staple of Palin’s speeches across the country.

“Good morning, Virginia. I am Tito Munoz, but you can call me Tito the Builder. That’s what I have been called by two great Americans who stand for freedom, and they are John McCain and Sarah Palin,” Munoz told a crowd in Leesburg, VA this morning. “I am very proud to be here today. I’m proud to be an American citizen, a hard worker, a McCain-Palin supporter.”

Munoz met McCain at a rally last week in Woodbridge, VA where he complained to the Republican presidential nominee about what he considered the media’s unfair treatment of Joe Wurzelbacher, made famous in the final presidential debate as “Joe the Plumber.”

Since then, Palin has mentioned Munoz on the trail in most of her speeches, dubbing him “Tito the Builder” and using his story to expand her argument over the impact of Obama’s tax plans other everyday Americans.

Munoz, wearing an orange construction vest and yellow hard hat plastered with McCain campaign stickers, told the Leesburg crowd, “I have so much things to say about this great country. I have so much things that I want to say about free enterprise and hard work. Everything we stand for is in danger by higher taxes and less freedom. Everything we stand for is made stronger by people like you, like John McCain and Sarah Palin.”

Palin thanked Munoz for his introduction, joking that “not since the Jackson Five has the name Tito been used so often.”

Palin explained Munoz’ story of meeting McCain and his criticism of the treatment of Wurzelbacher, saying, “Tito wants to know, and I quote, he asked, he says, ‘Why the heck are you going after Joe the Plumber? Joe the Plumber has an idea. He has a future. He wants to be something else. Why is that so wrong?’”

“So Tito, a U.S. citizen who’s an immigrant from Colombia, he had this reminder for us,” Palin added. “He says, ‘Everything is possible in America. Joe the Plumber could make it even bigger than me.’ Tito said, ‘I was born in Colombia but I was made in the USA.’”

Today was the first time that Munoz appeared in person with Palin. Wurzelbacher has yet to appear on the campaign trail with McCain or Palin, but will campaign for the ticket in Ohio on Tuesday alongside former White House Budget Director Rob Portman.

At two outdoor rallies later in the day, Palin was introduced by other small business owners who expressed concerns over Obama’s tax proposals. Palin soldiered on through a steady rain that started falling halfway through her rally in Fredericksburg, VA this afternoon, and braved chilly temperatures in Salem, VA this evening.

“And Virginia, by the way, this is so beautiful out here tonight and I love the weather because it reminds me of home,” the Alaska native told a crowd of thousands filling a high school football stadium in Salem, VA this evening.

After her swing through Virginia, Palin will spend Tuesday campaigning across western Pennsylvania, holding two solo rallies and two joint rallies with McCain.

User Comments

Sick and tired of this BS yet?

Posted by: MIguy | October 27, 2008, 11:51 pm 11:51 pm

I feel a VILLAGE PEOPLE moment coming on.

Posted by: lassiter | October 27, 2008, 11:58 pm 11:58 pm

Next will be John The Rejected Presidential Candidate.

Posted by: Ed from MA | October 28, 2008, 12:10 am 12:10 am

I guess she couldn’t come out and say that Tito (and Joe) would be paying less taxes under Obama than McCain, and under McCain, their increased taxes would be to offset the cuts to the wealthy.. hmmm.. and I guess she couldn’t come out and tell Tito that the American Small Business League supports Obama and not McCain and has said:
“President of the ASBL Lloyd Chapman added, “I am so tired of being disappointed by our elected officials. For the first time in many years I am genuinely excited about this election. In my life, I have never been more excited about any politician than I am about Barack Obama. I believe that he holds the key to a new future for all Americans. I believe that with Sen. Obama in the White House, Americans are going to be more proud of this country than they have ever been in their lives.”
http://www.asbl.com/showmedia.php?id=1002
So I guess she could just do what she seems to do best, lie.

Posted by: Concerned American | October 28, 2008, 12:18 am 12:18 am

I bet the next person they trot out is “John the Baptist.”

Posted by: democratic | October 28, 2008, 12:23 am 12:23 am

This is Ricky the Cop
Pancho the Indian
and Lance the Sailor
It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

Posted by: Is this a joke? | October 28, 2008, 12:38 am 12:38 am

MY FRIENDS,
November 4th 2008 will be upon us soon and before the day is over we will have made history in these United States; we will have had the privilege of voting for Barack Obama, our next President.
How nice will it be not seeing another commercial or having to listen to Diva Sarah shooting from the hip. I see that the lips are moving but I can’t understand what the hell she is talking about.
To November 5th, 2008!

Posted by: watcher | October 28, 2008, 12:43 am 12:43 am

Wow, the gimmicks continue. This is almost surreal. Are they kidding me? Tito the builder? What about Juanita the waitress?
It’s no surprise though considering how far they’re down in the polls. All they have left is gimmicks.
I looked at the current electoral college picture and how race and ethnicity might play into each state here:
http://demockracy.com/race-ethnicity-and-the-electoral-college/

Posted by: Kevin | October 28, 2008, 12:58 am 12:58 am

My friends, here is THE QUESTION JOHN MCCAIN FEARS:
Sen. McCain, are you today willing to come out against all forms of ‘redistributing the wealth’, including:
A) the progressive tax code
B) Social Security
C) Medicare
D) unemployment insurance
E) all local property taxes
F) all local sales taxes
FOLLOW UP QUESTION:
Are you, John McCain, a socialist, or merely a demagogue for pretending that your opponent is more of a socialist than you?

Posted by: John | October 28, 2008, 1:28 am 1:28 am

Ahhh,liberals are out in force tonight.Must be because it’s close to halloween.So you are now calling mccain a socialist ehh?Well lets examine that,Obama wants to redistribute wealth(which is socialist),mccain wants to cut taxes across the board(not socialist),obama uses class warfare(socialist),mccain lays out what he wants to do(not socialist),obama wants to deny my 2nd amendment rights(socialist)mccain wants to protect my 2nd amendment rights(American).Obama will not recite the Pledge of Alleciance and/or place his hand over his heart while it is being said.And he has said multiple times that he is a muslim.While it would not really bother me,if he was not trying to destroy my country with his socialist ways,if he is a muslim the faact is he has LIED about it time and time again.And the media covers it up.He is a liar and a sociaist.You cannot deny it because it is cold hard fact.

Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner '08 | October 28, 2008, 2:12 am 2:12 am

Hey watcher,a little early to go poping the cork.He has not won yet and most likely will not.

Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner '08 | October 28, 2008, 2:15 am 2:15 am

How would Obama handle a situation, like some terrorist would destroy a few big oil tankers on the open sea, and would leave us without heat for our homes, and no gas for our cars and trucks, and people will will have no food in the stores, no jobs etc. Will he sit down with the terrorist, and have a tea with them?

Posted by: Wolf | October 28, 2008, 2:18 am 2:18 am

Oh yes un-concerned un-american,we will be very proud of the United States of America.Unfortunatly if Barack Hussien Obama II is elected it will cease to exist.Replaced by the ASPR,American Soviet Peoples Republic.

Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner '08 | October 28, 2008, 2:20 am 2:20 am

No no wolf,he would use “tough diplomacy”,he would bring cookies.

Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner '08 | October 28, 2008, 2:22 am 2:22 am

Joe was a fake, Tito probably is too. No problem – its all prep for her next campaign in 2012. Palin is already planning to run the Skinhead, gun-crazy Rapturist, Limbaugh-loving remnants of the Republican Party. Rats leaving a sinking ship.

