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Deace: Ft. Hood shooter ‘may have done America a favor’

If America wakes up and learns the lesson of the Ft. Hood shooting, that Islam is a violent ideology and is incompatible with military service, then the shooter has done the country a favor, Christian conservative radio host Steve Deace said.


Radio host Deace questions Muslims in the military

No one who has “sworn allegiance to Islamic ideology” should be allowed to serve in the U.S. armed forces, Christian conservative radio host Steve Deace said during his show on Monday.
In the aftermath of Major Nidal Hasan’s killing spree at Fort Hood in Texas, questions of whether his actions were inspired by religious fervor are [...]


Controversial radio host continues assault on Grassley

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is once again taking heat from social conservatives, this time in response to a speech he gave over the weekend at an Iowa Christian Alliance banquet.
Controversial Christian radio personality Steve Deace slammed Grassley in a blog post Monday morning, calling his speech “a long, rambling, incoherent embarrassment of something which may [...]


Salier renews threat of Grassley primary

If U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) continues to work with Democrats on health care reform legislation and energy policy, he will face a primary in 2010, conservative activist Bill Salier predicted during an interview on WHO-AM.


Deace lends show to birther movement

Conspiracy theorists claiming President Barack Obama is not a United States citizen were granted an hour of drive-time radio Friday to lay out the “evidence” by Christian radio host Steve Deace.
Deace discussed the issue with Drew Zahn, editor of the conspiracy theory Web site World Net Daily, who said that while his cohorts have been [...]


Radio host slams Fong for not condemning homosexuality

By not denouncing those who support same-sex marriage, GOP gubernatorial candidate Christian Fong is respecting the views of those who advance evil, controversial radio host Steve Deace said Monday on his blog.


Vander Plaats predicts own impeachment over gay marriage

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bob Vander Plaats has renewed his promise to end same-sex marriage with an executive order, even if it means facing impeachment.

Appearing on the show of controversial Christian radio host Steve Deace, Vander Plaats once again said if elected governor in 2010 he would issue an executive order stopping same-sex marriage until the [...]


Conservatives shoot for early influence in 2010 gubernatorial contest

Controversial Christian radio host Steve Deace and conservative blogger Craig Robinson are teaming up to test the field of potential candidates to take on Gov. Chet Culver in 2010.


WHO radio hosts compare alleged Tiller assassin to anti-slavery crusader

Two of Iowa’s top-rated radio personalities compared the man suspected of murdering Kansas doctor George Tiller with 19th Century abolitionist John Brown.


King rapped by social conservative leader for views on court’s authority

A recent guest column by Republican Rep. Steve King in The Des Moines Register has drawn the ire of a leader of Iowa’s social conservative movement, and even raised the specter of a primary.


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