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1. #1
   On August 28th, 2008 at 1:54 pm, PBoilermaker said:

   Not surprised.

   Strange, considering all of the “life long dems” doing the opposite.

   Oh, wait.

2. #2
   On August 28th, 2008 at 1:57 pm, John Ansell said:

   Thanks Michelle, I won a bet with my wife. I told her last night that you would nail one of their speakers on their B.S.. I thought is was going to be one of the “vets” though. Still, it’s a win.

3. #3
   On August 28th, 2008 at 1:57 pm, Barry F. said:

   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.

   Well. Well. So, that is what a “lifelong Republican” looks like in South Dakota?

4. #4
   On August 28th, 2008 at 1:58 pm, guitarplayer said:

   I am so glad that the Supreme Court ruled on the 2nd Amendment being an individual right. It’ll help to stop some of the gun-ban schemes these clowns want to enact.

5. #5
   On August 28th, 2008 at 1:59 pm, trailortrash said:

   haha busted

6. #6
   On August 28th, 2008 at 2:02 pm, cheapseat said:

   i am shocked shocked that any democrat would tell a fib.

7. #7
   On August 28th, 2008 at 2:03 pm, hawkeye54 said:

   Usually the term “lifelong” Republican is a red flag.

   The person identifying him/herself as such to the press is usually no such thing.

   Anyway, to really be “lifelong” parents would have to register their children at birth on the voting rolls, a rite traditionally associated with Democrats : ).

8. #8
   On August 28th, 2008 at 2:04 pm, meatpieandtatters said:

   Wait til the NRA starts promoting Barry’s anti-gun plan.

9. #9
   On August 28th, 2008 at 2:05 pm, love2rumba said:

   I guess celebrity is a disease that once it sets in completely corrupts the soul.

10. #10
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:07 pm, WrathOfKhan said:

    Link isn’t working. Recap?

11. #11
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:07 pm, right4life said:

    is there anything wacko dem libs don’t lie about?

12. #12
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:08 pm, Hector Berlioz said:

    Today there was a “conservative” (I’ve been a conservative for 25 yeas!”) on Dennis Prager’s show who tried to argue that nothing drastic would really happen if the WH, House, and Senate went to tthe Dems. He said he was “more a Goldwater conservative than a Reagan conservative.”

13. #13
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:12 pm, vickisoup said:

    I could tell by how new and crisp his suit was that he was a poser. He probably didn’t know how to tie his own tie, either. Poser Loser.

14. #14
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:12 pm, guitarplayer said:

    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:07 pm, right4life said:

    is there anything wacko dem libs don’t lie about?

    They don’t lie. They just moderate their positions.

15. #15
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:14 pm, right4life said:

    very true, they grow become more nuanced

16. #16
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:19 pm, Paul Revere said:

    Exactly when did his life begin? Ooops, we can’t ask or answer those questions. They are above our pay grade.

17. #17
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:19 pm, navywife91 said:

    Wasn’t there a woman, during the Kerry campaign, who claimed to be a “lifelong Republican”, too. A little investigation and she was caught in a lie.

18. #18
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:21 pm, Kaitian said:

    I can’t connect to the site.

19. #19
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:21 pm, Regulus said:

    Anytime I see or hear the term “lifelong Republican” I go into immediate “Moby Alert” mode.

    How many genuine Republicans have you ever heard refer to themselves that way?

    But the donkeys keep trying. The thing about being stupid is that dumb ideas that make you say “Eureka!” to yourself don’t always have the same effect on others not as stupid.

20. #20
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:22 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    is there anything wacko dem libs don’t lie about?
    

    Yes, I believe they tell the truth when they say they hate Republicans. I work with a fair share of whaco dem libs and overhear it in their conversation.

    At times when I mention that I’m a Republican, they don’t say it to my face, but in shear unbelief that a government employee is a Republican, they turn ashen, quiver, shake and nearly faint in revultion. From that point on they make a point to take an alternate route around my workstation lest they be infected by further contact. : )

21. #21
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:23 pm, ajmontana said:

    Kaitian said:
    I can’t connect to the site.

    same here.

22. #22
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:24 pm, Lan Astaslem said:

    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:23 pm, ajmontana said:
    same here.

    I think we overloaded it.