Posted by: jefflz | October 28, 2008, 2:28 am 2:28 am

Hey Latrine Cleaner- McCain wouldn’t even give you s brush.

Posted by: jefflz | October 28, 2008, 2:34 am 2:34 am

Ohhhhh,broad hateful insults.Really mature Dumba–.

Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner '08 | October 28, 2008, 2:36 am 2:36 am

What did you mean by that?I can’t understand you.Speak english.

Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner '08 | October 28, 2008, 2:38 am 2:38 am

When I first saw Sarah Palin at the convention I thought she was outstanding but the more I see of her the sicker I get. If I never hear the words, Joe the Plumber, Tito the Builder, Sarah the joke or John the Looser “in that high pitched squeaky voice” again it will be too soon.

Posted by: LANNY EDWARDS | October 28, 2008, 3:26 am 3:26 am

Palin is a LIAR and it is being reported that she is even stabbing McCain in the back now – she has gone rouge!
Rouge is most commonly used when an elephant with lipstick goes wild!

Posted by: Davis | October 28, 2008, 3:28 am 3:28 am

Hey Lanny,are you a Obama supporter?

Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner '08 | October 28, 2008, 3:30 am 3:30 am

true, Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder would pay less taxes under Barack Obama’s plan… because they would be out of work!

Posted by: Obamacrat for McCain | October 28, 2008, 3:30 am 3:30 am

Davis,you are a Liberal Jacka–,you are the reason the democratic party symbol is the donkey.And BTW,she is a whole helluva lot smarter than Biden.He has told a paralyzed man to stand up,has hinted that Hussien will reinstate the draft amongst other things.And an elephant is one of the smartest things on earth,guess you never thought of that before you pitted her against two rats.

Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner '08 | October 28, 2008, 3:37 am 3:37 am

Ahh obamacrat,I think you have found the stat they are using.

Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner '08 | October 28, 2008, 3:39 am 3:39 am

Latrine Cleaner – I am for what is best for this country and the future of my grandchildren. I am hopeful they have as good or better life than myself. I don’t see those things happening in an administration that wants to stay in Iraq for a hundred more years. An administration that wants to give more to the rich and maybe they will trickle a little down to the middle class. An administration that will be run exactly like it has been run for the last eight years. I don’t dislike the grand old party and agree with it in principal but when they run an air head like Palin and an old man with an obvious diminished capacity to reason I am hopeful the other side has a better plan.

Posted by: LANNY EDWARDS | October 28, 2008, 3:50 am 3:50 am

Obama will not recite the Pledge of Alleciance and/or place his hand over his heart while it is being said.And he has said multiple times that he is a muslim.While it would not really bother me,if he was not trying to destroy my country with his socialist ways,if he is a muslim the faact is he has LIED about it time and time again.And the media covers it up.He is a liar and a sociaist.You cannot deny it because it is cold hard fact.
Posted by: Obama for Latrine
Cleaner ’08 | Oct 28, 2008 2:12:24 AM
The Facts: According to Bill Burton, an Obama spokesperson, Obama sometimes places his hand over his heart during the national anthem, and sometimes does not. Indeed, there are photographs of him with his hand over his heart during the national anthem. Even though the U.S. Code states that “all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart,” experts on U.S. customs say that the rule is no longer strictly followed. Anne Garside, director of communication for the Maryland Historical Society, says that “there is no obligation to put your hand over your heart” during the singing of the national anthem and that “the bottom line is that you show respect with your demeanor.”
Please look up the muslim thing and many more lies that were debunked at
mediamattersaction.org or google swiftboating 2.0

Posted by: Jwench | October 28, 2008, 3:54 am 3:54 am

Sorry folks, that woman is a secessionist or at least she associates with them and/or supports them (it’s on video too). Better they bring back Clinton’s tax layout (which some of you call “socialism” – funny, I don’t remember us turning into the U.S.S.R. in the 90′s, the billionaires were still billionaires) than have some secessionist harpy in the White House who would have had one of the stars on the American flag ripped off. Look up the Alaska Independence Party on google.
The truth hurts, doesn’t it?

Posted by: DownWithSecessionists | October 28, 2008, 3:55 am 3:55 am

Lanny,she is NOT an airhead just because she is not a lifelong politician.And she is more qualified for the office than any of the others running.INCLUDING McCain,since she has Executive experience and they are running for an executive office.

Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner '08 | October 28, 2008, 3:57 am 3:57 am

Sorry folks, that woman is a secessionist or at least she associates with them and/or supports them (it’s on video too). Better they bring back Clinton’s tax layout (which some of you call “socialism” – funny, I don’t remember us turning into the U.S.S.R. in the 90′s, the billionaires were still billionaires) than have some secessionist harpy in the White House who would have had one of the stars on the American flag ripped off. Look up the Alaska Independence Party on google.
The truth hurts, doesn’t it?

Posted by: DownWithSecessionists | October 28, 2008, 3:57 am 3:57 am

Sorry folks, that woman is a secessionist or at least she associates with them and/or supports them (it’s on video too). Better they bring back Clinton’s tax layout (which some of you call “socialism” – funny, I don’t remember us turning into the U.S.S.R. in the 90′s, the billionaires were still billionaires) than have some secessionist harpy in the White House who would have had one of the stars on the American flag ripped off. Look up the Alaska Independence Party on google.
The truth hurts, doesn’t it?

Posted by: DownWithSecessionists | October 28, 2008, 3:59 am 3:59 am

Sorry folks, that woman is a secessionist or at least she associates with them and/or supports them (it’s on video too). Better they bring back Clinton’s tax layout (which some of you call “socialism” – funny, I don’t remember us turning into the U.S.S.R. in the 90′s, the billionaires were still billionaires) than have some secessionist harpy in the White House who would have had one of the stars on the American flag ripped off. Look up the Alaska Independence Party on google.
The truth hurts, doesn’t it?

Posted by: DownWithSecessionists | October 28, 2008, 4:00 am 4:00 am

DWS,Obama socialized with a terrorist who wished he could bomb more,launched his political career in his living room and has acceptedmoney from him.And if you want to talk about Harpy look at Michele,she let her daughters listen to anti american rascist hatfilled bulls—.She wouldn’t have done that if she didn’t believe it.

Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner '08 | October 28, 2008, 4:03 am 4:03 am

And DWS,the more you post that doesn’t make it more true.

Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner '08 | October 28, 2008, 4:08 am 4:08 am

DWS,Obama socialized with a terrorist who wished he could bomb more,launched his political career in his living room and has acceptedmoney from him.And if you want to talk about Harpy look at Michele,she let her daughters listen to anti american rascist hatfilled bulls—.She wouldn’t have done that if she didn’t believe it.
Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08 | Oct 28, 2008 4:03:13 AM
That is NOT what Ayers said
Written in a letter to the editor Sept 15 2001
” I said I had a thousand regrets, but no regrets for opposing the war with every ounce of my strength. I told her that in light of the indiscriminate murder of millions of Vietnamese, we showed remarkable restraint, and that while we tried to sound a piercing alarm in those years, in fact we didn’t do enough to stop the war.”

Posted by: Jwench | October 28, 2008, 4:10 am 4:10 am

You are defending ayers,who even OBAMA said was a terrorist.I feel very sorry for you and your total lack of knowledge,in conclusion I will leave you with a little wisdom;”The day the people think they can vote themselves more money,will be the end of the Republic.”
Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08 out.

Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner '08 | October 28, 2008, 4:15 am 4:15 am

You are defending ayers,who even OBAMA said was a terrorist.I feel very sorry for you and your total lack of knowledge,in conclusion I will leave you with a little wisdom;”The day the people think they can vote themselves more money,will be the end of the Republic.”
Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08 out.
Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08 | Oct 28, 2008 4:15:48 AM
No I am not defending Ayers but he makes no reference to bombing more.

Posted by: Jwench | October 28, 2008, 4:21 am 4:21 am

Obama brings out the worst in people & society, he really does.
For proof, just read the “blog bile” his supporters are saying about good hard working men like Joe & Tito on this website.
Or visit Obama supported blogs like the Daily Kos, the Huffington Post or the Democratic Underground……you really don’t get any uglier than those sites.
Again Obama brings out the worst in people and society.
Look at all of the people who support him: Ayers, Wright, Pfleger, Farrakan, Chavez,folks in the Iranian parliment, Hamas, Hezbollah, Odinga, the Chavez brothers…..all anti-American folks and/or dictators.
Obama hasn’t brought change or hope to anything or anyone….ever.
If he’s elected, I predict that he will be one of the worst POTUS ever.

Posted by: sheryl | October 28, 2008, 4:21 am 4:21 am

Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08 | Oct 28, 2008 4:15:48 AM
I don’t agree with what they did back then. Just because Obama knows him does not make him “palling around with terrorists”. There are thousands of other people who have worked with Ayers are they terrorists too?

Posted by: Jwench | October 28, 2008, 4:24 am 4:24 am

Maybe she should introduce CNN, ABC, and TIME and shut them up.

Posted by: getingsickofthis1 | October 28, 2008, 4:27 am 4:27 am

Ayers participated in the bombings of New York City Police Headquarters in 1970, the United States Capitol building in 1971, and The Pentagon in 1972 but insists “We weren’t terrorists,” Ayers told an interviewer for the Chicago Tribune in 2001. “The reason we weren’t terrorists is because we did not commit random acts of terror against people…” Apparently to Ayers, police, government employees, and military aren’t people.

Posted by: WMA | October 28, 2008, 4:29 am 4:29 am

Posted by: sheryl | Oct 28, 2008 4:21:56 AM
Yes you can get uglier Fox, Drudge,Newsmax,Hannity,Limbaugh. Just to name a few.
Are we consulting crytal balls now with our predictions?

Posted by: Jwench | October 28, 2008, 4:30 am 4:30 am

jwench — do you realize that anybody who participated in activities w/Ayers, attended events at Ayers house, and who had a working relationship with either Ayers or Dohrn, would have a lot of explaining to do in order to get even a lower level national security clearance? The questions and investigations for clearance would require that every relationship be thoroughly investigated, the interactions be explained fully.
Obama has never explicitly connected all the dots in any conversation about Ayers — not even to say “Yes, Michelle and I worked at the same firm as Dohrn and knew her through work and other activities, and we live in the same neighborhood and see each other, and I’ve served on a foundation board with ayers, and they did host a fundraiser for me in their home when I started my state campaign …but we are not friends, and I was only 8 when they committed the acts of terrorism.”
Why is that? Why wont he actually identify the full extent of his relationship? I’m not suggesting Obama supports any of their ideals (past or present) – I’m just asking why he wont actually list all the connections in once place, be up front about it, and then move on?

Posted by: SayU | October 28, 2008, 4:37 am 4:37 am

In no way, shape or form am I condoning what Ayers and his group did. If we use the Republican logic then everybody that John McCain has ties with, he must agree with. G. Gordon Liddy for example. Telling people on his radio show how to kill ATF agaents. Using targets called Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Go to politifact and put in ayers. There are several things on that about it.
Again, what Ayers did was despicable but to try and tie Obama to it is absurd. That is like you working with somebody that has done something like that. Does that make you a terrorist? NO.

Posted by: Jwench | October 28, 2008, 4:51 am 4:51 am

“an administration that wants to stay in Iraq for a hundred more years.”
This is such a lazy argument and proof that Obama supporters know little about the world.
With the combination of low oil prices and a weak Obama as president (heck weak Congress….Barney Frank already wants to cut the military budget by 25%), Iran is probably going to try to advance their Shiite hegemony in the Middle East before their economy craters….my guess is they hit Saudi Arabia first. Then expect Pakistan and Turkey, two major Sunni powers with armies, to chime in.
And Iran will definitely try to take out Israel too, who Obama deep down doesn’t really care about.
Joe Biden is right, with an Obama presidency….gird your loins, the world is going to get a lot scary with a man that wants to defer to the UN (see his 1st speech on the Russia aggression on Georgia) and who wants to cut our military.

Posted by: sheryl | October 28, 2008, 4:51 am 4:51 am

“Yes you can get uglier Fox, Drudge,Newsmax,Hannity,Limbaugh. Just to name a few.”
This statment can only be written by someone who doesn’t read or watch FOX, Drudge, etc and who is intellectually dishonest.
BTW, calling Obama a socialist isn’t a smear. Obama told a reporter that he was happy with his “spread the wealth around” comment to Joe.

Posted by: sheryl | October 28, 2008, 5:01 am 5:01 am

“Yes you can get uglier Fox, Drudge,Newsmax,Hannity,Limbaugh. Just to name a few.”
This statment can only be written by someone who doesn’t read or watch FOX, Drudge, etc and who is intellectually dishonest.
BTW, calling Obama a socialist isn’t a smear. Obama told a reporter that he was happy with his “spread the wealth around” comment to Joe.
Posted by: sheryl | Oct 28, 2008 5:01:49 AM
I’ve watched and read. Spin it how you want. That’s what Republicans do best. Now I am off to make a living so that the Republicans can take half of what I arn.

Posted by: Jwench | October 28, 2008, 5:11 am 5:11 am

“Again, what Ayers did was despicable but to try and tie Obama to it is absurd.”
Nobody tried to tie Obama to Ayers, Obama is tied to Ayers because he chose to be.
The fact is that Ayers isn’t just someone who lived in Obama’s neighborhood. They’re political soulmates and have been for awhile.
Now you may be fine with Obama dissembling who he really is for the general election, but a lot of people aren’t comfortable with the amount of people Obama has had to distance himself from his past.
Also Ayers has some very bad ideas about education and prison reform that Obama has agreed with via either working with him on two boards, promoting his book on the subject and giving funds from IL taxpayers.

Posted by: sheryl | October 28, 2008, 5:16 am 5:16 am

“I’ve watched and read.”
Then site an ugly example that FOX has said about Obama.
If you can’t then that means you’re just another Daily Kos groupthinker.
And it has to be uglier than the Daily Kos story when they tried to say Sarah Palin didn’t give birth to her own child Trig.

Posted by: sheryl | October 28, 2008, 5:22 am 5:22 am

Now I know what I’m going to be for Halloween.
Anyone catch McStain on MTP? He could have used Tito’s help trying to remember the names of his neocon supporters. What a joke.

Posted by: SnowMachine | October 28, 2008, 5:24 am 5:24 am

….
waiting for i’m Ashley Todd the Liar
LOL

Posted by: eduardo that one | October 28, 2008, 5:35 am 5:35 am

*** a lot of people aren’t comfortable
*** with the amount of people Obama has
*** had to distance himself from his
*** past.
and yet you are completely comfortable with past actions and associations of McCain which pale in comparison..
Typical hypocrite or too ignorant not to know you took the GOP bait hook line and sinker.

