Now there are fake Republicans. From Matthew Sheffield finds two in one day. He e-mails:

NBC Highlights ‘Life-Long Republican’ for Obama Who Hasn’t Voted GOP Since Reagan
On Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News, Andrea Mitchell showcased “a lifelong Republican, who twice voted for George Bush, now canvassing for Obama” as a “precinct captain” in Iowa. In an interview two months ago, however, Monica Green listed Ronald Reagan as the last Republican President with whom she “identified” and, asked whether she’d vote for Reagan if he were running against Barack Obama today, she equivocated as she implied Reagan was too anti-communist:
“You mean if he was running against Obama today? Oh my goodness. That’s a good question…His views on communism were probably not the view I would appreciate today. I’ve got a much more global perspective today, and Obama touches that.”
In other words, Green is a liberal Democrat. NBC didn’t let that get in the way of its story, though.
Bush-bashing ‘Republican’ Henry Lowenstein, NYT’s Favorite
The quickest way to get the liberal media to pay attention to you is to claim to be a Republican who hates Republicans. It’s an almost infallible public relations strategy that has done wonders for “lifelong Republican” Henry A. Lowenstein, who has managed to get 20 different letters published in the New York Times since 2003, a remarkable feat when you consider that the Times (by its own admission) receives around 1,000 letters a day and prints only 15 on its letters page.
Lowenstein is hardly a Republican, though. A look through his Times letters shows a persistent left-wing Democrat angle:
From today’s edition: “We have allowed this administration to lie, cheat and break the law, and to break its sacred oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.” May 26, 2003: “The decline of the dollar is a sign of what may come if we allow the folly of tax cuts when what we really need is a huge influx of capital and a shrinking of our trade deficits. February 26, 2004: “John Kerry is no ‘Massachusetts liberal’ and no Michael Dukakis. John Kerry is Karl Rove’s worst nightmare: a candidate who can go eye to eye with the president on foreign policy and terrorism, and whose record on health care, the environment and jobs is exemplary. August 18, 2005: “The Bush administration’s domestic plan is to make sure that every worthwhile, successful and fair entitlement program is eliminated. The administration’s constituents, the super rich, do not need or want these programs.