Talk:Rod Blum

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Political Positions in Introductions + NPOV

The inclusion of selective political positions and unsourced subjective statements is not seen in any of the three other Iowa Congressmen's Wiki pages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Loebsack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Young_(Iowa_politician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_King

The information listed is noted in political positions already, so this appears to be a selective editing by Snooganssnoogans to influence the NPOV.

IowaGovt (talk) 15:54, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

From Wikipedia Manual of Style

The lead should be written in a clear, accessible style with a neutral point of view. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IowaGovt (talk • contribs) 21:59, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Barack Obama

Supposed quotation given here was title given to article by Dubuque Telegrah-Herald's editors, was not a quote by Rod Blum

IowaGovt (talk) 15:56, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Tea Party Republican in lede

As the lede already explains that he's a Republican, it makes sense to add an additional eight words where he self-describes himself as a Tea Party Republican. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 11:15, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]