Posted by: jdb | October 28, 2008, 7:15 am 7:15 am

Update America:
Talk About Reaching Into The Grave
Obama supporters talk about Todd Palin’s association with a dead man, a man that was disenchanted with the corruption in Washington, D.C. during his lifetime. Joe Vogler supported America’s freedoms under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Joe Vogler (1913-1993) was the founder of the Alaskan Independence Party and active in politics, regularly running for public office in Alaska for many years. Vogler was born April 24, 1913, on a farm outside Barnes, Kansas. Joe Vogler attended the University of Kansas on a scholarship in 1929. He graduated with a law degree in five years and was admitted to the Kansas State Bar.
Obama’s Anti-American supporters are alive and kicking. Obama’s supporters point to destroying the American way. Obama points to China and he say China is an example we can follow. I guess Obama wants communism and the controlling of the entire population of America.
Here is something all Americans must look at:
http://www.theobamafile.com/ObamaLatest.htm
Obama has a big rug under which he hides all the information about himself. John McCain and Sarah Palin do not hide any confrontations. John McCain and Sarah Palin do not have to hide there records of birth, passed associates, school records and personal records.
Obama knows he has many things to hide that he cannot explain. A person that FEARS the truth cannot be trusted with your country.
Obama’s religious leader says God Damn America. Obama you do NOT God Damn This Great Nation. You can God Damn the politicians that corrupt this great nation of the United States of America. God Damn you Mr. Wright for your God Damming statements about this great country the United States of America.
Obama, his terrorist friends and his corrupt friends that pocket taxpayers’ money need to learn that this great nation of The United States Of America does not need any of them. A vote for Obama is un-American.

Posted by: Update America | October 28, 2008, 7:19 am 7:19 am

Update America:
Talk About Reaching Into The Grave
Obama supporters talk about Todd Palin’s association with a dead man, a man that was disenchanted with the corruption in Washington, D.C. during his lifetime. Joe Vogler supported America’s freedoms under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Joe Vogler (1913-1993) was the founder of the Alaskan Independence Party and active in politics, regularly running for public office in Alaska for many years. Vogler was born April 24, 1913, on a farm outside Barnes, Kansas. Joe Vogler attended the University of Kansas on a scholarship in 1929. He graduated with a law degree in five years and was admitted to the Kansas State Bar.
Obama’s Anti-American supporters are alive and kicking. Obama’s supporters point to destroying the American way. Obama points to China and he say China is an example we can follow. I guess Obama wants communism and the controlling of the entire population of America.
Here is something all Americans must look at:
http://www.theobamafile.com/ObamaLatest.htm
Obama has a big rug under which he hides all the information about himself. John McCain and Sarah Palin do not hide any confrontations. John McCain and Sarah Palin do not have to hide their records of birth, passed associates, school records and personal records.
Obama knows he has many things to hide that he cannot explain. A person that FEARS the truth cannot be trusted with your country.
Obama’s religious leader says God Damn America. Obama you do NOT God Damn This Great Nation. You can God Damn the politicians that corrupt this great nation of the United States of America. God Damn you Mr. Wright for your God Damming statements about this great country the United States of America.
Obama, his terrorist friends and his corrupt friends that pocket taxpayers’ money need to learn that this great nation of The United States Of America does not need any of them. A vote for Obama is un-American.

Posted by: Update America | October 28, 2008, 7:23 am 7:23 am

Update America:
Many big company plants closed and Dana Corporation lost jobs to Canada. The Dana Reading, Pennsylvania plant closed because the union wages and benefits were the direct cause of jobs going to Canada. The people of Canada welcomed the Dana Corporation jobs from America. Dana Corporation finally emerged from bankruptcy. Guess what? Their Korean plant is doing fine. The huge property that once belong to Dana Corporation in Reading, Pennsylvania is for sale with Dana never to return from Korea or any other foreign country.
Thank You Unions for Not Supporting American Jobs.

Posted by: Update America | October 28, 2008, 7:26 am 7:26 am

Investors Flee From ‘Change’ Obama Hypes
By JACK KEMP AND PETER FERRARA |
Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 4:30 PM PT
Are Barack Obama’s proposed tax increases adversely affecting our financial markets? We say yes, unambiguously. The senator has done a masterful job distracting attention from his tax increases with his $500-per-worker tax credit supposedly for 95% of Americans.
Obama has also set forth more than half a dozen additional refundable income tax credits targeted to low- and moderate-income workers for child care, education, housing, welfare, retirement, health care and other social purposes.
These tax credits are devised to phase-out based on income, which will ultimately increase marginal income tax rates for middle-class workers. In other words, as you earn more, you suffer a penalty in the phase-out of these credits, which has the exact effect of a marginal tax rate increase. That harms, rather than improves, the economy.
With the bottom 40% of income earners not paying any federal income taxes, such tax credits would not reduce any tax liability for these workers. Instead, since they’re refundable, they would involve new checks from the federal government.
These are not tax cuts as Obama is promising. They are new government spending programs buried in the tax code and estimated to cost $1.3 trillion over 10 years.
Obama argues that while these workers do not pay income taxes, they do pay payroll taxes. True, but his planned credits do not involve cuts in payroll taxes. They are refundable income tax credits designed to redistribute income and “spread the wealth.”
Meantime, Obama has proposed effective tax increases of 20% or more in the two top income-tax rates, phasing out the personal exemptions and all itemized deductions for top earners, as well as raising their tax rates.
He wants a 33% increase in the tax rates on capital gains and dividends, an increase of 16% to 32% in the top payroll tax rate, reinstatement of the death tax with a 45% top rate, and a new payroll tax on employers estimated at 7% to help finance his health insurance plan. He’s also contending for higher tariffs under his protectionist policies.
Finally, he would increase corporate taxes by 25%, though American businesses already face the second-highest marginal tax rates in the industrialized world, thus directly harming manufacturing and job creation while weakening demand for the dollar.
Obama argues disingenuously that his tax increases would only affect higher-income workers and “corporate fat cats.” But it is precisely these top marginal tax rates that control incentives for savings, investment, entrepreneurship, business expansion, jobs and economic growth. While he wants to tax the rich, the burden will fall on the poor and the middle class.
In their new book, “The End of Prosperity,” Art Laffer, Steve Moore and Peter Tanous argue that the threat of this tax tsunami is already destabilizing our financial markets and causing capital flight from America.
They write, “Hot capital is escaping over the borders out of the United States and flowing into China, India, Europe, and even Japan. . . Starting in late 2007, foreigners started pulling their money out of the United States, and Americans started investing more abroad. Global investors are losing confidence in the U.S.”
The American economy was in shambles when Reagan entered office in 1981. Inflation had soared by 25% over the prior two years, unemployment was heading toward 10%, the prime interest rate hit 21%, poverty was on a 33% upswing and real family income had decreased by almost 10% due to the stagflation of the late 1970s.
Reagan cut the top income-tax rate from 70% to 50%, adopted an additional 25% across-the-board rate cut and sliced capital gains taxes in half. The 1986 tax reform left us with just two tax rates of 15% and 28%. Reagan slashed spending growth, lowered tariffs, reduced regulatory burdens and promoted anti-inflation monetary policies.
The result, the authors explain, was actually a 25-year, noninflationary economic boom, with only two brief, mild recessions in 1990 and 2001. “We call this period, 1982-2007, the 25-year boom — the greatest period of wealth creation in the history of the planet,” they write. “Adjusting for inflation, more wealth was created in America in the 25-year boom than in the previous 200 years.”
By 1989, the economy had grown by almost one-third, the equivalent of adding the entire economy of West Germany to our U.S. economy. In 1984 alone, real economic growth boomed by 6.8%, the highest in 50 years. Nearly 20 million new jobs were created in the 1980s, increasing U.S. civilian employment by almost 20%. Unemployment fell to 5.3% by 1989.
Spectacularly, inflation was slashed to 3.2% by 1983. The prime rate fell to 6.25% by 1992, even though opponents had argued that Reagan’s tax cuts would increase interest rates. Family income reversed its decline, poverty reversed its rise and tax revenues actually doubled.
This is the “Change We Need” today.
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=309998514066924

