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Why Ted and Not Trump?

There's one reason above all.

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Mar 08, 2016
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by Rod D. Martin
March 8, 2016

A good friend asked me today why she should vote for Cruz rather than Trump. So I told her.

I am not yet of the opinion that Trump is evil (as some are). But he is absolutely not our best pick. I can give you lots of reasons, but here's the main one: even if Trump were the greatest candidate (other than Ted) who ever lived, the most important thing for the future of Christendom and the Constitution and the way we will live for the next generation if not longer that will be decided in this election is Supreme Court justices.

We have already lost Scalia. We may lose as many as four more in the next presidency.

There has never in all our history been a Presidential contender so qualified to pick Supreme Court justices as Ted Cruz. And this is a moment in which we simply cannot afford to get it wrong. If you want me to explain that qualification I will, but I am telling you that there's simply no comparison. And if he gets it right (and Republicans are 50/50 gett…

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