23. #23
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:30 pm, DaveCal said:

    This is more of the propoganda from the left. Not unlike the self proclaimed “non-partisan non-profit corporations” that are anything BUT non-partisan (see AccountleAmerica and Factcheck.org). It amazaes me that the people on the left who complain about secrecy and spin from the right, seem perfectly comfortable perpetuating it from the left.

24. #24
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:31 pm, Michelle Malkin said:

    I added an excerpt up top.

25. #25
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:32 pm, Jim M. said:

    Steve Sibson, a South Dakota blogger who runs Sibby Online, has been dogging old Tony for years now.

    Here is some of the text of a post in the Mount Blogmore section of the Rapid City Journal:

    Thanks for pointing out that Tony Dean is just like you; a far-left extremist who cares more about the cause of the environmental wackos than he does about the constitution of the United States. Now there is no way that Tony Dean can be confused with being a Republican. Tony Dean is way too much like Doug Wiken. But David Kranz reported on Tony Dean’s leadership of the “Republicans for Johnson” committee on August 20, 2002.

    Then a month later, on the day before the NRA was to announce their endorsement for John Thune, David Kranz wrote on Tony Dean in his Sunday column (great timing by Kranz). Then on the next day, Tim Johnson held a press conference just before the NRA press conference (great timing again) that starred Tony Dean as he called the NRA liars. Instead Tony Dean called Tim Johnson a strong Second Amendment supporter. Tim Johnson, the guy who voted in support of the first Million Mom March supporters. The one whose emcee was Rosie O-Donnell. The Rosie who said hunters who think they have a right to own guns, should be thrown into jail. The Rosie who said that only law enforcement (and later her bodyguard) should be allowed to own a gun.

    The Tim Johnson who voted against gun shows. A vote that caused a tie, only to be broken by Vice-President Al Gore. A vote that caused Al Gore to lose his home state of Tennessee in the 2000 Presidential race. Too many labor union member, the normal Democrat stronghold, that were also gun owners decided to vote for GW. If Gore had taken his home state of Tennessee, Florida would not have mattered.

    So by 2002, Tim Johnson needed some camouflage for his anti-gun votes. So enters Tony Dean. The controversy could have been dissolved if the South Dakota MSM had done its job and presented Tim Johnson’s voting record. But they did not, and many sportsman went to the polls misinformed in an election that Johnson won my only a few hundred votes. If David Kranz had disclosed the above voting record that I sent him in early October 2002, Johnson might have lost. And then Kranz’s college buddy would have lost his spot as Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate!

    Then after the election, David Kranz wrote on how masterful Johnson’s campaign handlers performed. Twice he praised Tony Dean for being a key factor as he neutralized the NRA. I doubt Tony Dean could have pulled it out without David Kranz holding back on Johnson’s anti-gun voting records. And twice Kranz announced Tony Dean’s plan to run as a Democrat in 2004.

    Seems like old Tony is rather infamous as a political shape shifter in his home turf.

26. #26
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:33 pm, vickisoup said:

    OH! I couldn’t see the link and incorrectly thought we were dissing the so-called Republican from the convention yesterday. Oops.

27. #27
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:34 pm, rightisright said:

    aj and Kaitian, took awhile but I finally got through…must be heavy traffic.

28. #28
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:35 pm, jencab said:

    Typical of the libs: lie, lie, lie.

29. #29
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:40 pm, tre said:

    I’m sure that some REAL turncoats could be found if they looked hard enough. So why do they need to put these guys up?

30. #30
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:44 pm, ajmontana said:

    Michelle Malkin said:
    I added an excerpt up top.

    Thanks M and RiR.

31. #31
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:44 pm, navywife91 said:

    Michelle, is that really you responding????? One of our resident trolls accused you of having your husband blog for you. Why can’t you get a troll filter?

32. #32
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:45 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Prolly a “lifelong” gun owner too. Idiot

33. #33
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:46 pm, neocon527 said:

    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:05 pm, love2rumba said:
    I guess celebrity is a disease that once it sets in completely corrupts the soul.

    Do you think that happened to McCain during his 12th appearance on The Tonight Show or his 13th? Or was it on the set of Wedding Crashers? Or maybe during rehearsals for Saturday Night Live? Shrug. Ya just never know with these celebrities, do ya?

34. #34
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:46 pm, ajmontana said:

    Ha! Liar Liar Toga’s on Fire.

35. #35
    On August 28th, 2008 at 2:50 pm, meatpieandtatters said:

    Dean is another decoy for Obama’s anti-gun and anti-2nd amendment attitudes.

