From The Page:

We face a new generation of challenges, challenges which threaten our prosperity, our security and our future. 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. And to me, that is unthinkable.

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.

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. I wonder how it is that unelected judges, like some in my state of Massachusetts, are so unaware of this reality, so oblivious to the millennia of recorded history. It is time for the people of America to fortify marriage through constitutional amendment, so that liberal judges cannot continue to attack it!

The attack on our culture is not our sole challenge. We face economic competition unlike anything we have ever known before. China and Asia are emerging from centuries of poverty. Their people are plentiful, innovative, and ambitious. If we do not change course, Asia or China will pass us by as the economic superpower, just as we passed England and France during the last century. The prosperity and security of our children and grandchildren depend on us.

And Barack and Hillary have made their intentions clear regarding Iraq and the war on terror. They would retreat and declare defeat. And the consequence of that would be devastating. It would mean attacks on America, launched from safe havens that make Afghanistan under the Taliban look like child’s play. About this, I have no doubt.

A good summary of the absence of conservative principles in so-called conservative places (the Conservative Political Action Committee, where this speech was given):

1. American exceptionalism and national greatness; we must be number 1. Anything less is "unthinkable".

2. Tolerance for pornography leads to out-of-wedlock births. Sure.

3. The only good families are those with a male father and a female mother. We must stop creating new kinds of families by a constitutional amendment to prevent gay marriage. A classic example of how conservatives do not believe that government should intrude upon private matters. Right.

4. The horror! China and Asia are emerging from poverty. They may pass us as economic superpowers. Though this could only be good for all of the world, nevertheless we must fear it because we’re supposed to be number 1.

5. The worst: Vote Democratic in the presidential election and you will die. Empire building, interventionism at home and abroad, and fearmongering are the bedrock principles of the new so-called conservatism.