Pro-Personhood Candidates

by Ed Hanks

Time was, you couldn't get elected as a Republican in Colorado if you didn't have the "three exceptions." Candidates would be coached to say, "I'm opposed to abortion except in cases of rape, incest or the life of the mother."

Such candidates were actually considered fully pro-life. Or "as pro-life as we can get."

Thank God that time is past.

Pro-life groups were complicit, allowing candidates to get away with calling themselves "pro-life", even if they supported abortion for what turns out to be 8,000 dead, fully innocent, human babies every year. Yes, it's less than 1% of abortions nationwide, but those 8,000 children have the same Right to Life as the rest of us. They should be protected -- there's no reason to exclude these innocent children as less than human, just because the circumstances of their birth involved a rape.

Today's pro-life movement realizes that. It's time candidates realize that too.

How important is it to you that your representatives in Congress and at the State Legislature share your views on life issues? That they be not just "pro-life with exceptions," but fully pro-life, opposed to all abortions?

If you think that's important, I'm going to remind you in just a moment and see if it was really that important.

The world is changing. More than 50% of Americans -- more than 50% of WOMEN! -- tell Gallup Polls they're pro-life. A quarter of Americans think abortion should never be allowed, except to save the life of the mother (which is not really an abortion, so long as the doctor tries to save both mother and child). Even the European Union is entering a petition-gathering phase to try to ban abortion across the European continent. If the EU doesn't approve it, at least it will put Europeans' representatives on record for their constituents to know where they stand.

The same thing is happening in the US. This year, six of the top candidates for the GOP presidential nomination (Bachmann, Santorum, Paul, Perry, Gingrich & Cain) endorsed the Personhood of the unborn child, pledging that they would support abortion for NO reason.

In Colorado, 69% of Republicans at the State Assembly voted for Personhood protections beginning at conception.

Yet, only 25% of Colorado legislators support Personhood -- about 25 of them, only half of the Republicans.

One reason why is there's more money available to support liberal candidates, even in GOP primaries. A pro-Personhood candidate in 2010 lost the primary to the legislature's most pro-abortion Republican because the pro-Obamacare medical lobby came through with thousands of dollars for her! Now, Sen. Ellen Roberts (R-Durango) is the most liberal Republican in the Senate, and she voted with the Democrats to kill this year's Fetal Homicide measure which would have simply recognized unborn victims of crime as victims under the law, and not just a sad side-effect of an attack upon her mother.

Making sure that you and your friends only vote for pro-Personhood candidates is just one part of the solution.

Another key part is making sure pro-Personhood candidates have enough money to compete, not just in the November elections, but even in the June primary election against Republicans who aren't pro-life.

So how important is it to you?  Is it important enough to contribute just $50 to pro-Personhood candidates?

If so, please use this donate button and give $50 to the Conservative Renewal Fund (CRF) small donor committee.

Being pro-life is not the only criteria for the candidates to meet -- they're asked to be pro-liberty and fiscally conservative too -- but every candidate who gets money from the Conservative Renewal Fund will be pledged to support Personhood protections for unborn children in law -- from conception until natural death.

I realize the financial stresses placed upon families these days.  My family feels them too.  But we do find small amounts to give to causes we believe in, including to support Personhood and the candidates who also support Personhood.  If you've found it in your heart to "put your money where your mouth is," then bless you!

If you are willing to give more, then I will point you to another committee that does the same thing, but which deals in larger amounts of money.  Colorado Conservative Action (CCA) has the same criteria as the Conservative Renewal Fund, and you may donate up to $500 to give to candidates through CCA.  The button to donate to CCA is below.

Remember, if YOU don't donate, someone who supports abortion surely will, and the results will be predictale. Pro-life candidates cannot win enough of these seats without financial support from like-minded citizens.

If you can only contribute a smaller amount, or if you'd prefer not to donate online, please send it in by mail:

Ed Hanks
Colorado Conservative Action
1005 Northridge Rd.
Littleton, CO 80126
720-301-4270

Bless you for your beliefs, and bless you for the moral support you provide to efforts to establish Personhood for the unborn. Bless you if you've decided to support these candidates financially.

