WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:13.960 Escape, Tomar Rubber Resort. Hey everyone, this is Jack Fairschild's 2 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:18.320 the Right Side Radio program and license reviewed, and I 3 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:20.879 want to talk to you for a second about my pillow. 4 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:25.120 My pillow is quite simply the finest pillow on the market. 5 00:00:25.559 --> 00:00:30.359 My pillows patented interlocking fills adjust to your individual sleep 6 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:35.799 needs regardless of sleeping position. This innovative fill then holds 7 00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:39.799 that position all night, helping you fall asleep faster, stay 8 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:44.439 asleep longer. The founder and owner of Mine Pillow, Mike Lindell, 9 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:48.880 personally guarantees that my pillow will be the most comfortable 10 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:53.520 pillow you'll ever own, and I'll add my own guarantee 11 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:57.000 as well. And right now you can get up to 12 00:00:57.079 --> 00:01:04.280 eighty percent off of all My Pillow products, including bedsheets, slippers, towels, 13 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:09.560 down comforters, mattresstoppers, even coffee when you go to MyPillow 14 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:13.599 dot com and enter the special promo code Midnight Ride 15 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:17.920 no space in between Midnight and Ride and remember enter 16 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:25.680 the promo code m D Night rd E and save 17 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:29.760 big while getting the best night's sleep you've ever had. 18 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:43.599 The Midnight Ride the home of the anti establishment movement. 19 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:50.799 This network features great programming such as Chris McDaniels, America, 20 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:57.799 God and Country, The Right Side Radio Show, Paul Revere's 21 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:04.920 Liberty Layer, and many more coming soon. So check out 22 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:10.199 the Midnight Ride today. Head to the Midnight Ride dot 23 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:14.000 com and check out all the amazing content. 24 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:26.639 This show is a part of the Midnight Ride Network. 25 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:31.360 Hell the Sam. 26 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:34.960 What's your name at the time of his had a 27 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:40.280 statue every started chicking of his and eagle will fly. 28 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:44.599 Pennis gonna be him, win you him out of the 29 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:49.199 free start a beel and it'll be like the whole 30 00:02:49.360 --> 00:03:09.960 wips raining down on broty, courtesy and liberals be worn. 31 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:14.000 Your viewpoints will be subjected to straight scrutiny. You're listening 32 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:29.159 to Right Side Radio because my eyes have been blown wide. 33 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:35.759 We have come together here because the American people deserve 34 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:40.039 better from those to whom they entrust, our nation's highest officers. 35 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:46.960 We stand united and are resolved to do something about it, which, 36 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:50.400 whether we like it or not spelled Judy, you and 37 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:56.039 I have a rendezvous with destiny. 38 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:00.199 You tuned into right Side Radio. 39 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:06.919 Alright, guys, you have founded it is the right Side 40 00:04:07.039 --> 00:04:08.039 Radio program. 41 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:08.319 Here. 42 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:11.919 We are recording this one on the Thursday, March the 43 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:18.040 twenty seventh, twenty twenty five. Oh goodness, this will probably 44 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:21.879 be an abbreviated version of the Right Side Radio program 45 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:27.839 because later today we will be recording the newest episode 46 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:33.040 of Chris McDaniel's America. Now why everything is slated to 47 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:38.360 go as planned and Chris will be there as the host. 48 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:43.000 If you know anything about how Chris's schedule has been 49 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:50.879 going lately, I need to be prepared for the likely 50 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:55.680 occurrence that something unlucky pops up last minute for Chris 51 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:59.079 and I will be sitting in the conductor's chair. Again, 52 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:04.240 that's not the plan. We are hopeful and excited that 53 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:09.000 Chris is supposed to be back on today, but due 54 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:16.279 to that unstability currently with his schedule because he's got 55 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:19.600 a I think he told me at least four different 56 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:25.439 cases that at any given moment can change his entire day. 57 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:29.839 So it's a lot more unpredictable at the moment what 58 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:34.360 he's dealing with. So as such, I'm going to keep 59 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:40.439 this show short. And basically I debated whether or not 60 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:43.759 to do one this morning or wait and record one 61 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:50.199 this evening or even tomorrow morning. But last night there 62 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:56.759 was a mayoral debate for the city of Laurel. For 63 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:00.240 those of you my national listeners, you're probably famili You're 64 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:05.680 with Laurel, Mississippi because of the television show hometown. There 65 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:12.560 is an incumbent mayor, and then there are three challengers. 66 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:17.480 Of the three challengers, only one bothered to show up 67 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:22.399 to the debate last night. Now, because I was covering 68 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:25.199 the debate for the newspaper. No, I'm not going to 69 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:29.480 give my opinion on who won the debate or anything 70 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:32.879 like that. I'm going to remain objective as far as 71 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:38.800 that and the actual debate itself is a relevant to 72 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:43.800 the topic. Because again, I understand I have listeners outside 73 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:48.920 of this general area. I've got listeners and other parts 74 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:52.720 of the country. So I don't want to make my 75 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:58.439 focus be on a city election that only a small 76 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:03.240 number of my listeners care about. Now, my question today, 77 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:07.000 and this is a question I've been asking for a while. 78 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:11.199 If you go back last year during the presidential elections 79 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:15.680 and we talked about debates, then this is a question 80 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:24.000 that steal rings for me. Doe debates actually matter on 81 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:28.360 a national level. They can for sure, because you're going 82 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:33.199 to get those thirty second sound bites. The actual meat 83 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:36.560 of the debate doesn't matter they're on those national because 84 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:40.680 it's all about who can get the most witty clip in. 85 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:45.279 It's not about who has the best ideas. We've seen 86 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:48.720 that time and time again. But we also saw last 87 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:52.959 year what a disastrous debate can do to a candidate 88 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:57.160 when Joe Biden took the stage and looked like he 89 00:07:57.199 --> 00:08:00.319 didn't even know where he was and next thing you know, 90 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:03.319 the Democrats are scrambling to kick him off the ticket. 