Pounding the 'One America' theme on day one
By Max Pizarro, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter
Jersey City Deputy Mayor Kibili Tayari: Politicker photo
DENVER - Seated on a park bench in front of the Inverness Hotel, Jersey City Deputy Mayor Kibili Tayari looked out across the expansive courtyard and parking lot dotted with the recognizable faces of New Jersey politicians zig-zagging in different directions.
"What’s going to make us unified coming out here?" he asked. "Obama’s got to pound that one nation theme. He’s just got to keep pounding that all week long. There are enough Americans who have that in their hearts. That’s the message, man. America."
It’s not going to be easy coming out of the convention, said Tayari.
"Dr. King used to say that in order for evil to triumph, all we have to do is sit back and do nothing," said the deputy mayor, who’s been with Sen. Barack Obama (D-Il.) since the start.
"We are living in an America - and this was proven by the election of Reagan and both Bushes - where mediocrity is looked at as excellence," he added. "This latest Bush framed patriotism as going to war. Mediocrity as excellence. But the America we have faith in - deeper principles laid down that we believe in - that’s going to win out in the end. I always believed Barack Obama would be our next president."
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Did Tayari Rent a Car in Denver?
Someone should remind him to return it before he leaves to go back to Jersey City.
Those Tolerant Liberals
When Tayaru says that evil can triumph, is he referring to McCain as evil? What's with these liberals who preach tolerance but are the most intolerant people in this nation?
Madonna puts photos of McCain with Hitler and Tayaru calls McCain evil. How tolerant is that?
"I figure people drift toward liberalism at a young age, and I always hope that they change when they see how the world really is.”
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Kibili Tayari
Is Max Pizarro an idiot or what??? Why is the media or Jersey City giving him a platform...he is a nothing more than a racists...gee chaeck out the headlines..
"Jersey City Deputy Mayor Kabili Tayari was arrested by Port Authority police yesterday, who pulled him over in a rental car that had been reported stolen, reports said.
Tayari was charged with theft under his given name, Randy Brown, officials said today."
This is too funny!!! Randy Brown...lol...loll
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tayari
Since Mr.Tayari saw it necessary to change his name to an african one; I can only assume he has something to hide. or is he ashamed of this country like Mrs.Barak Hussein Obama. Either way, it is a shame he is living off the taxpayers of Jersey City.