Please, if you cannot spare money, PLEASE pray for us, please help collect signatures for the 2012 Personhood amendment, and please vote for ONLY those candidates who pledge to support Personhood.

A list of pro-Personhood candidates in Colorado can be found at the Colorado Right to Life Blog.

Together, we will persevere and the children will be protected.

The world is changing! Will you help change it?

Why Supporting Conservatives In Primaries Matters

Two things happened at the Colorado Capitol Wednesday (Apr. 11) which illustrate how utterly important it is to support conservative candidates in primaries. Vocal personal support isn't enough - they need your financial support, within your means.

In a minute I'll explain an easy, affordable way to help.

Case 1: Some Republicans Oppose Republican Principles

Wednesday, House Republicans and Democrats debated Colorado's budget. There are 33 Republicans, and 32 Democrats - a 1-vote GOP majority.

Conventional wisdom says when it's that close, you support any Republican, no matter if they oppose conservative principles. Don't rock the boat.

Some Republicans, led by Rep. Chris Holbert and Rep. Marsha Looper, rocked the boat. They made a stand against taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood. Any taxpayer funding (direct or indirect) for an organization that provides abortions is illegal under Colorado law - it's in the Constitution. That doesn't stop Democrats from trying anyway. And they did Wednesday.

Holbert, Looper, and a number of other stalwart conservatives rallied the troops and got every Republican to vote NO on funding.

That's a success story. But how did we get there?

Wouldn't it have been easier to block funding back when the GOP had more than a one-vote majority? Seems like a point in favor of the "big tent" and "don't rock the boat" camps, but it's not.

The backstory is that just a few years ago, even when Republicans held a substantial majority in the Statehouse, a few Republican legislators - as many as one-third - would have voted with the Democrats to support Planned Parenthood.

Primaries matter. Supporting conservative candidates matters.

If conservative candidates hadn't stepped up and challenged the liberal, RINO Republicans (Republicans in Name Only), and if conservative citizens hadn't stepped up and donated to the conservative cause, a majority of the House would still support Planned Parenthood and all the killing they do. Excusing all the state laws they violate. Accepting all the young women they place in jeopardy.  

YOUR tax money supporting the deaths of thousands of unborn children in Colorado! 

Supporting conservative candidates matters!

In 2010, Colorado Conservative Action helped Rep. Chris Holbert win a 3-way primary election. He's now a rising star in the conservative movement, and is leading the fight on many conservative issues.

Case 2: Some Republicans Are Liberal Extremists

In 2003, Scott Peterson killed his pregnant wife Laci and dumped her body, and the body of his unborn son Connor, into San Francisco Bay. California charged him with two murders.

In the years since then, public outcry caused 38 states to enact laws allowing the killing of an unborn child during the commission of a crime to be charged as a separate murder. Colorado, almost a decade later, remains one of a handful without such a law.

Why? Because so many Republican legislators did whatever Planned Parenthood wanted. Pro-abortion forces had a functional majority in a legislature controlled by Republicans! And Planned Parenthood didn't want any laws on the books that might suggest an unborn child has value to anyone - even his or her own pregnant mother.

Polls show anywhere from 70-90% of citizens believe the killing of pregnant moms' "wanted" children should be prosecuted as murder. A majority of Democrats hold such a position. Even a majority of pro-choicers. Opposing these laws is extreme!

But Wednesday, Republican Senator Ellen Roberts voted with the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee to kill even this most basic protection for unborn children - a measure supported by the vast majority of Coloradans. Roberts has been in the pocket of Planned Parenthood since she won her first election.

Supporting conservatives is important. Supporting them financially is especially important.

In 2010, Colorado Conservative Action gave money to conservative Republican Dean Boehler during the primary in an attempt to prevent Ellen Roberts from being elected to the Senate. She won the primary anyway, but it wasn't easy.

Colorado Conservative Action tried to stop Ellen Roberts, and her extremist agenda. Maybe with more donations we could have done it. 

She's the most pro-abortion Republican in the Senate. She's also the second worst tax-and-spend Republican in the Senate, according to the Colorado Union of Taxpayers.

Beware all the liberals dressed as conservatives this election season. There are many Republican candidates who don't match their rhetoric.