Posted by: Update America | October 28, 2008, 7:31 am 7:31 am

Update America:
On January 27, 2008, RezkoWatch posted an article about Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)’s Illinois senatorial district which included eleven buildings of slum housing belonging to indicted political fixer Antoin “Tony” Rezko, Obama’s political patron. On March, 12, 2008, SusanUnPC (aka susanhu) posted the excellent article “Irrefutable Proof That Obama’s Own District Was Home to 11 Rezko Foreclosed Properties” at MyDD.
http://rezkowatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/follow-money-more-on-rezkos-slum.html
Georgian mansion of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) where he has resided since June 2005. The following article is about the 13th District, which Obama represented while serving in the Illinois Senate.
$160,000 Compared to Obama $1,400,000 mansion and the $500,000,000 Housing Project that is run down, unsafe to live and paid for with taxpayers money.

Posted by: Update America | October 28, 2008, 7:34 am 7:34 am

Update America:
A look at Obama’s National Health Care Program that was tried in the United States and around the world.
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4972
http://www.angelfire.com/pa/sergeman/issues/healthcare/socialized.html
Obama will use you, the Middle Class taxpayer, to test his misguided thoughts on how to run the United States. I hate to tell you Obama supporter’s that all his thoughts have been proven NOT to work to benefit the people.

Posted by: Update America | October 28, 2008, 7:38 am 7:38 am

Update America:
Former Solicitor General Ted Olson, a Republican backing John McCain, and Harvard Law Professor Laurence H. Tribe, a Democrat and advisor to Barack Obama, disagree with Professor Chin’s narrow interpretation of the naturalization law and its intent. In a paper issued in March they found that John McCain is “natural born” under the Constitution.
“Based on the original meaning of the Constitution, the Framers’ intentions, and subsequent legal and historical precedent, Senator McCain’s birth to parents who were U.S. citizens, serving on a U.S. military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936, makes him a ‘natural born citizen’ within the meaning of the Constitution.”
The question is, is Obama? A birth certificate issued in 2007 does not make a US citizen.
The senate, the congress, homeland security or any court has disputed John McCain’s citizenship and there is NO COURT ACTION suggesting that John McCain is NOT a US natural born citizen. The same can NOT to be said about Obama.
There are now eight states entering allegations about the citizenship of Barack Obama. Rule 11 states: sanction attorneys or parties who submit pleadings for an improper purpose or that contain frivolous arguments or arguments that have no evidentiary support
No one has seen any federal sanctions handed down under Rule 11. It means that all lawsuits are in progress and without sanction

Posted by: Update America | October 28, 2008, 7:41 am 7:41 am

Today’s flavor will be “Levi the High School Drop Out”

Posted by: Clint | October 28, 2008, 7:59 am 7:59 am

Update America
Are you still dreaming that Obama is somehow not a US citizen?
You guys are simply facinating in your ability to deny facts in favor of accusations and conspiracy theory.

Posted by: Self delusion is not healthy. | October 28, 2008, 8:06 am 8:06 am

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Obama will use you, the Middle Class taxpayer
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Use me baby! Use me! Ain’t no way I’m putting up with 4 more years of a dumber Bush and more crap tax policies!

Posted by: jdb | October 28, 2008, 8:08 am 8:08 am

CUT AND PAST = SCROLL ON BY

Posted by: YAWN | October 28, 2008, 8:08 am 8:08 am

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is very critical of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama’s positions on Iran, according to reports that have reached Israel’s government.
Sarkozy has made his criticisms only in closed forums in France. But according to a senior Israeli government source, the reports reaching Israel indicate that Sarkozy views the Democratic candidate’s stance on Iran as “utterly immature” and comprised of “formulations empty of all content.”
Obama visited Paris in July, and the Iranian issue was at the heart of his meeting with Sarkozy. At a joint press conference afterward, Obama urged Iran to accept the West’s proposal on its nuclear program, saying that Iran was creating a serious situation that endangered both Israel and the West. According to the reports reaching Israel, Sarkozy told Obama at that meeting that if the new American president elected in November changed his country’s policy toward Iran, that would be “very problematic.”

Posted by: Even Sarkozy Agrees that Obama is an Empty Suit | October 28, 2008, 8:18 am 8:18 am

Apparently someone forgot to tell the disillusioned that the court case everyone is foaming at the mouth over was dismissed on the 24th.. that’s it people, case closed, Obama is a US citizen so get over it.
Funny side note, the Plaintiff cited such evidences as “Inside Edition” as his source for bringing the case to court.. it don’t get much funnier than that!
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-paedce/case_no-2:2008cv04083/case_id-281573/

Posted by: TheJudge | October 28, 2008, 8:19 am 8:19 am

Update America:
Obama’s Hawaii Trips Cost More Than Palin’s Clothes
Sunday, October 26, 2008 3:21 PM
By: Ronald Kess
Barack Obama’s trips to Hawaii on a chartered Boeing 757 each cost more than twice the price of Sarah Palin’s new clothes.
Brad Blakeman, who was in charge of scheduling for President Bush, says a Boeing 757 costs about $20,000 an hour for fuel, crew, and maintenance. Since a trip to Hawaii entails 10 hours of flying time from Chicago, the total cost for each round-trip comes to about $400,000.
Obama used the Boeing 757 for trips to Hawaii over the summer for a vacation and again last week to see his failing grandmother. Admirable though that visit was, “By Obama using a private jet to go on a purely personal visit to see his grandma, he’s wasting not only energy, but he’s using the money that his supporters have given him for campaign purposes,” Blakeman says. “It’s a purely personal visit paid for with campaign funds.”
On the other hand, the media are highlighting the Republican National Committee’s purchase of $150,000 in clothes for Palin, even though the dresses will be donated to charities. The New York Times played the story on page one.
“They’re picking on Palin, who was provided a wardrobe by the RNC strictly for political purposes, and it was always intended that these garments would be then given to charity,” Blakeman says. “So there’s a benefit that’s going to charity, not a benefit that Palin will have after the election. There was a need for it because she’s a modest person who didn’t have an extensive wardrobe to do 24/7 campaigning.”
To pick on Palin without going after Obama’s plane trips is “an absolute journalistic abuse,” Blakeman says. “This is the same plane that he took to Hawaii when he went on vacation. In the summertime, when gas was soaring and Americans were having to pinch their pennies, this guy gets on his campaign plane and goes to Hawaii on vacation. He did a couple campaign stops in a state that is not a swing state and is a guaranteed win for Obama. That was clearly to cover the tracks of this vacation.”
Blakeman notes that at the height of the gasoline price surge, Obama suggested that Americans check their vehicle’s tire pressure as a way of conserving fuel.
“I wonder if he checked the tires on his jumbo jet before taking off for a purely personal visit?” Blakeman says. “The way he spends campaign money is a direct reflection of how he will spend ours. He could have easily flown commercial or taken a much smaller corporate aircraft that would cost a fraction of a 757.”
Ironically, it was Palin as governor who saved money for Alaskans by selling the state’s jet and instead flying commercial.
Kellyanne Conway, one of the most respected Republican pollsters, says the media’s attack on Palin’s clothes is an example of elitist snobbery or “classism.” Noting the media’s treatment of her, “I can’t believe her own family still approves of her, after the unprecedented, personal and relentless attacks that this woman has undergone,” Conway says.
Besides attacks on Palin over her clothes, Conway cites snide remarks about “the way she speaks, her husband’s lack of a college degree, the barefoot and pregnant 17-year-old daughter, you know who hunts moose anyway? The classism is so raw and unapologetic, so unconsidered and so undisguised.”
Ronald Kessler is chief Washington correspondent of Newsmax.com.

