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Joe’s Army
Jules Crittenden —
... Fixes bayonets, climbs out of the trenches, advances. NRO’s Byron York , on the front lines: The crowd laughed and cheered. But for them, Joe the Plumber is much more than a zinger in McCain’s stump speech. In recent days, the Joe the Plumber phenomenon has taken on a deeper meaning for McCain’s audiences, for two reasons. First, he is a symbol of their belief that Barack Obama is going to raise their taxes, regardless of what Obama says about hitting up only those taxpayers who make more than $250,000 a year … The second reason Joe the Plumber resonates with the crowds is ...
An Army of Joes
Ace of Spades HQ —
An Army of Joes Anger at a McCain rally. Aimed not at Obama, at the press . York approached Tito Munoz, a small construction business owner, who was complaining about the press treatment of Joe. Tito assumed York was just another reporter there to give him the "business". Yeah, I have my papers right here, he said. Im an American citizen. Right here, right here. With that, he produced a U.S. passport, turned it to the page with his picture on it, and thrust it about an inch from my nose. Right here, he said. In your face. Munoz said he owned a small construction ...
More Totalitarian Than You
Confederate Yankee —
... that has made the United States the superpower that it is today. How did the media respond to this too-real revelation? They couldn't justify Obama's answer, and realizing the damage that could result from this admission, they decided to instead attack Joe Wurzelbacher. They published his voter registration, divorce record, tax records, and other information in an attempt to discredit him and direct attention away from Obama's answer. Americans, generally being good people, are disgusted with how the Obama-supporting media, bloggers, and the Obama campaign have sought to ...
Topic Free For All
Taylor Marsh —
... Curveball’s
pal joins Fox.
Rays v. Phils? Wow.
Polls. Polls. Average of
polls.
Conservatives
are all a flutter about Jon Stewart’s Palin "eff you."
...and what I wrote about last week on Iraq, well, it’s happening. The
Iraqis are backing away. See Attackerman.
(Had to slip in one foreign policy story. Consider it your topic vegetable
for the day.)
Oh, and Byron
York needs to meet my husband. ...
MSM gets verbal Colombian necktie
Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator —
... because I’m disgusted with you guys,” he said. “Why the hell 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 wrong? Everything is possible in America. I made it. Joe the Plumber could make it even better than me. . . . I was born in Colombia, but I was made in the U.S.A.” Read all about Tito the Construction worker - and Rosie the Teacher and Phil the Bricklayer and a bunnch of other "Joe the Plumbers" - right here. Posted by Val Prieto at October 20, 2008 11:01 AM Comments Post a comment
When Tito the Construction Worker Met the Press
Weekly Standard Blog —
Anger at a McCain-Palin rally, for the press: “Are you going to check my license, too?” he asked me. “Are you going to check my immigration status? I’m ready, I have everything here. Whatever you want, I have it. I have my green card, I have my passport — “
I was a little surprised. Did Munoz really bring his papers with him to a McCain rally? I asked.
“Yeah, I have my papers right here,” he said. “I’m an American citizen. Right here, right here.” With that, he produced a U.S. passport, turned it to the page with his picture on it, ...
McCain Supporter Unloads on Mother Jones Tool David Corn
JammieWearingFool —
Byron York has the details. Someone asked why Munoz had come to the rally. “I support McCain, but I’ve come to face you guys because I’m disgusted with you guys,” he said. “Why the hell 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 wrong? Everything is possible in America. I made it. Joe the Plumber could make it even better than me. . . . I was born in Colombia, but I was made in the U.S.A.” The scene turned into a mini-fracas when David Corn, of Mother Jones, defended press coverage. Munoz was ...
A Growing Blue-Collar Army Of “Joes” For McPalin Declare War On The MSM
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
John McCain and an Army of Joes - The real anger at McCain’s rallies.
By Byron York - (NRO)
Woodbridge, Va. — Tito Munoz was ready to rock when John McCain showed here up at the Connaughton Community Plaza in Woodbridge, Virginia Saturday afternoon. Dressed in a yellow hard hat covered with McCain-Palin stickers, wearing an orange high-visibility vest, Munoz carried a hand-lettered sign that said CONSTRUCTION WORKER FOR McCAIN. He got a coveted spot in the bleachers directly behind McCain, where he could be seen in the camera shot ...
Working Class Guys, redux
Neptunus Lex —
Ain’t having none of it:
Tito Munoz was ready to rock when John McCain showed here up at the Connaughton Community Plaza in Woodbridge, Virginia Saturday afternoon. Dressed in a yellow hard hat covered with McCain-Palin stickers, wearing an orange high-visibility vest, Munoz carried a hand-lettered sign that said CONSTRUCTION WORKER FOR McCAIN. He got a coveted spot in the bleachers directly behind McCain, where he could be seen in the camera shot along with the guy holding the sign that said PHIL THE BRICK LAYER and the woman ...
Colin Powell vs. Joe the Plumber
Pajamas Media —
... promised, but never delivered on, a middle class tax cut. Moreover, the media treatment of Joe the Plumber has rekindled the same anger and hostility toward the media first seen when Sarah Palin received the once over from the mainstream media and the Democrats. It’s the same sneering at the little guy, the same dismissive attitude, and the same effort to throw every bit of dirt they can dig up — all on full display. As Byron York noted, at a weekend McCain campaign event in Virginia: “There was real anger at this rally, but it wasn’t, as some erroneous press reports from ...
Tito Goes National
The Corner on National Review Online —
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 [image] Tito Goes National [ Byron York ] You met him on NRO yesterday . Now, from CNN's Political Ticker : Taking Joe the plumber wordplay to an unprecedented new level, Sarah Palin on Monday dubbed Barack Obama Barack the Wealth Spender for his plan to offer tax credits to lower and middle-income wage earners. Palin revealed the new moniker at an outdoor rally in Grand Junction, Colorado, where she also introduced a new working-class hero into the ever-expanding pantheon of Joe the plumber -types who oppose to Obama s tax plan. ...
Tito the Movie
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Earlier this week I wrote about the now-famous Tito the Builder and his confrontation with reporters at a McCain rally in Woodbridge, Virginia. I also wrote about Connie, the Caribbean immigrant who's a strong supporter of Joe the Plumber. And yesterday, I ...
Tito the Builder Introduces Sarah Palin
Wizbang —
... ' place, I realized I missed another great speech, that of Tito Munoz, otherwise known as Tito the Builder, who introduced Sarah. Tito is an American citizen who emigrated from Colombia. He owns his own construction company and is living his American Dream. Tito is the one who took on the media and told them to back off Joe the Plumber . Byron York was there and writes about his experience talking to Tito after a McCain rally in Virginia: "Are you going to check my license, too?" he asked me. "Are you going to check my immigration status? I'm ready, I have everything here. ...
BREAKING: Tito the Builder to Volunteer in the Israeli Defense Forces
Whiskey Fire —
... Builder attained notoriety when he introduced Sarah Palin at a rally in Virginia last October. After the rally, he started railing vehemently against the media, attracting much media interest. Builder was incensed about the treatment of Joe the Plumber, saying, "I am Joe the Plumber! You’re attacking me!" Builder was addressing Byron York, who earnestly relayed the message, though he had not personally defamed Plumber at any point. ...
