Update CA-04 campaign:
As many of you know I have been an advocate in Northern California for Theodore Terbolizard’s campaign for the 4th Congressional District. Tonight there was a debate on local radio (KFBK) between the four Republican Candidates running for this seat. Originally this event was to be sponsored by “Citizen Voice” which is a non-profit organization who nearly violated federal election law by specifically barring both Terbolizard and Suzanne Jones from participating in the debate, calling them “inviable candidates” (The full text of my email to Citizen Voice President, Gary Dietrich below).

Sadly this has been the theme of the mainstream media for the entire length of the campaign. Having been called out by the Suzanne Jones and Terbolizard campaigns, citizen voice stepped down from sponsoring the debate. KFBK stepped up at that time and invited all four candidates to participate. Listening to the debate I heard what I have heard in the previous debates I attended; Familiar rhetoric from both Tom McClintock and Doug Ose attacking the reputation of one another. It is getting very old. As usual Theodore Terbolizard danced circles around the other candidates with his knowledge of the constitution and his conviction in his values of freedom and individual rights.

Something I hadn’t heard before is Doug Ose’s stance against Medicinal Marijuana. He came off as having an irrational emotional response to the subject, denying that it was the people of California’s right to vote on the subject of medicinal marijuana.
After the debate on the Bruce Maiman show, each and every caller was relieved that they were hearing all 4 candidates, and that Terbolizard’s message and knowledge of the constitution was impressive. Everest was even quoted on the show saying, “Terbo is my man, anyone who carries a copy of the Constitution in his pocket is the kind of man we must have represent us in Washington.” Score one for the 1st Amendment and for the local candidates! Bruce Maiman did disappointment me with his assertion that neither Ted Terbolizard nor Suzanne Jones had a chance of winning in spite of the overwhelming caller support. This is the sad opinion of our media, which is a great disservice to the American people as both Ted and Suzanne are superior candidates for the agenda of freedom than either career politician. Do your homework folks! Know your candidates from some other source than TV ads. Vote Terbo!
My letter to the President of Citizen voice Gary Dietrich:

(Dear President Dietrich,
I appreciate the reply and the well thought out response. I understand where you are coming from and can appreciate your struggle to remain objective and balanced in the face of many conflicting opinions. I am sure it is not an easy job to try to balance what “Fair” means to different groups, and I commend your efforts to stay committed to your stance.
That said, I would like to point out why you ought to make an exception for Ted Terbolizard in regards to your program. Ted Terbolizard is running on a similar platform and against similar odds as B.J. Lawson who is also a “Ron Paul Republican.”
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With the same message, B.J. Lawson won his district (NC-04) with 71% of the vote! The mainstream media outlets similarly ignored his campaign and his message. There are striking parallels between these two men and their campaigns and it is clear that the base Republican Party voters are dissatisfied with the current Neo-Conservative Regime, and are interested in getting back to their core values; away from the “Mainstream politics” of today’s party leadership.
To date, there have been dozens of people I have spoken to about Terbolizard’s campaign. Many of them had never heard of him until I had told them, and each of them (after reading the materials I presented) were simultaneously inspired by his message and outraged at the media’s general message that your choice is between McClintock or Ose for CA-04. This “Coke or Pepsi” approach to politics in the media is a cause of great concern to many citizens, such as myself, who are spreading the message that freedom is too valuable to allow it to be eroded by mainstream media and mainstream politicians… and our numbers are growing.
Sir, I believe you would be doing a great disservice to the citizens of CA-04 to not allow Terbolizard’s message of personal responsibility, government restraint, and individual rights to be aired along side the unrelenting bickering and attacks of the “mainstream candidates.” For me, my “Coke or Pepsi” is the choice between Politics as usual and Freedom, the likes of which I have not known in my lifetime. All it takes is for one good man, like yourself who clearly believes in taking the moral high road, to give the message of Liberty a chance. The message won in NC-04 without help from the media… and with a little help from you, it can win in CA-04 too.
I implore you consider the words of Thomas Jefferson, “All Tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” Allow Terbolizard to speak on your program so that it is about the issues and about freedom, rather than two life-long politicians arguing like school children in a play yard. Please consider it…
Thank you for your time in reading this.
With all respect,
Collin Williams)
NEXT DAY UPDATE: The entire debate can be heard via podcast Here.
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