Posts Tagged ‘Steve Deace’

As TheIowaRepublican.com reported earlier this week, Bob Vander Plaats is expected to be nominated for lieutenant governor at today’s Republican state convention. Vander Plaats was a guest on Steve Deace’s radio show yesterday and said that there is a strong possibility that he will attend the convention. He also said that, if convention delegates felt compelled ... Full story

On a regular basis, WHO Radio personality Steve Deace, challenges his listeners to comb through his archives and find one thing that he has ever lied about. As a regular listener and former guest on his show, I don’t think Steve has ever lied, but I do think it is very interesting to ... Full story

By Emily Geiger A little birdie told me that a very interesting question was asked of third congressional district candidates Dave Funk, Pat Bertroche, Scott Batcher, and Jason Lee Welch on WHO radio yesterday afternoon. Listeners were given an opportunity to call in and ask questions directly to the candidates, and one gentleman asked the candidates ... Full story

In last week’s Des Moines Register debate, Bob Vander Plaats claimed that former Governor Branstad told him in March of 2000 that the best way to defeat an incumbent is to “not have a record.” Vander Plaats tried to use his recollection of that meeting ten years ago to attack Branstad, inferring ... Full story

Written by Nathan Tucker Judicial activism was brought home to Iowans last April when the Iowa Supreme Court struck down the state’s Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), leading to a debate, lively at times, over what the conservative response should be. At its core, this discussion is over what the law is, who decides ... Full story

Hours after State Auditor Dave Vaudt endorsed Terry Branstad’s campaign on Tuesday, the Iowa Family Policy Center sent out a press release entitled, “Branstad finds a Human Shield.” The press release relayed IFPC’s disappointment of Vaudt’s endorsement. IFPC also pointed out that former State Auditor Richard Johnson, who held the position during ... Full story

The 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary has entered into its final phase. In less than one month, Iowa Republicans will choose their nominee and then focus their energies on defeating Governor Chet Culver in the fall. Outside of the first two gubernatorial debates, the race has lacked much back and fourth between the three candidates. The main reason why the race is relatively quiet is ... Full story

As some of you may have noticed, I was not on Steve Deace’s radio program this past Monday. After writing an article about Danny Carroll’s appearance on his show, Steve wanted to us to sit down and talk before doing another show. Due to his busy schedule, the first time we were able to ... Full story

Last Thursday, Danny Carroll, the Chairman of the Board of the Iowa Family Policy Center, responded to the article I wrote earlier in the week, which brought light to his previous associations with the people he called out by name on Steve Deace’s radio program a few days earlier. The purpose of the article was ... Full story

As many of you know, Steve Deace is a personal friend of mine. The friendship is genuine. My wife and I have been to his home for dinner, I occasionally show up to his regular card game and I’ve even embarrassed myself while playing Rock Band with Iowa’s most controversial radio talk ... Full story