    

36. #36
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:07 pm, ajmontana said:

    On-my-soap-box said:
    Prolly a “lifelong” gun owner too. Idiot

    And I’m sure he got paid some bucks for this and can buy more guns. or weed.

    The Toilet Ticket
    No Odumpy/Bidet 08′

37. #37
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:09 pm, Lifeofthemind said:

    Guess I am one of the few “Life Long Republicans” you may ever meet. My presumption is that most true Republicans were at some point Democrats. Then they grew up.

38. #38
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:11 pm, radio relay said:

    Another lieing democrat…. imagine that!

    If you’re sensitive to lieing democrats, don’t watch “the speech” at the Superbowl spectacular tonight.

    Just heard on Fox that the little chipmunk gymnast, Shawn Johnson, is going to lead the Pledge Of Allegiance before The One descends into the stadium… Wonder if she’ll do back flips when he arrives?

39. #39
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:19 pm, BruceB said:

    Like our own lifetime republican “lgm”

40. #40
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:21 pm, ahraley said:

    As an avid hunter, I don’t know any “Sportmen,” that support Obama. So that would be my first clue to call B.S.

    On another note, I’ll be watching the stadium spectical tonight… No not what your thinking… but rather, the start of college football!!

41. #41
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:26 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    Probably a member of this gun control shill organization as well as being a “life-long Republican:”

    http://www.huntersandshooters.com/index.php

    A quick perusal of the board of directors looks like a listing of FOBs and gun banners.

    I’m sick of the duplicity lies of the left. I was registered as a Democrat at one time, but the party left me.

    ECS

42. #42
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:27 pm, neocon527 said:

    Slow news day? He’s a 68 year old man. Let’s say he’s an even bigger “liar” and switched parties when Bush took office in 2000. If he registered at the age of 18, that would mean he was a Republican for 42 years. Would it only count if he switched parties outside the venue? Seriously…

43. #43
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:30 pm, PBoilermaker said:

    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:11 pm, radio relay said:
    Just heard on Fox that the little chipmunk gymnast, Shawn Johnson, is going to lead the Pledge Of Allegiance before The One descends into the stadium…

    Shocka!

44. #44
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:31 pm, sambo said:

    Reminds me of all those republican questionair plants in the debates. Not to mention that they were planting their own questions to themselves in press conferences/townhall/debates.

45. #45
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:34 pm, sambo said:

    neocon527 said:
    Slow news day?

    Your right. Tony Dean switched political parties because of his love for Obama…but LGM would switch sexual orientation for him.

46. #46
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:35 pm, dakine said:

    Classy radio. Refer to a 16 year old kid who just did her country proud in the Olypmics as a “chipmunk”. Nice.

47. #47
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:36 pm, DagneyT said:

    I knew he was a fraud just from the fact that there’s no way any self-respecting gun owner would be pro-Obama!

48. #48
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:48 pm, jegjr said:

    Yeh, because he’s just had it with all that stuff that’s made him a Republican, and has decided to now vote for the MOST LIBERAL ON EVERY ISSUE candidate. Right.

49. #49
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:53 pm, DBNinKY said:

    Every time I read or hear the words “I’m a lifelong Republican but this election I’m…” from some supposedly renowned personality, I always tune out. People who say and do such things were never real Republicans, i.e., Republican registrants who actually cast ballots for a Republican candidates; people like this just register Republican so they can feel the self-righteousness of thinking themselves “enlightened” as they consistently vote for the Democrat in every election, every time.

50. #50
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:54 pm, DBNinKY said:

    Oops! MM, thank you for exposing these frauds and not letting the MSM give the impression that Republicans are quitters -

51. #51
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:54 pm, orlandocajun said:

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

    Thank God he switched parties!

52. #52
    On August 28th, 2008 at 3:54 pm, RetFireman said:

    Sorry, but I have long ago thrown away anyone who starts with, “I have been a Repubican all my life, but…” Their statements on blogs and comment sections are always Left or Liberal and when you call them on it, they throw out that they are supposedly Conservative or Republican. I think they actually believe that true Conservatives and Republicans are actually fooled by this, but in all actuality it is only the Liberals and the MSM that falls for their crock o` poop.

    No true Conservative or Republican would EVER vote for The Golden Calf in this lifetime or any other. The ruse never works, and there just will not be any number of Righties that would see one of these buffoons and think, ‘Well shucks golly…if he can vote for him, so can I.”