CCA only supports candidates who are pledged to be 1) pro-life, 2) pro-gun, 3) fiscally conservative, and 4) pro-liberty (and all the things that entails - 10th Amendment, property rights, etc.). You can feel confident that if you donate to Colorado Conservative Action these candidates will be vetted on these important principles, and the money will be wisely allocated only to candidates who really mean what they say.

This committee can only donate to candidates at the state level (i.e. not candidates for federal, county or city offices). By law, I cannot promise to support a particular candidate.

Its goal is to replace liberal Republicans and Democrats with principled conservatives in the State House and Senate by financially supporting them in primaries, and then also in the November election.

Will YOU Donate to Help Conservative Candidates?

Please contact me if you have any questions, or if you want to make sure I'm the real thing. I've worked on campaigns since 1984 and served as a political communicator at the State Capitol as press secretary and speechwriter. I know how to evaluate candidates and how to spot evasions when trying to pin them down.

Colorado Conservative Action can receive checks, or Paypal donations, from US citizens of up to $550 per election cycle. Less than that is fine.

If anything more than $50 is outside your budget, then you could donate to my small donor committee, the Conservative Renewal Fund (I sometimes call it the "Conservative Renewal Authority" for fun).

Anything you can contribute will help the cause. Contributing to Colorado Conservative Action magnifies your money, allowing you to donate more than just direct contributions. It also amplifies your political voice, because candidates who receive donations from CCA know they're getting it because they are steadfast in defending conservative principles and they'll be held accountable.  

Thanks to your generosity, conservative candidates will get a check with a "note" attached - one that says, "Thanks for standing up for conservative values!"

Every individual citizen can donate up to $550. Other members of your household may also donate $550. I'll need to know the name and occupation of each individual donor.

I will appreciate anything you can give, and so will principled candidates.

Ed Hanks
Colorado Conservative Action
1005 Northridge Rd.
Littleton, CO 80126 720-301-4270
coloconservative@aol.com

Find Colorado Conservative Action at www.coloradoconservative.org
($550 donation limit - US citizens only)

or

Find the Conservative Renewal Fund at www.renewalauthority.org
($50 donation limit - US citizens only)

2012 Election Cycle Starts

It's that time of year again, when candidates need money for their campaigns, and because of the complex campaign-finance rules in Colorado, many grass roots candidates rely upon "political committees" to get alot of their funding from individual supporters who can't give more than a relatively small amount themselves. Such committees pool the resources of many different donors for a common purpose.

Colorado Conservative Action has a history of supporting only strong, credible conservative candidates. Pro-life, pro-gun, fiscal conservatives who also support the liberties and limitations upon government that conservatives have come to view as sacred in this day of intensive, INTRUSIVE government control.

In the 2010 election cycle, CCA supported names you will be familiar with as conservative stalwarts in the legislature -- Rep. Chris Holbert from Parker and Sen. Kevin Grantham from Canon City. Both had primary elections against less conservative opponents, and both are now newly elected, but have already earned their stripes following their convictions in the legislature.

Your donation to Colorado Conservative Action today will help a new crop of freshman conservatives get to where YOU want them to be! Please help with a donation of up to $550 to CCA. If that's too rich for your blood, I also operate a "small donor committee" -- the Conservative Renewal Authority (dba Conservative Renewal Fund) -- which has the ability to give MORE money than this committee, but which can only take donations of $50 per person (meaning it takes alot more of you to provide the same punch).

Please call me at 720-301-4270 if you have further questions. Please note that these committees can only support candidates for state office or state legislative offices, not for Congress or President, etc. This is grass roots politics for grass roots candidates.

Thank you for your support!

Ed Hanks

Independence Day - Three Solid Candidates

This Independence Day, Colorado Conservative Action has written three checks for three stalwart conservatives running for legislative office. These guys are going to help us “declare independence” from those who push the “nanny-state control-state” which now rules our state legislature. But they need your help, and so does CCA need your help to help them.

None of them have received the maximum contribution from CCA yet, so your contribution can send yet more funds their way. Can you help us provide more money for these three great candidates?

