A post from 2008: Romney's speech was great at CPAC

A post from 2008:

Mitt Romney's CPAC speech was memorable. This is one of those that you should save in your archives. Here are some of my favorite lines:

"I am convinced that unless America changes course, we will become the France of the 21st century—still a great nation, but no longer the leader of the world, no longer the superpower."

On values, he said:

"The 1960’s welfare programs created a culture of poverty.

Some think we won that battle when we reformed welfare, but the liberals haven’t given up.
At every turn, they try to substitute government largesse for individual responsibility.

They fight to strip work requirements from welfare, to put more people on Medicaid, and to remove more and more people from having to pay any income tax whatsoever.

Dependency is death to initiative, risk-taking and opportunity.

Dependency is a culture-killing drug—we have got to fight it like the poison it is!
The attack on faith and religion is no less relentless.

And tolerance for pornography—even celebration of it—and sexual promiscuity, combined with the twisted incentives of government welfare programs have led to today’s grim realities:

68% of African American children are born out-of-wedlock, 45% of Hispanic children, and 25% of White children.

How much harder it is for these children to succeed in school—and in life.
A nation built on the principles of the founding fathers cannot long stand when its children are raised without fathers in the home. The development of a child is enhanced by having a mother and father. Such a family is the ideal for the future of the child and for the strength of a nation."

Speaking of our allies, he said this:

"Europe is facing a demographic disaster. That is the inevitable product of weakened faith in the Creator, failed families, disrespect for the sanctity of human life and eroded morality.

Some reason that culture is merely an accessory to America’s vitality; we know that it is the source of our strength.

And we are not dissuaded by the snickers and knowing glances when we stand up for family values, and morality, and culture. We will always be honored to stand on principle and to stand for principle."

This is one of the best speeches of this campaign.

Let's hope that Sen. McCain selects Gov. Romney as VP this fall. It would be a great ticket!