Posted by: Update America | October 28, 2008, 8:20 am 8:20 am

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is very critical of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama’s positions on Iran,
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Oh my, well he apparently doesn’t speak for the french people, since only 1% of them prefer McCain.. in fact, pretty much all of europe prefers Obama by a huge margin.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/23/poll-percent-french-prefer-mccain/

Posted by: frenchie | October 28, 2008, 8:24 am 8:24 am

Update America:
Philip J. Berg is Appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court as Obama is “NOT” qualified to be President of the United States Lawsuit Against Obama Dismissed from Philadelphia Federal Court
For Immediate Release: – 10/25/08 – Contact Info at end.
UPDATE: Ruling attached at end. It’s a really poor copy, but it is all we have for the moment. Willl put up a better copy when we get one.
(Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania – 10/25/08) – Philip J. Berg, Esquire, the Attorney who filed suit against Barack H. Obama challenging Senator Obama’s lack of “qualifications” to serve as President of the United States, announced today that he is immediately appealing the dismissal of his case to the United States Supreme Court. The case is Berg v. Obama, No. 08-cv-04083.
Berg said, “I am totally disappointed by Judge Surrick’s decision and, for all citizens of the United States, I am immediately appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court.
This is a question of who has standing to uphold our Constitution. If I don’t have standing, if you don’t have standing, if your neighbor doesn’t have standing to question the eligibility of an individual to be President of the United States – the Commander-in-Chief, the most powerful person in the world – then who does?
So, anyone can just claim to be eligible for congress or the presidency without having their legal status, age or citizenship questioned.
According to Judge Surrick, we the people have no right to police the eligibility requirements under the U.S. Constitution.
What happened to ‘…Government of the people, by the people, for the people,…’ Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address 1863.
We must legally prevent Obama, the unqualified candidate, from taking the Office of the Presidency of the United States,” Berg said.
Our website obamacrimes.com now has 71.8 + million hits. We are urging all to spread the word of our website – and forward to your local newspapers and radio and TV stations.
Berg again stressed his position regarding the urgency of this case as, “we” the people, are heading to a “Constitutional Crisis” if this case is not resolved forthwith.
* * For copies of all Court Pleadings, go to obamacrimes.com

Posted by: Update America | October 28, 2008, 8:28 am 8:28 am

The unemployed European proletariat masses prefer Obama, because they know he will crush American industry and small business with high taxes and strangling environmental regulation–and drive more jobs to Europe.
Sarkozy fears Obama, because he knows the One will reward Iran’s drive for nuclear weapons.

Posted by: Let Me Redistribute Your Wealth | October 28, 2008, 8:29 am 8:29 am

Sarah / Tito:
1. How many American Citizens are employed by Tito’s “construction company”?
2. Can Tito prove that all of his employees are US Citizens or legally authorized to be in the US?
3. How many employees of Tito’s “construction company” reported pesonal income to the IRS in excess of $250,000?

Posted by: Jim in Winchester | October 28, 2008, 8:32 am 8:32 am

How is Bergs’ lawsuit against the US Government going?? You know the one, where he is claiming that they were responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
Amazing how otherwise rational people will buy into anything fed to them by the GOP rumor machine, no matter how far removed from reality.

Posted by: jdb | October 28, 2008, 8:33 am 8:33 am

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Sarkozy fears Obama, because he knows the One will reward Iran’s drive for nuclear weapons.
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Hmmm, not from the looks of things over at faux news..:
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama heaped praise on one another Friday, as they expressed a mutual commitment to fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan and keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of Iran.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/25/obama-to-keep-paris-visit-brief/

Posted by: frenchie | October 28, 2008, 8:47 am 8:47 am

Embarrass the One, and pay the consequences.
Ohio’s inspector general is investigating why a state agency director approved checking the state child-support computer system for information on “Joe the Plumber.”
Helen Jones-Kelly, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, confirmed today that she OK’d the check on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher following the Oct. 15 presidential debate.
She said there were no political reasons for the check on the sudden presidential campaign fixture though the Support Enforcement Tracking System. Sure.
Amid questions from the media and others about “Joe the Plumber,” Jones-Kelley said she approved a check to determine if he was current on any ordered child-support payments.
Such information was not and cannot be publicly shared, she said. It is unclear if Wurzelbacher is involved in a child-support case. Reports state that he lives alone with a 13-year-old son.
“Our practice is when someone is thrust quickly into the public spotlight, we often take a look” at them, Jones-Kelley said, citing a case where a lottery winner was found to owe past-due child support. “Our practice is to basically look at what is coming our way.”
Ohio Inspector General Thomas P. Charles confirmed today that he is investigating the incident to determine if “Joe’s” records were legally accessed by Job and Family Services employees.
The use of a STATE computer system to search for information on Wurzelbacher is the FOURTH uncovered by The Columbus Dispatch.

Posted by: Ohio Democrats Repeatedly Use Government to Attack Joe the Plumber | October 28, 2008, 8:57 am 8:57 am

The latest directive from Our Dear Leader’s National Field Director, Jon Carson, instructs Cultists to take Election Day off and skip out of work and classes for The One.
The pursuit of “Higher Purpose” requires Obama followers to skip out of their jobs and play hooky from school — while others pick up the slack. Don’t sweat it, your Republican co-workers can cover for you while you work your holy mission.
Welcome to “redistributive change!”

Posted by: Skip Work for The Messiah | October 28, 2008, 9:14 am 9:14 am

Update America:
America needs to beware the slick comments from Sarkozy. He is power-hungry for EU to force anti-democratic policy upon Ireland and all of Europe. A close relationship to Mr. Obama is anything but a good sign for the U.S., particularly since France has held vivid anti-American sentiment in recent years. The last thing America needs is the European Dictator’s nod toward his favorite candidate. Clearly Sarkozy feels Obama will fall in line with Europe’s agendas. Americans do not need a European despot’s approval to elect the president we feel would best represent and lead our nation. We need a man with experience and proven leadership, which Obama has not demonstrated he possesses either.

Posted by: Update America | October 28, 2008, 9:19 am 9:19 am

Obama does not want to upset his DailyKos/MoveOn.org base.
Obama says that the United States should strike at al-Qaeda in Pakistan without the consent of the Pakistani government. So, he favors attacking al Qaeda in Pakistan, but presumably NOT in Syria, even though al Qaeda thrives in Syria not because of lawlessness (as in Pakistan) but because the group enjoys the hospitality of the Syrian government. Maybe if the Pakistani government began openly collaborating with al Qaeda, Obama would withdraw his support for military strikes.
If Obama was consistent, he would applaud the Syrian operation. His SILENCE on the matter indicates otherwise. You’d think there were a few curious journalists out there who might wish to get him ON THE RECORD about all of this.

Posted by: Obama Votes "Present" on U.S. Attack on al-Qaeda in Syria | October 28, 2008, 11:02 am 11:02 am

“strangling environmental regulation”
Translation: rich industrialists who dump poison into our air and drinking water want to be immune not only from government regulation, but from civil lawsuits when their toxins kill and maim innocent people. Palin’s their gal; she hates environmentalists almost as much as she loves slaughtering wolf packs from helicopters.