CCA only supports candidates who are true conservatives – fiscal conservatives, pro-life, pro-gun, and not just “saying” they believe these things, but going on the record and having enough sincerity or credentials that we know they are serious.

Dean Boehler is running for State Senate District 6, in western and southwestern Colorado – from Pagosa Springs to Durango, then north as far as Montrose. He is running against a liberal Republican who has a seriously bad record on a number of things. State Representative Ellen Roberts – his primary opponent was ranked as the MOST pro-abortion Republican in the whole legislature!

Boehler was going to run for another office, but he checked into Roberts’ record and realized it was his duty to run as a solid conservative candidate against her. It’s never easy running against a current legislator, even one who’s running for a different office, but Dean Boehler knocked her socks off at the District Assembly (carrying 67% of the votes, and almost keeping Roberts off the ballot!). Dean Boehler has the strength and determination to win despite his opponent's fundraising lead. He's making up for it through sweat and tears and a strong grass-roots presence. Whoever wins the Republican nomination has a good chance of beating the do-nothing Democrat incumbent. There should be a clear difference in principles between the Republican candidate and the Democrat, and that will only happen with Dean Boehler!

Kevin Grantham is running for State Senate District 2, in south-central Colorado – the counties around Pueblo, including some of the city and its suburbs, from Canon City into the Arkansas River Valley. This is a district that has been held by Republicans and is likely to be held by the GOP. Grantham s running on solid fiscally and socially conservative ideals, and is competing in a primary against an establishment candidate with experience in county government – a bureaucrat who will do what bureaucrats do, in ignorance of conservative principles. His opponent is also on record as supporting abortion (stated he is "pro-choice" in a recent radio appearance). Grantham's conservative principles are in stark contrast to his opponent.

Chris Holbert is running for State House District 44 in Douglas County – an area which includes Parker, Lone Tree and Roxborough Park. It’s a district populated mostly by strong conservatives, but 2 of the 3 Republicans running aren't conservatives! Holbert supports solid conservative principles – social and fiscal – and is running against two candidates with quite a bit less to say for themselves, including another teacher/bureaucrat on the one hand, and a wealthy government contractor on the other. Holbert has the backing of almost every legislator we conservatives have come to admire, but this won’t be an easy race because of his opponent’s self-funded campaign spending spree. Don’t let a liberal Republican buy this office – help give Chris Holbert the opportunity to be Colorado’s star freshman in the coming State House!

Each of these three candidates is also a committed Christian, bearing solid witness and demonstrating their faith through service to their community here and abroad.

There are many other great candidates out there, but some of them don’t face a Republican primary opponent, and others don’t need much help defeating their Democrat opponent. Funding conservatives in tough primaries is the best way for us to get the RINOs (Republicans in Name Only) out of office and make sure our Republican officeholders represent YOU, and not some special interest or middle-of-the-road voter who doesn’t understand principles and doesn’t really know what he believes. Colorado Conservative Action will help candidates out after the primaries too, but there are good conservatives who need our help now.

Will you help us by giving a donation that represents your urgent desire to change our government? Naturally, we ask you to give the maximum donation if you can -- $525 per person (a two-person household can give twice for $1050). If you can’t give that much, then please give what you can. These funds will be directed toward people who believe the way you and I believe – true conservatives who we can trust to do the job right.

Thank you!

Ed Hanks
Colorado Conservative Action

Write checks of no more than $525 to Colorado Conservative Action, and send to Ed Hanks, 1005 Northridge Rd., Littleton, CO 80126 or donate online using the Paypal button at the bottom of this page (or at the top).

Welcome to Colorado Conservative Action!

I have been involved in Colorado politics for a long time, and never have I seen a more promising opportunity for the conservative movement than now!

The strength of reaction against the headlong lurch of this country toward socialism under Obama now in 2010 is very like what we saw in 1978, as Jimmy Carter showed us how bad things could get. That means the scene is set for a Ronald Reagan, too.

In Colorado, we've seen our own version of Obama-lite, and it hasn't set well with the population as a whole. The opportunity exists here too -- THIS year.

Colorado Conservative Action (CCA) stands ready to play a role in supporting this "farm team" of conservatives here in the Rocky Mountains.

