Just read this @ radioiowa. He evidently made his announcement in Sheldon. Not that really matters where he makes his grand pronouncement - either way he's still an egotistical dipshit.
"I picked Sheldon because that's where I was raised and that's where the values were instilled in me and whether it was through home or through church or through school or through the community, it's the values of: 'We value life and we value a culture of life,'" Vander Plaats says. "...It's where we learned about marriage: one man/one woman, traditional marriage."
"But what I sense today is that the people of Iowa are really embracing the message more than ever that we need a real life leader from real life experience and real life results to serve," Vander Plaats says. "They don't want politics as usual anymore."
Vander Plaats has never before held elective office, but he argues that's a plus in the current environment. "People are discouraged with kind of the entitlement, the establishment and just politics as usual," Vander Plaats says. "They want fresh blood."
That is a barb aimed at former Governor Terry Branstad and party insiders who are pushing Branstad to run for a fifth term. Vander Plaats says the public is fed up with career politicians.
"I think when you take a look at the 'Tea Party' movement, if you take a look at the town hall meetings and the people who are showing up and voicing their opinion, those just aren't rank-and-file Republicans -- those are Independents; those are Democrats; some of them have never been involved in the process before," Vander Plaats says. "Basically, they're saying: 'I've had enough!'"
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