Obama’s rural strategy includes Tony Dean

The Dallas Morning News did an analysis of Obama’s rural strategy (remember, those of us who gling to our guns and religion):

Barack Obama, after losing most of the rural South to Hillary Rodham Clinton in the primaries, will stress pocketbook issues this week to woo voters in the wide open spaces.

If recent elections are any guide, the Democratic convention may be Mr. Obama’s last shot at building rural support.

A lifelong city dweller, Mr. Obama is tugged in opposite directions on whether to stick with — or scale back — his campaign’s springtime swagger that it would "expand the map," challenging John McCain in reliably red states where rural voters may be key.

And Obama’s big white hope…none other than Tony Dean:

Outdoors TV show host Tony Dean, a lifelong Republican, said he’s switching parties to head a Sportsmen for Obama group. Mr. Dean said he’s "99 percent sure a President Obama isn’t going to infringe on gun rights."

Well Mr. Dean, I am 100% that a far-left elitist mocking rural folks who cling to their guns and religious cannot be trusted with our gun rights. And now I understand why Tony Dean and Pat Powers hate Rush Limbaugh:

Mr. Laney, though, says rural voters don’t necessarily have to identify with Mr. Obama.

"They’re not looking for a tribe, they’re looking for somebody to represent their issues very well. And if they’ll just look, instead of listening to Rush Limbaugh, they’ll find out that in most cases, the Democrats are much more in tune."

What a laugh that one is. ANd now for the werious, no one should follow a man who mocks the Bible.

Comments

[Tony Dean]

C'mon Steve, I don't hate Rush Limbaugh, a man who has a corner on that hatred stuff, along with his sidekick, Sean Hannity.

And you know, I certainly don't hate you.

Hate is what's wrong with America today.

We disagree. So what? YOu have your opinion, and I have mine. But while we disagree, I certainly don't hate you.

Finally, I have not switched parties.

[Steve Sibson]

Tony,

I don't hate you neither. I corrected my post in regard to your Party status. Actually I believe the hate is mostly a function of the war between the Parties and is a distraction from the the real issues. I am not a McCain fan, so I hope the two of us can stay on issues and not become a part of that fraternity fight. I am afraid Pat Powers is a lost cause in that regard. He is fueled by hate.

[Tony Dean]

Steve: Great white hope? that's a tasteless, almost purely racist comment.

Tony

[Tony Dean]

Steve: I'm not a McCain fan either, though I confess I liked the old "maverick" McCain.
However, MT. Gov, Brian Schweitser did not, "John voted with George Bush 95 percent of the time. That's not a maverick, that's a sidekick.

I think his appointment of Sarah Palin is a joke, though I know you are impressed with her right to life attitude. I'm mostly objecting to her pushing hard for the Pebble Mine, a true disaster in the making slated at the headwaters of the Bristol Bay watershed which hosts the largest runs of sockeye salmon in the world. I was there, I know what is at stake. The mine tailings will go into a small lake with a dam the size of Oahe erected (earthen) around it. However, this is in Alaska's rim of fire and subject to numerous earthquakes. This could trigger a catastrophic event.

I wrote Gov. Palin about this, as well as an email, and never received the courtesy of a response.

[Steve Sibson]

Tony,

So do you think only whites can be racist?

[Tony Dean]

Of course not, but I felt your jibe sounded racist. If not, I will overlook it.

What about the question I posed on Tim Johnson and the support he's getting from the NRA?

[Steve Sibson]

Tony,

I was just trying to be a little funny. Perhaps in poor taste. So I will apologize.

I plan on dealing with the Tim Johnson's gun issue late Sunday or first thing Monday when the blog activity gets back up to speed after the weekend.