Posted by: Yukon Sam | October 28, 2008, 12:05 pm 12:05 pm

Posted by: Nancy Mehegan | October 28, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm

This is a great website
http://hiphoprepublican.blogspot.com/

Posted by: Carrie | October 28, 2008, 1:03 pm 1:03 pm

I want to hear about Bob the Builder.
Oh, wait. I can picture Bob now, saying: “can we build it? YES WE CAN!”
Hmmm. Guessing Palin doesn’t want to go there.

Posted by: Paul | October 28, 2008, 2:31 pm 2:31 pm

Paul,
Come on paul we know that was earmarked money before she was Governor.Why not mention how Biden and obama both voted no to divert those funds to fix a bridge after Katrina

Posted by: reddog0216 | October 28, 2008, 2:41 pm 2:41 pm

The question is, who is the better person for office?
After sifting through all the s–t, it is obvious,
McCain / Palin !!

Posted by: Carrie | October 28, 2008, 3:24 pm 3:24 pm

– The question is, who is the better person for office?
After sifting through all the s–t, it is obvious, –
Apparently, the majority of America on both sides of the ticket, as well as the rest of the world don’t quite see it that way.. perhaps you should continue sifting.

Posted by: Concerned American | October 28, 2008, 4:22 pm 4:22 pm

Who cares about any of it?

Posted by: Deena Rockefeller | October 28, 2008, 6:46 pm 6:46 pm

From a Black Woman:
I am black and I am not voting for Obama. Why? There are many that I know, who are jumping at the chance of having a black man in office and despite their ingrained disagreements with him over issues such as abortion and gay marriage, they will vote for him. Though I am not voting for him, I wish him luck.
In these times I have taken a good long hard look at myself and wonder. I am not the foremost expert on black history in this country, but I know it. America is a patch quilt of people, ideas, religions and beliefs. America’s past make up that fabric.
My ancestors, my family, were brought to this country on ships. They were beaten, tortured, raped and killed to help build this nation. Their blood, sweat, tears, hopes, dreams and prayers are forever dried in America’s soil. And they kept on. Despite not knowing how to read, they kept on and believed in something. That something was our Constitution. The piece of paper that gave them rights they did not know they had. They stayed and here I am.
From then on, my family lived in the shadows of American society. They were allowed to live, be free and read, but they were not allowed to vote, hold office or sit next to white people. And yet they stayed. I remember watching a video (the title escapes me) in which I saw old photos from the end of the civil war until now. In that documentary, I remember how parents would send their children miles to some desolate cabin with no running water, light or textbooks so that their child could receive an education. I remember that footage and am saddened by the attitudes of children of all races today concerning education. Those children were willing to sacrifice to achieve something. Again it did not have a tangible name to them. It was an idea of being able to build yourself. It was the idea of a brighter future. They endured and here I am.
Then came the era of the civil rights movement. And though many people like to invoke King’s name, I choose instead to focus on the foot soldier; the man/woman who marched and cried for their rights to participate in this country. After a hundred years, they paid their dues and demanded to be a part of this country. They were threatened, insulted, spit at, shot, mauled by dogs, sprayed with fire hoses and murdered to ensure their equal participation in American society. No longer would they sit in the dark. And people were inspired by the idea that America could look beyond race and judge the person by their character. What type on man/woman are you? They fought for a better world where everyone had equal access, an America where everyone could achieve greatness. And so they fought and here I am.
So, Senator, I wish you luck in your endeavor. But I refuse to vote based on race. I cannot vote for you because you are black. I cannot vote because I feel it is “owed” to the community. Nothing is owed to anyone. The only thing that matters is what you earn. Personally, you have earned it, but I owe no debt to you. Even the illiterate slave understood that the only thing owed to them was their freedom. Without freedom, where would our nation be? And that is part of the reason I cannot vote for you.
I believe you want to encourage strife via class warfare. I believe that you honestly think America is not a place for people to succeed, but a place for those people to fail. I believe you think the government ought to provide for people what they cannot achieve themselves. And though there is something noble in providing for the less fortunate, I do not want your help. Nor do I want you take from someone else to do so.
You see, I believe that government is incapable of actually helping people. I believe our government to be corrupt. So any money that is taken from the rich, will never reach the poor. There are many programs, like education, that despite the continued cry for money and the constant outpouring of funds, are never funded. Somehow the money never makes it to where it’s needed most. Instead, on its way down, it’s skimmed from the top by politicians like you for their re-election bid. It is for that reason that I hate your plans for big government. In short, I do not trust you, or your friends, with such power.
We all know the story and it varies a little depending on who’s telling it. It occurred in 1787 after the ratification of the Constitution. A woman approached Dr. Benjamin Franklin and asked him a question.
“What have you given us? A Republic or a Monarchy?”
Without hesitation he said:
“A Republic. If you can keep it.”
It is now some eight days before we exercise that oh so important American ritual. Every now and then I remind myself that power lies not in the hands of the President. It lies not in the hands on the Congress. Nor does it lie with the Judicial. No, power lies in the hands of the people. It is the people who decide their futures. It’s the people who decide the history of this country. My family decided to stay, endure and fight for that power. Why should I just hand it over? After all it is from them, that I am here. Indeed, it is from our shared past that WE are here.

Posted by: Donna | October 28, 2008, 7:01 pm 7:01 pm

In the midst of all the false rumor being spread against obama, pls take a little time to check out this story:
The Norwegian newspaper VG has reported a truly amazing story about a newly-wed trying to get to Norway to be with her husband, and the stranger who helped pay an unexpected luggage surcharge. The blog “Leisha’s Random Thoughts” has translated the story.
It was 1988, and Mary Andersen was at the Miami airport checking in for a long flight to Norway to be with her husband when the airline representative informed her that she wouldn’t be able to check her luggage without paying a 100 surcharge:
When it was finally Mary’s turn, she got the message that would crush her bubbling feeling of happiness.
-You’ll have to pay a 103 dollar surcharge if you want to bring both those suitcases to Norway, the man behind the counter said.
Mary had no money. Her new husband had travelled ahead of her to Norway, and she had no one else to call.
-I was completely desperate and tried to think which of my things I could manage without. But I had already made such a careful selection of my most prized possessions, says Mary.
As tears streamed down her face, she heard a “gentle and friendly voice” behind her saying, “That’s okay, I’ll pay for her.”
Mary turned around to see a tall man whom she had never seen before.
-He had a gentle and kind voice that was still firm and decisive. The first thing I thought was, Who is this man?
Although this happened 20 years ago, Mary still remembers the authority that radiated from the man.
-He was nicely dressed, fashionably dressed with brown leather shoes, a cotton shirt open at the throat and khaki pants, says Mary.
She was thrilled to be able to bring both her suitcases to Norway and assured the stranger that he would get his money back. The man wrote his name and address on a piece of paper that he gave to Mary. She thanked him repeatedly. When she finally walked off towards the security checkpoint, he waved goodbye to her.
Who was the man?
Barack Obama.
Twenty years later, she is thrilled that the friendly stranger at the airport may be the next President and has voted for him already and donated 100 dollars to his campaign:
-He was my knight in shining armor, says Mary, smiling.
She paid the 103 dollars back to Obama the day after she arrived in Norway. At that time he had just finished his job as a poorly paid community worker* in Chicago, and had started his law studies at prestigious Harvard university.
Mary even convinced her parents to vote for him:
In the spring of 2006 Mary’s parents had heard that Obama was considering a run for president, but that he had still not decided. They chose to write a letter in which they told him that he would receive their votes. At the same time, they thanked Obama for helping their daughter 18 years earlier.
And Obama replied:
In a letter to Mary’s parents dated May 4th, 2006 and stamped ‘United States Senate, Washington DC’, Barack Obama writes:
‘I want to thank you for the lovely things you wrote about me and for reminding me of what happened at Miami airport. I’m happy I could help back then, and I’m delighted to hear that your daughter is happy in Norway. Please send her my best wishes. Sincerely, Barack Obama, United States Senator’.
The parents sent the letter on to Mary.
Mary says that when her friends and associates talk about the election, especially when race relations is the heated subject, she relates the story of the kind man who helped out a stranger-in-need over twenty years ago, years before he had even thought about running for high office.
Truly a wonderful story, and something that needs to be passed along in the maelstorm of fear-and-smear politics we are being subjected to right now.
UPDATE: Thanks for the recommends, folks! Also, remember this was 1988, when 100 dollars was quite a bit of money, compared to today’s value.
By the way, this would be the perfect antidote to the Smear E-mails going around. If anyone has a good long email chain list, shoot it out, and let it be passed along.

