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Michelle Malkin: Fake “lifelong Republican” alert
http://michellemalkin.com/ ^ | August 28, 2008 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 08/28/2008 12:13:51 PM PDT by lowbridge

Exposed.

[F]ormer Joyce Foundation board member Barack Obama has secured yet another faux Second Amendment supporter in “lifelong Republican” Tony Dean, a long-time host of hunting and fishing television shows in South Dakota. Dean told the Dallas News he’s switching parties to head a Sportsmen for Obama group.

A “lifelong Republican” that is “switching parties to head a Sportsmen for Obama group”?

This is an interesting claim, given that Dean was mentioned by the Rapid City Journal in 2003 as a “possible Democratic candidate for Congress” who endorsed Democrat Senator Tim Johnson for reelection just a year earlier. Dean’s efforts to draw gun owners to Johnson weren’t enough, and Johnson’s Republican challenger, John Thune, became a U.S. Senator from South Dakota. According to public records, Dean donated money to another anti-gun South Dakota Democrat, Tom Daschle, also in 2003.

For Tony Dean to have “switch[ed] parties to head a Sportsmen for Obama group” he would have to have done so at least two years before Obama was even elected to Senate, and five years prior to he announced his presidential bid. Indeed, it appears the word “lifelong” is as difficult for Dean and the Obama campaign to define as the word “is” is to Bill Clinton.

Dean is quoted by the Dallas News as saying he’s “99 percent sure a President Obama isn’t going to infringe on gun rights.” But seeing as Mr. Dean, who at least one blogger has been dubbed ‘South Dakota’s Al Gore’ because of his fervent belief in human-cause global warming, describes himself as a “moderate on the gun issue” who “opposes the NRA on most gun issues,” his assurances about Obama aren’t likely to be much consolation to pro-gun voters.



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Speaking of phony "lifelong Republicans":

Fahey, a lifelong Republican who is now an ardent Obama supporter

I looked up Frank Fahey and found this article from 2000 which describes him then as an "independent":

http://www.sptimes.com/News/013100/Worldandnation/In_NH__candidates_wit.shtml

"In Lebanon, independent voter Frank Fahey..."

1 posted on 08/28/2008 12:13:51 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

bookmark

Thanks for posting this.


2 posted on 08/28/2008 12:15:49 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: lowbridge

How could the host of a hunting show disagree with the NRA on most issues? Perhaps he wants to retire....
susie


3 posted on 08/28/2008 12:20:10 PM PDT by brytlea (Obama--Jimmy Carter's Second Term)
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To: lowbridge

The only thing that you have to know is ...”If they are with the Democrat Party ...They are liars!”


4 posted on 08/28/2008 12:20:28 PM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: lowbridge
I looked up Frank Fahey and found this article from 2000 which describes him then as an "independent"

We all know that independent is a code word for "votes democratic but - due to anti-establishment leaning - refuses to label themselves as actually belonging to the side they really belong to." Scarborough got that one right recently.

5 posted on 08/28/2008 12:21:15 PM PDT by bolobaby
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To: lowbridge

Thank you "the right Michelle," Michelle Malkin. I was hoping someone would vet these "ordinary people" the RATs are putting on parade. It's hardly a surprise to learn they are not who they say they are, but nice to have it confirmed.
/PronounReferenceFault




Wouldn't MM make an interesting Veep choice! /SemiSerious

6 posted on 08/28/2008 12:23:37 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Michelle Obama is the only woman in the world who can make Hillary look warm and cuddly.")
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To: lowbridge

Fake, but accurate.


7 posted on 08/28/2008 12:24:45 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (DRILL HERE. DRILL NOW. PAY LESS!)
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To: lowbridge
Why can't we fight like this?
8 posted on 08/28/2008 12:28:14 PM PDT by roses of sharon ((Who sent Barack Hussein Obama?))
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To: lowbridge

bump


9 posted on 08/28/2008 12:32:26 PM PDT by lowbridge ("I have never learned to fight for my freedom. I was only good at enjoying it" - Van Den Boogaard)
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To: roses of sharon
Why can't we fight like this?

Because the media would instantly and gleefully expose us?

10 posted on 08/28/2008 12:38:09 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Without the second, the rest are just politicians' BS.)
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To: lowbridge

MM is a tough gal. Those punks in Denver as well as the idiot, Alex Jones, could not fluster her. Keep it up MM.


11 posted on 08/28/2008 12:40:09 PM PDT by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
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To: NonValueAdded
Wouldn't MM make an interesting Veep choice! /SemiSerious

Works for me...Great Caesar's Ghost! That is one gorgeous woman!!!

It seems to me as VP she could have a single main assignment...keep her blog up to date.

12 posted on 08/28/2008 12:50:22 PM PDT by stevem
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To: lowbridge

Rat astroturf.


13 posted on 08/28/2008 12:53:10 PM PDT by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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To: brytlea
How could the host of a hunting show disagree with the NRA on most issues?

If I were to hazard I guess, I'd say it's because, like Jim Zumbo, he thinks the Second Amendment is about hunting, and that no one "needs" a semi-automatic firearm, of any kind.


14 posted on 08/28/2008 12:56:50 PM PDT by holymoly ("A lot" is two words.)
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To: NonValueAdded

Hey, let me be the millionth person to say it:

This homegirl is HOT!


15 posted on 08/28/2008 12:58:33 PM PDT by Ben Reyes
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To: NonValueAdded

Hey, let me be the millionth person to say it:

This homegirl is HOT!


16 posted on 08/28/2008 12:58:35 PM PDT by Ben Reyes
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To: lowbridge

Not a damn thing about hunting mentioned in the 2nd Amendment. Zip. Zilch. Nada. OTOH, Article 1 Section 8 defines the missions of the militia (which as currently legally defined in 10 USC 311, is all able-bodied males 17-45) as follows ... a) “execute the laws of the union” b) “suppress insurrections” and c) “repel invasions.” At a minimum, the 2nd prohibits the government from infringing on an individual right (thank you Alan Gura, Bob Levy, et al for Heller v. DC) to keep and bear arms suitable for those missions. Arms in current use by our military would be ideal for such missions, such as the M4/M16 or the M249 Minimi SAW, grenades, bayonets, the M9 (Beretta 9mm) pistol, etc. We have quite a few unconstitutional gun laws on the books at this time, and we should dump them.


17 posted on 08/28/2008 1:05:01 PM PDT by RKV (He who has the guns makes the rules)
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To: lowbridge

I thought Thune beat Tom Daschle, who was Senate Minority Leader (a much better victory imho).


18 posted on 08/28/2008 1:08:53 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: Alas Babylon!

Further reflection; Thune LOST to Johnson in 2002, barely (voter fraud on Indian reservations?), but then went on to beat Daschle in 2004.


19 posted on 08/28/2008 1:12:20 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: Ben Reyes

>>This homegirl is HOT!>>

I’ve got a pic of her backside in jeans. No, I’m not sharing and I’m not posting! Yes, I know she is married...


20 posted on 08/28/2008 1:32:15 PM PDT by Righter-than-Rush
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