Talk:Jim Leach

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 * It is believed that should the Democrats retake control of the House, Leach will switch parties. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Radicalsubversiv (talk • contribs) 11:51, 17 February 2005 (UTC)

By who? Based on what? RadicalSubversiv E 11:51, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * I suspect based on his current stands (Full Disclosure: I'm not that dude and I don't have a source). 68.39.174.238 11:51, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Leach is Republican through and through. He's a Rockefeller Republican, sure, but he'll retire before he'll turn Democrat. - Jaysus Chris 05:13, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

What about Whitewater? It was Leach who led the movement in '94 to have President Clinton and his wife investigated for their involvment in the Whitewater scandal. Despite Leach's reputation for party inobedience, Bill won't tell you good things about him. :-( -Amit — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.22.216.150 (talk) 23:22, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Leach would not switch parties. DCW — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.206.230.206 (talk) 03:53, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Leach's involvement in anti-gambling movement
Check this out -Iopq 05:03, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

wrestling date
Wouldn't Jim Leach have been 26 at the time of his HS wrestling championship if that date and his birthdate are correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.190.60.57 (talk) 15:52, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

POV 2006 Election section
The section on the 2006 election uses several weasel words and violates NPOV. It is also in violation of the Biography of living persons policy because it doesn't source statements (which are accusatory in tone) about Mr. Leach. A source should also be added if the gambling bill was actually illegal - or else that qualifier should be removed. --Tim4christ17 talk 15:55, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

The article says nothing about legality of gambling. The act itself is called the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act", so the statement that Leach sponsored the bill is a statement of fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.188.172.194 (talk • contribs)

I stand corrected. However, the rest of the section still needs to be fixed. --Tim4christ17 talk 00:19, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

No problem Tim. I fixed the rest of it.

Online Poker Ban section
Tim, being the one of an evangelical bent, like Leach and the supporters of the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, how can you be considered neutral in any way.

History needs to know the architects of the House and Senate versions of this bill. Why are you trying whitewash over this?

This bill was infact referred to committee; see http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR04411:@@@C. The bill was inserted into the Port Security Act on the Senate side and not the House side so any reference or citation which purports otherwise should be removed from the Leach page.

12/06 - I feel it is still relevant to mention the bill here since it is a known fact that it was a pet project of Jim Leeach and fellow Iowa Congressman John Henry Kyl (May 9, 1919–December 23, 2002). If it hadn't been for these two spearheading the drive to ban online gambing (w/ the help of John Kyl's son Senator Jon Kyl, Senator from Arizona. See how it the conspiracy comes together across both houses of congress?


 * The grand conspiracy involving three rings, a lemur, and an evil carny, right? One 20:09, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

"Liberal"
The change labeling Leach a "liberal" appears suspiciously close to a smear directed against him after his announced support for Barack Obama yesterday. A more nuanced and much more accurate qualitative description of his political leanings is already provided in the biography section ("generally conservative on fiscal issues, moderate on social matters, and progressive in foreign policy"), so I am removing the "liberal" reference. Akulaalfa (talk) 19:45, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Use of the word progressive is fine with me--and liberal, for me, relates to liberty, and as such, is not a cuss word! Homebuilding 75.37.228.84 (talk) 02:23, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Notable Speeches and Arguments
His speech in August, 2008 at the Democratic Party National Convention was a compelling call to bi-partisanship. Can we find a link to this speech and other notable addresses? Homebuilding 75.37.228.84 (talk) 02:23, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Leach's time travel to the 1932–4 Geneva Disarmament Conference
This article currently claims that Leach, who was born in 1942, "served as a delegate to the Geneva Disarmament Conference" after he joined the U.S. Foreign Service, presumably no earlier than 1960. But our current Geneva Disarmament Conference article says that this term is another name for the World Disarmament Conference, aka the "Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments of 1932-34". It gives no indication that there was any such thing that occurred after 1934.

Unless Leach was able to make use of a time machine, this is impossible. Did he perhaps participate in a second (or later) conference also called the "Geneva Disarmament Conference"? If so, that other article should make clear that there were two (or more), and this one should make clear which one Leach participated in. Otherwise, this tidbit should be stricken from this article. In any case, we should have a clear reference citation for this information. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 01:12, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

external link?
Would an interview with transcript with James Leach from 1987 be useful here as an external link? Focus of conversation is nuclear weapons policy. http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D5D2CDA2D2234BFE9200836D9CE7C209 (I have a conflict of interest; otherwise I would add it myself.) Mccallucc (talk) 19:01, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

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