Family - Upholding Conservative New Mexico Values

BY Administrator, ON NOVEMBER 09, 2009

No wonder many have declared there is a culture war in America. With the attacks on traditional values growing by the day, we must stand up for our families, our religions, and our conservative principles. America was founded on principles we must uphold. Pearce has a clear record on social issues and that is why in the past he has been supported by the Family Research Council and the Campaign for Working Families in addition to earning a 100% pro-life rating for his voting record. In Washington, Steve Pearce will stand up for life, traditional marriage and religious freedom.

Check back later for more from Steve Pearce on Family…

A Mother, Son And The President

BY Steve Pearce, ON MARCH 01, 2010

How My Mother Made A Statement About The Power Of Family Ties

You can like former President Bush or not like him. I liked him. I had friends who did not. I did not always agree with him and sometimes we had sharp differences on policy, but he was always respectful and considerate even when he found my votes unhelpful to what he was trying to accomplish.

But this is not about Mr. Bush, or the Presidency, policy or any of the Washington hoopla. This is about my Mom. If any of you have a mother, I think you will get the drift pretty quickly. You may have a story of your own about your mother to share. Send it to the campaign at steve@peopleforpearce.com and we will post a couple of them.

Group Working to Stop New Mother Teresa Stamp

BY Steve Pearce, ON FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Mother Teresa closed with these words at the1994 National Prayer Breakfast:

“From here, a sign of care for the weakest of the weak - the unborn child - must go out to the world. If you become a burning light of justice and peace in the world, then really you will be true to what the founders of this country stood for. God bless you!”

An atheist group, Freedom from Religion Foundation is actively urging their supporters to boycott the Mother Teresa stamp the U.S. Post Office plans to release August 26th. The stamp will recognize Mother Teresa on what would have been her 100th birthday for her humanitarian work that resulted in her being awarded the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.

Political Campaigns - NM Campaign Trail Can Leave You Running On Empty

BY Steve Pearce, ON FEBRUARY 09, 2010

But... the people I meet around New Mexico give me the fuel to keep going

Saturday we had an event filled day departing Albuquerque at 6:47a.m. My staffer noted that I was 2 minutes late. I depend on staff for that external discipline; to keep us on track, on message and on time. Jessica does that. She is efficient, effective, timely and constantly gives feedback on what I am saying in the speeches. It is a terrible responsibility to place on a 25 year old. Campaigns are exhausting, burdensome and highly stressful. The young seem to take to it naturally.

After departing the hotel so late, we arrived on time at our 8 am breakfast in Belen. It was well attended.

My First Lady At The First Ladies Luncheon

BY Steve Pearce, ON FEBRUARY 05, 2010

One of my greatest blessing in life is my family…

...and some of my proudest moments are not about what I have done but about what my wife, Cynthia, has done. One year she was an officer in the Congressional Spouses Club. In that role, she helped plan the First Lady's Luncheon which is an annual affair. When the big day came, Cynthia was radiant as she was escorted down the aisle with thousands of people seated all around her.

Jim Ryun Still Running Strong

BY Steve Pearce, ON FEBRUARY 02, 2010

Jim Ryun Proves Good Guys Do Not Always Finish Last

I served in Congress with Jim Ryun, a Republican from Kansas. He is a conservative. He is one of the real guys. He is open and transparent about his faith.

We are the same age. I was in high school in Hobbs when he was a high school runner in Kansas. I watched the papers for what he was doing. It was electric. Here was a guy my age, 17 years old, who broke the 4 minute mile, still the only high school junior ever to do that. He was at the top of the world. As a senior he ran 3:55! Then, he finished second at the Mexico City Olympics in ‘68…at the ’72 Olympics, he was bumped by another runner and fell. He was on the cover of Sports Illustrated 7 times. Set world records. He was the best.

I never thought I might know him personally, but when I got to Washington, there he was, leading a Congressional Bible Study. We were also both in the Congressional Prayer Caucus.

We both played on the Congressional Baseball team.

Elliot Johnson

Mon, 2009-12-21 10:29 — Steve Pearce

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Healthy Families Heal America

BY Steve Pearce, ON DECEMBER 18, 2009

Government Is Not The Answer - Good People Are

People always ask what it will take to cure this great country; I think it is far simpler than government programs and great tax increases, more prisons or more spending.
I believe when we as individuals and when we as families begin to live correctly then the country will heal. The country is nothing more than the cumulative sum total of all of us and our ills or health.

Yesterday, I had the chance to celebrate one of those lives. The Memorial service for John Elliott Johnson commemorated one of those lives that heal a family, community and nation.

He and his wife, Virginia, made their home in Hobbs, having come here from Kansas. His lovely wife was quoted by one family member as having said, "Elliott was pretty wild in high school." You would not know it to see him raising his family.

Cooperation Greater Than Tolerance

BY Steve Pearce, ON DECEMBER 08, 2009

Progressive Dinner

I sat beside a Progressive Democrat from Oregon last night at dinner. We got along pretty well.

One thing I learned growing up, especially from mom, is not to see people from the outside but for who they are. I can't remember her ever saying those words. I just saw her live that lesson.

In 1957, when I was 10, we moved from an oil company camp in Eunice to Hobbs. I tell people we ran out of money 5 miles outside Hobbs and grew up there in Nadine. The truth is that Dad wanted to have his own 5-acre plot of ground. He wanted to farm that ground, to raise vegetables, to have a milk cow and a few chickens. He wanted to be self-sufficient. Mom wanted to get us out of the 'camp' environment. It was her dislike of "seeing things or people go to seed". A lot of things in that oil camp influenced us kids, very few of them positive.

So when we got to our little rancho, Mom immediately started a 4-H club. She drove our old '54 Mercury up and down the dusty roads around Nadine looking for other poor families trying to escape the town environments. Soon she had a club composed of 10 or 20 local kids-only 3 or 4 families. We had bigger families back then.