    It is one of their most pathetic ploys out there.

53. #53
    On August 28th, 2008 at 4:13 pm, pgtips said:

    “This is not what Americans believe”

54. #54
    On August 28th, 2008 at 4:18 pm, navywife91 said:

    Slow news day? He’s a 68 year old man. Let’s say he’s an even bigger “liar” and switched parties when Bush took office in 2000. If he registered at the age of 18, that would mean he was a Republican for 42 years. Would it only count if he switched parties outside the venue? Seriously…

    You obviously know this guy or you’re just making up more lies about his backround to try to make excuses for the lies he told???? Maybe there is a “lifelong” republican out there who is voting for the One. Bring him/her out and stop making stuff up.

55. #55
    On August 28th, 2008 at 4:31 pm, right_on said:

    Tony Dean, switch-hitter…obviously a happy Democrat.

56. #56
    On August 28th, 2008 at 4:36 pm, ahraley said:

    I don’t know if there are many Hannity listeners here, but if there are I have a question. Has anyone else noted that in the last month there have been a ton of Obama supporters who call him? They are all reading off of the same script. They start the conversation, “I have been a long time listener of yours….”

57. #57
    On August 28th, 2008 at 4:38 pm, radio relay said:

    Classy radio. Refer to a 16 year old kid who just did her country proud in the Olypmics as a “chipmunk”. Nice.

    Right… A liberal trying to lecture me on “class”. Now I’ve heard it all!

    Save your “holier than thou” b.s. for tonight when you’re watching your messiah.

58. #58
    On August 28th, 2008 at 4:39 pm, mushroom said:

    On August 28th, 2008 at 1:58 pm, guitarplayer said:
    I am so glad that the Supreme Court ruled on the 2nd Amendment being an individual right. It’ll help to stop some of the gun-ban schemes these clowns want to enact.

    Don’t relax just yet, GP. If BHO is elected, he will be appointing one, maybe two, Supremes to the Court. They will be anti 2nd Amendment. With Dems in control of the House and Senate, we’re screwed.

59. #59
    On August 28th, 2008 at 4:39 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Tony who?

60. #60
    On August 28th, 2008 at 4:45 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    I confess; I was donkey before I got attacked by a knife wielding lunatic.

    After defending myself, getting a lecture about letting the thug have what they want convinced me to change poltical affilations, and yes the single parent lectured me about not hitting her daughter because she was a drug addict and a girl.

    And people wonder why I changed to the party of Regan.

    GSP

61. #61
    On August 28th, 2008 at 4:46 pm, Bachbone said:

    The NRA has Obama’s and fake hunting supporters’ numbers, and is actively educating its membership and the public. Obama has flat out lied about his votes to ban guns. Fortunately, there are records to catch him at his lies. He’s in the same gun grabbing tent with Hillary, Bloomberg, Schumer, Teddy Kennedy. Feinstein and the rest of the usual suspects. You know…the ones who have taxpayer provided protection and don’t have to wait for overworked local law enforcement to get to their homes. The “do as I say, not as I do” crowd.

62. #62
    On August 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Today, a life-long Republican in rural Pennsylvania announced he is switching parties and will be forming a Bitter Gun and Bible Clingers for Obama group. The announcement was made from the portico in front of his Neo-Faux-Classical barn, which looks out on a field filled with 200,000 Holsteins…

63. #63
    On August 28th, 2008 at 4:59 pm, mushroom said:

    On August 28th, 2008 at 4:45 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:
    I confess; I was donkey before I got attacked by a knife wielding lunatic.

    I can relate. Know the definition of a conservative? It’s a liberal… who’s been mugged.

64. #64
    On August 28th, 2008 at 4:59 pm, right_on said:

    I personally think Tamias striatus are cute little critters! Oops, I said “critters.”

65. #65
    On August 28th, 2008 at 5:07 pm, neocon527 said:

    navywife…it does not require me to know the man to know his age.

66. #66
    On August 28th, 2008 at 5:13 pm, dakine said:

    You’re childish comment speaks for itself as it relates to your lack of class. BTW, I’m far from a liberal, but you’re prone to making assumptions. Are you sure you’re not the liberal around here?

