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Introducing 'Tito the builder'

 

Published 10/27/2008 by Mark Murray at First Read

From NBC/NJ's Matthew E. Berger LEESBURG, Va. -- For days, Palin has been speaking of “Tito the Builder” as another embodiment of a small business owner seeking lower taxes -- in short, another “Joe the Plumber.” Today, 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 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, which frequently chanted his name. “Everything we stand for is made stronger by people like you, like John McCain and Sarah Palin.” ...( read more ) (link)

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