we had phonebook, but you wouldn't waste an afternoon on it. facebook just sounds like a drag. when we were kids, we didn't say we were single. we were just kids. it was weird if you weren't single. yes, we had poking, but it wasn't something you did on a computer. it was something you did on a hayride, under a blanket. oh, sorry. things were a lot different when i was growing up. my father, horace, was a traveling salesman who moved our family to california during the great depression. i mean, that's the kind of stuff you only read about in novels. and, to think, i've lived through a world war, worked on radio, and films, on "mary tyler moore," and "the golden girls." [ cheers and applause ] and now i'm here tonight because you wanted me to be. [ cheers and applause ] i really just want to say i feel so loved. thank you. if i could, i would take you all on a big hayride. starting with you, sir. no, not you. you. guess what -- jay-z is here. [ cheers and applause ] and if i had a dime for every time i've said that, i'd have one dime, which wasn't anything to shake a stick at in

because every candidate, and i don't know, there might be 15, 20, it might be the phonebook. every one of them, i am the most conservative guy who ever lived. i am pretty confident, if you had any speaker who said, who stood up and said, i'm establishment moderate who stands for nothing. they don't say that. so, how do you tell the difference? the scriptures tell us, you shall know them by their fruits. and i would encourage each of you to ask every single candidate who stands up in front of you, you say you believe these principles, show me. when have you stood up and fought for them, when have you bled for them, what have you accomplished? if you say you oppose obamacare, when have you stood up and fought to stop it? if you say you oppose president obama's unconstitutional executive amnesty, when have you sit up and fought to stop it? if you say you support the first amendment, where were you in indiana? if you say you support the second amendment, where were you when harry reid and the president were coming after our gun rights? if you say support the 10th amendment, if yo

. >> william buckley said he would rather be governed by the first 10 names in the phonebook and the faculty at harvard. should we be concerned about this? how does this intersect with your thesis? >> i think we should be concerned. this is good for me that they all go to harvard and yale law school got three former students who are senators. mike bennett chris coons, cory booker. i have students who were present at the national constitution. good for me. it's not good for the country. it's not good for the country because i think it's too narrow a pathway. and i believe in diversity. i believe in geographic diversity. every part of the country is something to contribute. i believe in for similar reasons that, i hate to admit it but it turns out there are more than two good schools in america. so i do actually find it too narrow a pathway. >> but you did say that justices are redeemed or at least geography resurrects itself by the fact most were raised near port cities. >> i do think, there are some ways of slicing it geographically. here's one way. it's north against south and the s

because every candidate, and i don't know, there might be 15, 20, 30 50, it might take a phonebook byend of it. but every one of them, i am the most conservative guy who ever lived. i am pretty confident, if you had any speakers today who stood up here and said, i'm an establishment moderate who stands for nothing. [laughter] senator cruz: they don't say that. so, how do you tell the difference? well, the scriptures tell us you shall know them by their fruits. [applause] senator cruz: and i would encourage each of you to ask every single candidate who stands up in front of you, you say you believe these principles, show me. when have you stood up and fought for them, when have you bled for them, what have you accomplished? [applause] senator cruz: if you say you oppose obamacare, when have you stood up and fought to stop it? [applause] senator cruz: if you say you oppose president obama's unconstitutional executive amnesty, when have you stood up and fought to stop it? [applause] senator cruz if you say you : support the first amendment, where were you in indiana? [applause] senator c

because every candidate, and i don't know, there might be 15 20, it might be the phonebook.e guy who ever lived. i am pretty confident, if you had any speaker who said, who stood up and said, i'm establishment moderate who stands for nothing. they don't say that. so, how do you tell the difference? the scriptures tell us, you shall know them by their fruits. and i would encourage each of you to ask every single candidate who stands up in front of you, you say you believe these principles, show me. when have you stood up and fought for them, when have you bled for them, what have you accomplished? if you say you oppose obamacare, when have you stood up and fought to stop it? if you say you oppose president obama's unconstitutional executive amnesty, when have you sit up and fought to stop it? if you say you support the first amendment, where were you in indiana? if you say you support the second amendment, where were you when harry reid and the president were coming after our gun rights? if you say support the 10th amendment, if you say you oppose common core, when have you s