Speeches to Conservative Political Action 2008 Conference
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Abortion
John McCain: Pro-life and an advocate for the Rights of Man everywhere.
Mike Huckabee: Will lead fight for constitutional ban on abortion.
Ron Paul: Define life at conception in law, as scientific statement.
Ron Paul: Protecting the life of the unborn is protecting liberty.
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Budget & Economy
Ron Paul: There’s payback for guns and butter.
Ron Paul: Repeal 16th Amendment and get rid of the income tax.
Ron Paul: Great nations and empires end for financial reasons.
Ron Paul: Live within our means and start paying down the deficit now.
Ron Paul: All bets are off if a cataclysmic dollar devaluation occurs.
Ron Paul: We owe foreigners $2.7 trillion and more printing won’t do.
Ron Paul: Stimulus package means more printing & devaluing the dollar.
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Civil Rights
Ron Paul: National ID card is part of fear-based government.
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Families & Children
Mitt Romney: Child development enhanced by having a mother & father.
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Foreign Policy
George W. Bush: History’s verdict takes time to reveal itself.
Mike Huckabee: Impeach judges who yield on our sovereignty.
Mitt Romney: Unless US changes course, we’ll no longer be superpower.
Ron Paul: Can’t spread our goodness through the barrel of a gun.
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Government Reform
Ron Paul: Constitution defines much smaller government.
Ron Paul: Received the most campaign contributions from the military.
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Homeland Security
Dick Cheney: 6 years after 9/11, the war on terror is still real.
Mitt Romney: Raise military spending to 4% of our GDP.
Ron Paul: Military is not in good shape; we have a de facto draft.
Ron Paul: We’re broke and we just can’t continue to police the world.
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Immigration
John McCain: Other aspects only after consensus that borders are secure.
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Principles & Values
George W. Bush: It is a privilege to see America’s greatness up close.
John McCain: I’m a mainstream conservative; judge my record as a whole.
John McCain: My most basic conservative principle: liberty comes from God.
John McCain: This 2008 election is about hugely consequential things.
Mike Huckabee: Without moral absolutes, we are lost and confused.
Mike Huckabee: Childhood heroes in AR: Jesus, Elvis, and FDR.
Mike Huckabee: American’s greatness is because we’re rooted in our faith.
Mike Huckabee: Not exiting; I didn’t major in math; I majored in miracles.
Mitt Romney: Withdrawing from race to help McCain beat Democrats.
Ron Paul: We lost because we’re neither compassionate nor conservative.
Ron Paul: Liberty promotes peace, and peace promotes prosperity.
Ron Paul: Tyranny and inflation are ancient, Bill of Rights isn’t.
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Technology
Mike Huckabee: Post every federal expenditure on Internet without 24 hours.
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War & Peace
Dick Cheney: Our new strategy in Iraq has succeeded by careful planning.
John McCain: Costs will be far greater should we fail in Iraq.
Mike Huckabee: Islamofascism must disappear from the face of the earth.
Mitt Romney: To Jihadists, democracy is blasphemous since people make law.
Ron Paul: Voted for going after Al Qaeda, not invading Iraq.
Ron Paul: Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11; Al Qaeda was not in Iraq.
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Welfare & Poverty
Mitt Romney: Opportunity is in our DNA; dependency is death to initiative.
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The above quotations are from Speeches to Conservative Political Action 2008 Conference.
Republican Conventions and Conferences:
- Conservative Political Action Conference, Feb. 12-14, 2011
- Conservative Political Action Conference, Feb. 18-20, 2010
- Conservative Political Action Conference, Feb. 27-28, 2009
- Republican National Convention, Sept. 3rd-5th, 2008
- Conservative Political Action Conference, Feb. 7, 2008
- 2004 Republican Convention, in New York City, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2004
Democratic Conventions and Conferences:
- Democratic National Convention, Aug. 26th-Aug. 28th, 2008
- Take Back America Conference, June 18-20 2007
- Take Back America Conference, June 13-15, 2006
- Take Back America Conference, June 2-3, 2005
- Democratic National Convention, July 24-27 2004
- MoveOn questionnaire, June 17, 2003
- Take Back America Conference, June 4-6, 2003
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