Tonight, there'll be a presidential debate. We'll sit down in front of our
TVs. We'll watch Donald Trump and Joe Biden talk about the issues, fight
for airtime, try to get that elusive thirty second sound bite. If you're
on Donald Trump's side, you'll claim victory at in the night. If you're
on Joe Biden's side, you'll claim victory at the end of the night.
The truth might be somewhere in the middle, it might be clear and decisive.
We won't know until after we've watched this debate. Travelism will run rapid
on social media. You can rest assured that if you are on team Trump
or Team Biden, that you will have an opinion one way or another.
And even if you think your guy lost, you won't admit that because you
don't want your guy to have lost. Debates used to be meaningful, They
used to have more issues. The question now is do debates really matter?
Does the American public actually pay attention to them? Are they a necessity the
way that they once were. I don't know that they are any longer,
because, quite frankly, I don't think most people are going to pay as
much attention to the debate as they should, and really and truly, if
they're not going to come out and focus on the issues, if they're going
to come out and focus on the thirty second SoundBite, I called him a
convicted felon. I called him sleepy Joe. If that's all that we're going
to get the focus on in this debate? And are we really going to
get anything tonight? Are we really going to get anything out of what we're
going to witness tonight? And as I got to thinking about this upcoming debate,
I also got to thinking about where we're at as a nation. This
country has never been more divided than it is today. I can't think of
a time in our history. Probably the last time we were this divided,
we fought a civil war in this country. The right is not wanting to
bend to knee, and the left is not wanting to bend a knee.
Liberals hate conservatives. Conservatives might be a little indifferent to liberals. But nonetheless,
there's certain issues that there's no compromise on them. There's no area,
there's no great area where we can switch things around and give in. We're
currently amassing an incredible debt, The national deficit continues to go up, up
up at some point. And I know people think that you're just an alarmist
when you say this, but at some point, we're going to drive over
that cliff. At some point we're not going to be able to come back.
We're getting closer and closer to that every day. And what comes to
this great nation when we finally do drive over that cliff. That's a question
I don't have an answer to. And that is a question that I lay
awake at nights. Are there ones thinking about? I love the United States
of America. I believe in the vision that this nation was founded upon.
But I don't know that I believe in the vision that the current folks in
Washington have for this country, because I don't see where it's sustainable. Sure,
we're gonna sit around and watch the debate tonight, but unless there are
some true changes made in whoever the next administration is. And I'm not talking
just small incremental changes. I'm talking major, full blown, let's change stuff
around type changes. Unless that happens, we're not gonna see this great nation
survive for too many more years. People say that the United States is too
big to fail, but they've said that about greater nations throughout our history,
and they fell. It's frightening because we may see it happen in our lifetime.
We may not see it in our lifetime, but it may be our
children's or our grandchildren's lifetime. But rest assured, if they don't start making
substantial changes, it's going to happen. And based on the division that we're
in, based on how far apart we are on the issues, that's why
I don't think it's going to be too much longer. You look at the
two candidates, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, you couldn't get more different than
those two men. They help represent the divide in this country. The reason
I started off this show talking about tonight's debate was to illustrate a point here,
and that point as clear as day. Then, no matter what is
said in the debates in the night, no matter how this debate goes,
team Trump is going to claim victory. Team Biden is going to claim victory.
And if you're already in one of those camps, you've already decided before
you watch tonight's debate, who's going to win the debate. And no matter
what you witness on the performance, it's not going to change your mind.
And if anyone is critical of your candidate, then they are just coming from
a position a biased Tell me if I'm wrong, I don't think that I
am. That illustrates how far and how deep this divide runs. And the
question, especially as we're coming up close to Independence Day, the true independence
Day, July fourth, how many more celebrations is this great nation going to
have? How many more celebrations are we going to have as the country that
we know today. I can't answer that question, and that scares me.
It scares me. We need to be more engaged. We need to pay
better attention. We need to make sure that our candidates understand that we understand
how dire the situation is, and that we expect them when they get elected,
to work hard to make the fundamental changes that must be made to save
us from going over that cliff. This has been morning Coffee with the Right
Side, and I'm your host, Jack Fairchilds and we're a part of the
Midnight Ride Network.