Posted by: Mary Sue | October 28, 2008, 7:17 pm 7:17 pm

You didn’t see any of the republicans step in and stop companies from leaving the USA. This builder must have fallen off his ladder a few to many times and did something to his thinking capacity.I don’t want to say damaged his brain so I will call it his thinking capacity. And as for the 2 years of a controlled senate ah house how many years did the republicans have the control to really screw thing up so bad that God can’t even fix.

Posted by: Rose Szymanski | October 28, 2008, 7:31 pm 7:31 pm

Posted by: Carrie | October 28, 2008, 7:32 pm 7:32 pm

Why can”t she just be for ALL the people – not just some. We want a Presiden and VP for ALL
OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Posted by: Deena Rockefeller | October 28, 2008, 8:05 pm 8:05 pm

If only there was a party with common sense on all the issues and enough $$ to campaign….

Posted by: Carrie | October 28, 2008, 8:10 pm 8:10 pm

Posted by: Carrie | October 28, 2008, 8:47 pm 8:47 pm

Full suit war hawk war with iraq, war with iran, war with north korea, war with the country he has a score to settle with vietnam nice real nice I hope there are enough to go around we will need it.

Posted by: Rose Szymanski | October 28, 2008, 8:54 pm 8:54 pm

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!!!!

Posted by: sandy | October 29, 2008, 11:42 am 11:42 am

Why do Republicans contue to use fear to get into office?If there is anything we should be afraid of is another 4 or 8 years of this kind of government.Try watching Fox News,Lord!!!the world is coming to an end it seems.Unlike Joe the plumber,who was very collective and laid back,This Tito guy was all over the place screaming at reporters something you normal see at McCain Campain and his “interview”
on Fox News man was it aimless!! the guy just wanted to make a name for himself.Tito managed to do so THUS the beauty of America and God bless it.However,Tito is just an angry guy withought a cause.

Posted by: Fear Fear Fear | October 30, 2008, 1:36 am 1:36 am

Question everyone Democrates,Republicans and Independents
Do we really have undecided folks out there? and if yes, what is the wait?
5 days before elections for the most powerfull office and we have the “undecided” i find it very difficult to believe. less than a week

Posted by: Fear Fear Fear | October 30, 2008, 1:53 am 1:53 am

I will tax you at 110% of your earnings…it’s the patriotic thing to do.
Thank you, suckers!

Posted by: Obama The Terrorist | October 30, 2008, 11:02 pm 11:02 pm

You no longer need to work! The government will pay you for doing nothing! It’s like magic!
Vote for me!

Posted by: Obama Hussein | October 30, 2008, 11:04 pm 11:04 pm

Go Tito the Builder! Tito has good old common sense and knows what he’s talking about, unlike most Americans. Wake up out there and Vote McCain/Palin!!!!!

Posted by: OC Cali Mom | October 31, 2008, 12:52 am 12:52 am

Thanks to Tito..He expressed so perfectly the opportunity that America has always been. A land of freedom and opportunity that so many have fought and died to preserve for future generations. How many of our ancestors have similar stories? Where did they come from and why did they choose America? What were they able to achieve here? Our founding fathers knew what they were doing when they created our “Constitution”. Freedom, Liberty and Justice for all and the Right to pursue happiness. America gave the motivation and incentive to achieve whatever you can with the work of you hands or ideals. We didn’t limit anyone’s success and knew that successfull people will create and build the jobs of many. I fear the day that we have a president that say’s our constitution is a flawed document. Yes folks that is what Obama said.
It hurts to see the day of Journalism’s death. It is dying my friends. Our constitution is in grave danger and they won’t even tell you the truth. Do the research and see for yourselves. Don’t you owe this country at least that much? Remember freedom only comes at great cost. Only through strength can we remain free. John McCain has our country’s best interest at heart.He is a great patriot who has already proven himself. He will lead us with courage and strength at a time of great danger.

Posted by: Lisa | October 31, 2008, 1:39 am 1:39 am

I am a white male who grew up in the 60′s & early 70′s and consider myself to be liberal in the social sense of the word. I have spent the last 40 years as an adult trying to judge people for who they are & not by the color of their skin and I have supported the rights of women to better their situation in life. At the age of 17 in 1969 I walked away from a church that voted to exclude blacks from attending church services. It took me about six months (not 20 years) to make this decision.
I was looking forward to voting for and supporting Hilary Clinton, who should have been the Democratic nominee for President. However, people inside the Democratic party decided to back another candidate, Barack Obama. Do I have a problem with Obama because he’s black? Absolutely not! Why can I not support Barack Obama? Because:
(1) He spent 20 years in as a member of a church where racial hatred is preached from the pulpit. I am diametrically opposed to racism, whatever the source.
(2) He has ties to Muslim extremists.
While it is everyone’s right to practice the religion of their choice, I personally can’t support anyone who has Muslim ties because of the Muslim treatmant of women and I expressly oppose Muslim extremists who believe they are ordained by Allah to force their religious beliefs on the rest of the world.
(3) Obama has many associations with less than respectable characters; however, when he is confronted on these assciations, he denies or downplays his involvement with these people because it is politically expedient to do so. If we have a national crisis and Obama is president, I fear he will wait to act until an opinion poll is done to find what the most popular course of action is.
(4) If Obama thinks his viewpoint is correct on “spreading the wealth around”
then why did the Democrats find it necessary to assassinate the character of “Joe the Plumber”? I guess Tito will be next.
Do I have much in common with the conservative Republican ideology?
Not a lot. However, I do know that John McCain and Sarah Palin have intregrity and will do their best to wash away the bulls..t out of government agencies and the Halls of Congress.

Posted by: Liberal for McCain/Palin | October 31, 2008, 3:21 am 3:21 am

Well said Liberal for McCain!
I am a Democrat who shares your view of this man, not because of his race, but because of his associations and life choices. More people need to look at their own lives and admit that choices of friends and associations are very good predictors of character. Every day we find out more about the people that Obama considers to be his freinds, associates, and mentors. I wouldn’t have anything to do with most of these people and I think that many other Americans would share this view.
While I am in no way enamoured with John McCain as our next President, he is at least an honorable man, one who has served his county and given Her much of his life! Mr. McCain has proven himself over a lifetime of service and sacrifice. I’d like to know what Barack Obama his truely given to his country, it most certainly pales in comparison. Have faith! The American people will ultimately choose the right person!

Posted by: Todd | October 31, 2008, 5:20 pm 5:20 pm

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