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Good News For Flake Campaign, Victor Denied Debate Invitation
Chandler, Arizona, [Oct. 15, 2012]- In a surprising twist of good news for embattled Republican candidate Jeff Flake, Marc J. Victor, Libertarian Senate candidate, was denied an invitation to this evenings second Senate debate to be held in Tucson at 6:00 pm on PBS 6, simulcast on NPR 89.1.
During Wednesday’s Horizon debate, Mr. Victor, running right of the so called libertarian record of representative Flake, criticized Mr. Flake on his vote for the Patriot Act, and on his hallmark “accomplishment” the elimination of earmarks.
In a statement released today, Mr. Victor said, “As I remarked in the debate, the elimination of earmarks as a fiscal savings tactic amounts to only 0.5% of the budget, a miniscule drop in an ocean of federal spending. What my opponents don’t want you to hear is that our government has a huge spending problem. The federal government needs a 12 step program to recover from its collective addiction to spending but my opponents are codependents, you can’t ask them to solve the problem. My proposal is bold, there is no tinkering around the edges. My proposal is to bring our government back under control by cutting departments like the department of energy, department of education and the IRS. Not one of these actually brings value to American citizens, but they all add enormous regulation, bureaucracy and costs which equals taxes for American families.” Mr. Victor continued, “Apparently what I have to say, the plain and hard faced truth, is too detrimental to be allowed the same open forum as the other candidates. The government can’t or won’t get its spending under control and they would rather find a way to make you and me foot their bills. Earmarks are just a token snip offered by Mr. Flake when what we need is a major pruning.”
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About Marc Victor: Marc J. Victor, aka “Attorney for Freedom” is a practicing criminal defense attorney with an office in Chandler, Arizona, since 1994. Regarded as an expert, Mr. Victor also writes articles and lectures on the criminal justice system to judges, prosecutors and police officers. Mr. Victor is a veteran and has been a lifelong advocate for freedom and civil liberties, is pro 2nd amendment, would end the war on drugs, and as senator, would reduce government to its constitutionally defined role of protecting the rights of the individual and nothing further.
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When I first ran against Trent Franks in 2004, the local PBS gave airtime to the incumbent and his Democratic opponent. I was not invited. I did not find out about the televised “debate” until early that day.
Had I had a couple of days notice I would have filed a federal lawsuit asking for equal consideration from a publicly funded organization. I don’t have a problem with a private broadcaster doing whatever it wants. But a publicly funded one, no. Either let me in as the remedy for equal time participation or block the debate from broadcast. Post-debate I would ask for either equal time with the same questions on the next show or even better, fining them the amount of federal money they receive. In Phoenix it is 25%…don’t know about Tucson.
Of course, I would not stop anyone who wanted to write to the station (whether public or private) to complain about bipartisan or favoratism behavior and demand the letter be included in the stations FCC file for their review at the next license hearing.