Craig Benson pulling away with NH Gov. GOP nomination, and has 10-pt. lead over possible Democrats

**"I was a Humphrey supporter, but he has totally mismanaged his campaign. It's hopelessly screwed up."**

In what way? By telling the truth about Benson giving tens of thousands to Clinton and the New Hampshire democRATs?

I was a Benson supporter, but at least Humphrey's not sending letters to the editor with your name signed to them without your knowledge . . . talk about screwed up.

Like RJCogburn, I haven't a clear picture of Bruce Keough, but I'm spending more time finding out. He would repeal the statewide property tax immediately and imho, that's a good thing.

Keough certainly doesn't look like a rich RINO and imho can in no way be be put in a box with Benson. Keough has a record of defeating Beverly Hollingworth, unlike Benson who has a record of contributing to her.

Clearly you know nothing about Bruce Keogh.

I know him personally...how about you?

He is an affable gentleman...I think he's smart, and does a pretty darn good job on the stump.

But I could never support the man, because he is pro-abortion...and my experience is that you can't ultimately trust any politician who thinks killing children in the womb is ok.

If they are willing to compromise on the central moral question of our day, they will compromise away anything else that comes along, if they think it is politically popular.

IMO, Gordon Humphrey is the only conservative choice in this primary...during his time in the U.S. Senate, he was the best Senator seated on pro-life issues.

**If they are willing to compromise on the central moral question of our day, they will compromise away anything else that comes along, if they think it is politically popular.**

Well said.
I looked for Keough's and Benson's abortion stance on their web sites and it's not there, unlike Humphrey who says:

"I've been devoted to the pro-life cause throughout my entire public life. During those many years served in the United States Senate and the State Senate, I never wavered in my embrace of pro-life principles."

Humphrey's site is the only one that that takes a stance, and like you, that will weigh heavy with my wife and I.

**"What does a Pro-life Governor mean exactly---Given Roe v. Wade?"**

To me it means a Governor has morals and principals, and is willing to say so. Taking such a stance means he won't compromise his core values imho.

The following is summarized from former Belknap Country Commissioner and N.H. State Representative Dean Dexter's article in the June, July, August, 1997 issue of N.H. Family Watch and explains how a governor imposed her valuses on New Hampshire citizens:

On June 3, 1997, long-time abortion apologist Governor Jeanne Shaheen with her signature expunged three statutes outlawing abortion dating to the 1840s from New Hampshire law.

The laws in question were albeit inactive due to the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Attempts to previously delete these laws had failed, mostly due to either a veto or threatened veto from whoever was governor at the time.

While federal court rulings represent the opinions and inclinations of unelected judges, state laws speak to the values and policies of common citizens as expressed through their elected representatives.

While Justice Harry Blackmun constructed his "Constitutional right" to terminate pregnancy at will, despite laws at the time in nearly all the 50 states similar to the ones disptached in New Hampshire, the blood of literally millions of pre-born innocents were on his hands. When elected representatives met in Concord to repeal what had been argued as just some old laws, a shadow born of an old man's mind spread out over the people of New Hampshire and now the blood is on more hands.

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So you see, imho, a governor can have a profound effect on a state's attitudes toward abortion, even if they cannot end abortion under Roe v. Wade. Surely Maine's governor had to sign off on the statutes that allow abortions performed on a girl of any age without parental permission or consent in the state of Maine?

If abortion is your issue, against any others, then do your thang.

It's a great litmus test.

Take a look at the abortion positions of all members of Congress during impeachment...overlay that with how each individual member voted vis a vis impeaching and convicting Clinton...you will be shocked how closely the two match up...pro-aborts voted with Bubba...pro-lifers voted against him.

I always laugh when pro-abortion politicians brag about being 'fiscal conservatives'...watch their records...the vast majority of them are ultimately no more conservative fiscally than they are socially. If a politician will compromise on the sacred nature of human life, they will compromise on anything given enough political pressure.

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