CCA is a "political committee," registered with the Secretary of State's office, which means I can accept donations of any amount up to $525 from any person (and a recent Supreme Court ruling may mean that "person" can include a business - if you're interested in donating as a business ask me and I'll look it up for sure) during this election cycle. I can take $525 from each spouse in your family, if you're willing to give that much to help out the conservative cause.

The rules also say I must split that money up in increments to each candidate. Fortunately, I know already there are at least a dozen legislative candidates who are solid conservatives, plus some promising candidates running for statewide office.

If you want to donate money to candidates who are certified, committed conservatives, CCA is a great place to donate. Certainly, I encourage you to donate to individual candidates, too. But there is an added "multiplicative factor" from donating to a political committee that adds to your voice. I promise, as registered agent for CCA, that I will check these people out on their conservative principles using my "highly developed" senses for detecting evasion or subterfuge.

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What are MY standards for THEM to stand by?

There is no right more fundamental than the Right to Life. If the government thinks it can kill you, then you HAVE no other rights. I will only support candidates who can think clearly about pro-life issues, and that includes support for this year's Amendment 62, the Personhood Amendment to protect unborn children from conception forward.

If you cannot defend yourself against those who think they have the power to take from you, then you don't really have many other rights to exercise either. The God-given right to keep and bear arms is meant to be guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment, and we've got some "shoring up" to do on this front! Other amendments are supposed to guarantee the God-given right to property ("Thou shalt not steal") and freedom from search and seizure (yes, God forbids kidnapping too).

And if the 10th Amendment were being more strongly adhered to, these things would not be so out of balance as they are.

None of these rights I've already listed has been adequately protected by our leaders in Washington or Denver, and I sense a reticence even among traditional Republican leaders to protect them. We need a new generation of leaders who have the guts to make America the country it was meant to be by our God-fearing Founding Fathers.

Fiscal conservatism goes without saying. The Taxpayer's Bill of Rights protected Colorado citizens for many years until it was compromised, first, by Republicans and then subsequently shredded by Democrats. Who's going to stand up again for the Citizen?

Illegal immigration is a concern for all. I have no problem with illegal immigrants themselves, except for the fact that they're breaking the law. Laws should be enforced if they're just (i.e. fair, right, correct) laws, and gotten rid of if they're not. Border security is a just law, and we need to treat both, our citizens and our non-citizens "justly."

And the cause of education is served by having choices as to where to send our children, which would best be served by tax credits for private or home schooling without overbearing government oversight.

There are many other issues which I might consider, but these are the highlights. Fortunately, though in years past we might not have seen alot of candidates who were serious about these issues, this year has brought out a number of very promising citizen leaders, and I hope you will enable me to support them on your behalf.

In case you're wondering about my qualifications to judge, I did serve at the Capitol for 7 years in public relations roles with both, the Governor's Office and the State House. But I DID NOT drink the rust-tainted water (no, seriously -- don't drink from the Capitol water fountains!). I've also been associated with the Colorado Republican Assembly, which is a group of committed conservatives within the GOP.

I have training and experience in campaign management, messsaging and campaign strategy, as well as in understanding every angle of the issues, and I can tell if someone knows what they're talking about and whether they have a fair chance of winning. I can even help them out with advice and counsel if they need it.

I'm not against supporting principled long-shot candidates, but I'll concentrate the money I'm entrusted with for maximum long-term effect, and that means selecting for both, principle and viability.

Lastly, I'll mention that I have also registered a "small donor committee" -- the Conservative Renewal Fund (CRF) -- which can only accept donations of $50 per person, but which can actually give much more money per candidate than CCA can. You CAN donate to both, CCA and the Renewal Fund. You may still donate if you're not a resident of Colorado, but you MUST be a US citizen.

Frankly, since a Small Donor Committee can distribute money in larger chunks than a political committee, $50 donated to the Conservative Renewal Fund might actually have more impact than $100 donated here. Please consider donating there first, and if you can donate more, come back to this site.

I would be blessed to be YOUR agent to support these worthy candidates. Please donate to help them out!

Sincerely,

Ed Hanks
720-301-4270