WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.960 --> 00:00:07.799 Tonight, there'll be a presidential debate. We'll sit down in front of our 2 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:16.280 TVs. We'll watch Donald Trump and Joe Biden talk about the issues, fight 3 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:24.359 for airtime, try to get that elusive thirty second sound bite. If you're 4 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:29.039 on Donald Trump's side, you'll claim victory at in the night. If you're 5 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:32.840 on Joe Biden's side, you'll claim victory at the end of the night. 6 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:38.479 The truth might be somewhere in the middle, it might be clear and decisive. 7 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:47.119 We won't know until after we've watched this debate. Travelism will run rapid 8 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:52.479 on social media. You can rest assured that if you are on team Trump 9 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:56.640 or Team Biden, that you will have an opinion one way or another. 10 00:00:56.920 --> 00:01:03.439 And even if you think your guy lost, you won't admit that because you 11 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:14.239 don't want your guy to have lost. Debates used to be meaningful, They 12 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:19.040 used to have more issues. The question now is do debates really matter? 13 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:26.519 Does the American public actually pay attention to them? Are they a necessity the 14 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:32.719 way that they once were. I don't know that they are any longer, 15 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:36.599 because, quite frankly, I don't think most people are going to pay as 16 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:41.879 much attention to the debate as they should, and really and truly, if 17 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:48.640 they're not going to come out and focus on the issues, if they're going 18 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:52.719 to come out and focus on the thirty second SoundBite, I called him a 19 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:57.719 convicted felon. I called him sleepy Joe. If that's all that we're going 20 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:02.719 to get the focus on in this debate? And are we really going to 21 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:07.879 get anything tonight? Are we really going to get anything out of what we're 22 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:15.560 going to witness tonight? And as I got to thinking about this upcoming debate, 23 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:22.919 I also got to thinking about where we're at as a nation. This 24 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:30.280 country has never been more divided than it is today. I can't think of 25 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:34.479 a time in our history. Probably the last time we were this divided, 26 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:43.400 we fought a civil war in this country. The right is not wanting to 27 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:49.400 bend to knee, and the left is not wanting to bend a knee. 28 00:02:49.639 --> 00:03:00.879 Liberals hate conservatives. Conservatives might be a little indifferent to liberals. But nonetheless, 29 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:06.879 there's certain issues that there's no compromise on them. There's no area, 30 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:15.439 there's no great area where we can switch things around and give in. We're 31 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:23.280 currently amassing an incredible debt, The national deficit continues to go up, up 32 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:30.000 up at some point. And I know people think that you're just an alarmist 33 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:32.680 when you say this, but at some point, we're going to drive over 34 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:38.919 that cliff. At some point we're not going to be able to come back. 35 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:45.159 We're getting closer and closer to that every day. And what comes to 36 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:52.599 this great nation when we finally do drive over that cliff. That's a question 37 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:57.400 I don't have an answer to. And that is a question that I lay 38 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:08.280 awake at nights. Are there ones thinking about? I love the United States 39 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:17.639 of America. I believe in the vision that this nation was founded upon. 40 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:25.360 But I don't know that I believe in the vision that the current folks in 41 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:32.800 Washington have for this country, because I don't see where it's sustainable. Sure, 42 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:38.839 we're gonna sit around and watch the debate tonight, but unless there are 43 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:45.519 some true changes made in whoever the next administration is. And I'm not talking 44 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:51.079 just small incremental changes. I'm talking major, full blown, let's change stuff 45 00:04:51.199 --> 00:05:02.120 around type changes. Unless that happens, we're not gonna see this great nation 46 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:10.800 survive for too many more years. People say that the United States is too 47 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:15.600 big to fail, but they've said that about greater nations throughout our history, 48 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:23.720 and they fell. It's frightening because we may see it happen in our lifetime. 49 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:26.839 We may not see it in our lifetime, but it may be our 50 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:33.839 children's or our grandchildren's lifetime. But rest assured, if they don't start making 51 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:42.920 substantial changes, it's going to happen. And based on the division that we're 52 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:49.199 in, based on how far apart we are on the issues, that's why 53 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:54.759 I don't think it's going to be too much longer. You look at the 54 00:05:54.800 --> 00:06:01.839 two candidates, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, you couldn't get more different than 55 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:11.160 those two men. They help represent the divide in this country. The reason 56 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:16.920 I started off this show talking about tonight's debate was to illustrate a point here, 57 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:21.000 and that point as clear as day. Then, no matter what is 58 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:27.519 said in the debates in the night, no matter how this debate goes, 59 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:34.920 team Trump is going to claim victory. Team Biden is going to claim victory. 60 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:40.959 And if you're already in one of those camps, you've already decided before 61 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:46.360 you watch tonight's debate, who's going to win the debate. And no matter 62 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:49.759 what you witness on the performance, it's not going to change your mind. 63 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:55.319 And if anyone is critical of your candidate, then they are just coming from 64 00:06:55.319 --> 00:07:00.879 a position a biased Tell me if I'm wrong, I don't think that I 65 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:10.319 am. That illustrates how far and how deep this divide runs. And the 66 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:15.720 question, especially as we're coming up close to Independence Day, the true independence 67 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:25.279 Day, July fourth, how many more celebrations is this great nation going to 68 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:32.439 have? How many more celebrations are we going to have as the country that 69 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:39.600 we know today. I can't answer that question, and that scares me. 70 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:46.519 It scares me. We need to be more engaged. We need to pay 71 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:57.199 better attention. We need to make sure that our candidates understand that we understand 72 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:03.639 how dire the situation is, and that we expect them when they get elected, 73 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:09.720 to work hard to make the fundamental changes that must be made to save 74 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:16.120 us from going over that cliff. This has been morning Coffee with the Right 75 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:22.680 Side, and I'm your host, Jack Fairchilds and we're a part of the 76 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:24.160 Midnight Ride Network.