67. #67
    On August 28th, 2008 at 5:15 pm, neocon527 said:

    And all I did was put forward the idea that if a 68 year old man starts voting Democrat in 2000 or 2002 and had been a Republican before that, it’s fair to say that 42 years of being a Republican vs. 8 years of being a Democrat is a fairly substantial difference.

68. #68
    On August 28th, 2008 at 5:26 pm, navywife91 said:

    On August 28th, 2008 at 5:07 pm, neocon527 said:
    navywife…it does not require me to know the man to know his age.

    You know that’s not what I meant. It has nothing to do with his age. You’re making excuses to fit the story being told.

69. #69
    On August 28th, 2008 at 5:31 pm, navywife91 said:

    And all I did was put forward the idea make up another story that if a 68 year old man starts voting Democrat in 2000 or 2002 and had been a Republican before that, it’s fair to say that 42 years of being a Republican vs. 8 years of being a Democrat is a fairly substantial difference.

    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.

    The problem is that they’re calling a guy a lifelong Republican and pretending like Obama’s candidacy somehow converted him.

    Dean told the Dallas News he’s switching parties to head a Sportsmen for Obama group.

70. #70
    On August 28th, 2008 at 5:38 pm, Investor612 said:

    I just moved to SD from MN. I’ve been watching Tony Dean’s TV shows for years -most often flipping past them channel surfing-and I usually like hunting and fishing shows. I’ve seen his articles in local outdoor publications. Tony Dean isn’t and never has been a Republican. He swallowed the Al Gore nonsense hook, line, and sinker.

    He’s way down the list in popularity among the hunting and fishing personalities-celebrities-columnists-hosts. His endorsement have about as much impact as an ant on an 18 wheeeler load.

71. #71
    On August 28th, 2008 at 5:49 pm, GaMidnightRider said:

    I wonder if this guy is such an outdoorsman if he will be asking Ted Nugget to go on a hunting trip. We can only hope that Ted has a Dick Chaney accident if they do….LOL I hope Ted whacks him and stacks him…LOL

72. #72
    On August 28th, 2008 at 5:50 pm, almeehan said:

    How much attention will the MSM give this?

73. #73
    On August 28th, 2008 at 6:42 pm, bedje said:

    Maybe this is the same guy that John Kerry wanted to know, “Is this where you buy your hunting license”?

74. #74
    On August 28th, 2008 at 6:45 pm, bedje said:

    GaMidnightRider, we can hope for such a hunting expedition (with Nugent). Probably might take the fellow out snipe hunting.

75. #75
    On August 28th, 2008 at 7:50 pm, corkie said:

    On August 28th, 2008 at 5:15 pm, neocon527 said:

    And all I did was put forward the idea that if a 68 year old man starts voting Democrat in 2000 or 2002 and had been a Republican before that, it’s fair to say that 42 years of being a Republican vs. 8 years of being a Democrat is a fairly substantial difference.

    The criterion is simple, it’s whether or not he switched for Obama.

    Next…

76. #76
    On August 28th, 2008 at 8:05 pm, travlinman said:

    I am a life-long outdoorsman and hunt whenever I get the chance. I do not know Tony Dean. I do know this, he does not represent most of us who do enjoy hunting and the shooting sports. We are too aware of the dangers of anyone who would dilute the 2nd amendment like Barack Obama. I would guess that Mr. Dean must be independantly wealthy to risk his sponsors’ wrath in order to endorse an anti-gun candidate.

77. #77
    On August 28th, 2008 at 9:15 pm, raybury said:

    Actually Johnson won in 2002, thanks not only to fake sportsmen but some suspicious activity related to Indian reservations, defeating Thune by a few hundred votes. Two years later, Thune unseated Tom Daschle.

78. #78
    On August 29th, 2008 at 10:09 am, plymouthacclaim said:

    This guy’s a “lifelong” Republican the same way that Obama has “always” said a particular thing.

    Kinda Orwellian: “We’ve always been at war with Eastasia, I mean Eurasia.”

79. #79
    On August 29th, 2008 at 10:48 am, chep said:

    Gun owners know about Obama. We will not believe his minions and their lies.

80. #80
    On August 29th, 2008 at 10:49 am, chep said:

    suspicious activity related to Indian reservations

    Sounds like Washington Governor Christine Gregoire.

81. #81
    On August 30th, 2008 at 10:51 am, RW_the_original said:

    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.

    They’ve corrected this at the Buckeye site. Thune lost to Johnson then later won a race against Daschle.