WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.760 --> 00:00:07.480 Are you a once every four year voter. Are you one of those individuals 2 00:00:07.559 --> 00:00:15.919 that only pays attention when it comes time for a presidential election. Are you 3 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:21.480 one of those people that couldn't be bothered to vote in your local state and 4 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:28.359 city elections. Are you one of those people that only shows up to the 5 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:33.200 polls when it comes time to pick the next president. Are you one of 6 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:43.799 those people that believes that merely by electing the president that shares the political party 7 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:50.600 that you support, you're going to somehow save this country. Because if you 8 00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:55.439 are, I've got news for you. You're not. I've got news for 9 00:00:55.479 --> 00:01:00.719 you. You're part of the problem. Don't get me wrong. Presidential elections 10 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:07.439 like the one we're facing this year are very important. You absolutely should pay 11 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:15.000 attention, You absolutely should get involved. But that shouldn't be the end of 12 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:23.359 your activism. That shouldn't be the end of your engagement in the political process. 13 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:34.079 We need everyone to start to focus on every political race, every race, 14 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:42.560 no matter how big or small you think it is. Presidential elections they 15 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:49.159 carry a lot of importance and they get so much media attention. I mean, 16 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.239 basically, we start talking about who's going to be the next president, 17 00:01:55.040 --> 00:02:04.200 the moment the election ends. We need people to be more engaged than just 18 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:12.960 on political just on presidential elections. The once every four year voters think that 19 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:16.919 they're doing this grandeed and that they're somehow going to save this country. But 20 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:23.319 they're not going to do anything if they stay at home during their state elections. 21 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:29.039 They're not going to do anything if they're not paying attention to what their 22 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:36.039 US senator and their US congressmen are doing. These are the very people that 23 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:40.479 will show up and vote for the incumbent merely because they recognize his name, 24 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:44.039 or because well, you know what, he's always been there, so he 25 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:47.919 must be doing a good job. Now, what you should be doing is 26 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:53.400 looking at the record and seeing are they doing a good job or are they 27 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:58.439 playing the game. You're probably going to be shocked at what you find. 28 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:07.360 The ones every four year voter. They are a major problem in our country. 29 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:15.439 They're a major reason why we've started to go downhill. There was a 30 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:20.159 time in our nation where people paid attention, where people were more engaged in 31 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:29.800 the political process, when people understood that they had to pay attention to their 32 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:35.560 Senate races, to their House representative races, to their governor's races, to 33 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:38.879 their lieutenant governor's races, to the people that they're putting in the state Senate, 34 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:46.719 to the people that they're putting in the state House representatives. They understood 35 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:50.840 that they needed to pay attention to the people they're electing to their city council, 36 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:53.879 to the people they're electing to their school boards, to the people they're 37 00:03:53.960 --> 00:04:00.960 voting to be their mayors. But we've changed from them because now we can't 38 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:08.599 be bothered. There's too much on television. There's too much on my smartphone 39 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:14.039 that I can watch. I get instant gratification there, So why should I 40 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:20.800 bother to look up the voting record of a politician. I'll get involved when 41 00:04:20.839 --> 00:04:25.319 we come around for a presidential race, because that'll be enough. But it 42 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:30.639 hasn't been. If you look back and you see how many years Republicans have 43 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:38.480 held the White House, and they've held the Senate, and they've held the 44 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:45.079 House of Representatives, and yet we didn't do anything to curve spending. Matter 45 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:51.360 of fact, we grew spending. We didn't do anything to grow conservative values. 46 00:04:51.519 --> 00:05:00.319 No, we compromised with Democrats and gave them basically what they we want. 47 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:05.439 It. This happened because you don't care to pay attention. This happened 48 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:13.040 because you want to maintain this idiotic idea of being a once every four year 49 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:19.920 voter. This is why we're in the state we're in. Look, I 50 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:25.120 get it. There's so much that you have going on in your life. 51 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:29.519 You've got kids, they're playing sports, they're in the marching band, they're 52 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:32.720 doing cheerleading, whatever it is. You have so much on your plate. 53 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:41.279 But how about you take fifteen thirty minutes out of your day to go check 54 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:46.000 on things and understand what these people that you are electing or doing. And 55 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:54.680 no, no, you're not electing leaders. You're electing representatives. And when 56 00:05:54.720 --> 00:06:01.079 these representatives are voting counter to your interest, you need to make sure they 57 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:10.040 don't stay in that office. If the once every four year voters got engaged 58 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:15.040 the rest of the time the other three years, if they got engaged the 59 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:21.680 way that they do in a presidential election, we could change this country overnight. 60 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:30.680 If the once every four year voters got engaged in the three years that 61 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:40.279 they're sleeping, we could push back. We could change so much. Conservative 62 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:47.160 values could finally start to gain traction. If the once every four year voters 63 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:55.439 understood that a president can only do so much, and that they could do 64 00:06:55.600 --> 00:07:01.480 so much more if they started to pay attention in these other three years and 65 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:11.240 to these other races that they deem irrelevant for whatever reason. You can elect 66 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:15.959 Donald Trump this year, and if you send him up there and he's surrounded 67 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:20.879 by nothing but swamp dwellers, we're gonna get more of the same. It's 68 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:25.600 just gonna be branded with an R next to it instead of a D. 69 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:32.839 That's not good enough. People. If you are listening to this and you 70 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:38.879 are a once every four year voter, the challenge is out there for you 71 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:43.680 to start to engage in the process. The challenge is out there for you 72 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:49.600 to start to pay attention during the three years that you usually don't. And 73 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:57.120 if you start to do this, we could truly make a difference and change 74 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:03.560 this country for the better. This has been morning Coffee with the Right Side, 75 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:09.199 and I'm your host, Jack Fairchilds, and we're a part of the Midnight Ride