91 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:07.759 So we do know when we observe these things that 92 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:11.480 they still can play a significant role when it comes 93 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:19.279 to these campaigns and the national level. But what about 94 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:25.519 on a smaller stage last night, Again this being a 95 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:30.759 mayor's debate, it was not open to the public due 96 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:33.960 to the fact that it was done in a radio 97 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:38.480 studio that was very small, so it wasn't like we 98 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:44.559 had a ton of space, so basically campaign staff, media 99 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:48.639 members that wanted to cover it, and the staff from 100 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:52.720 the radio station. Before I get into any talk, I 101 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:55.759 do want to give a lot of props to my boss, 102 00:08:55.840 --> 00:09:00.559 Jim Sigelski, who helped moderates along with one of the 103 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:06.159 radio hosts. Jim is a consummate professional and put together 104 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:12.919 some really good debate questions I think, questions that voters 105 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:18.879 would want to hear answered. But the reason why I 106 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:23.440 wanted to talk about this, what really drew me into 107 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:29.200 making this a discussion point was, of course I go 108 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:34.960 online after the debate, and because they streamed the debate 109 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:42.559 online as well as hading it broadcast over the radio 110 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:47.879 station last night, when I looked, I want to say, 111 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:53.360 they were about three thousand views, which I mean, that's 112 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:57.480 okay for a city election, but you'd like to see 113 00:09:57.480 --> 00:10:01.840 it higher. And then you scroll down and you start 114 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:05.720 looking at the comments, and that's when you start to 115 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:10.679 see the tribalism that we always talk about that is 116 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:17.360 set in. There was nobody that I read commenting that 117 00:10:17.559 --> 00:10:21.879 didn't already have their mind made up. It was either 118 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:26.279 raw Rod to the incumbent or raw Rod to the challenger. 119 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:31.440 There was nobody commenting that they were being swayed by 120 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:38.000 the debate. There was one absurd candidate that couldn't bother 121 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:41.000 to come to the debate that kept commenting throughout, but 122 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:48.639 he's relevant, But it was it's that sense that we're 123 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:55.840 I fear we're losing something in our country now. Maybe 124 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:59.080 of the three thousand viewers. Maybe the ones who were 125 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:09.399 honestly they're hoping to see answers and see what each 126 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:19.559 candidate had to offer. Maybe maybe they just weren't frequently 127 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:23.840 in the comments section. I hope, but I highly doubt it. 128 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:27.240 If you go back to your presidential debate and you 129 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:31.320 watch those, and you just watch the scorecards that people 130 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:37.720 are keeping online, and usually those fall into three different camps. 131 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:42.720 The first camp, of course, is going to be the 132 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:49.120 I'm on team whatsoever, I'm watching this debate just so 133 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:53.879 I can gloat about how much better my candidate's doing 134 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:58.759 than your candidate. That's probably the most prevalent that is 135 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:04.399 your try camps. It could be because they truly believe 136 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:07.639 in the candidate. It could be because they are blinded 137 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:13.720 by party allegiances. Those are some of the factors that 138 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:16.799 we see that go into the folks that come on 139 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:22.720 to comment. The other one are the sky is following people. 140 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:29.080 They are so hyper critical of their own candidate that 141 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:33.120 no matter how good he or she is doing, they 142 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:36.240 will be hyper critical of the very person that they 143 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:41.879 are supporting. They also do this because in many ways 144 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:45.320 they don't maybe fully want to don't want to admit 145 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:50.679 to their friends that therefore the other candidate. They want 146 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:54.879 to still be seen as on both sides and be objective, 147 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:59.559 but they clearly are not objective. But by trying to 148 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:04.519 create this illusion, they're being more critical of the person 149 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:09.120 that they are more inclined to support. They too, are 150 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:15.840 following into a different sect of tribalism. And the last 151 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:19.399 is the pretentious crowd, the ones who just want to 152 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:23.799 be critical of everyone and want to poke their chest 153 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:27.399 out because they might be smarter than everyone else in 154 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:32.879 the room. They want you to know that they're smart, 155 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:35.039 and they want you to know that if they were 156 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:40.080 on that debate stage, they would be better suited than others. 157 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:43.720 But I'm not going to run for office. I just 158 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:47.000 would rather sit there and point out that I could. 159 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:54.759 Those folks are their own little tribe. Most people aren't 160 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:58.120 one hundred percent sure which way they're going to vote, 161 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:03.919 especially if it's in a primary debate. They don't want 162 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:08.200 to be caught picking sides by anyone, but at the 163 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:13.000 same time they want to point out how smart they are. 164 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:19.639 So that's the third segment of these debate watchers that 165 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:23.759 you typically see now. If you go back in time, 166 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.639 debates had more meaning if you go back to the 167 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:32.200 days of the Lincoln Douglas debates, those were lengthy, long 168 00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:39.679 debates that could have swayed elections. That's not what we're 169 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:43.159 getting nowadays. What we're getting now, as I said, we're 170 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:47.000 getting the rush to the sound bites. But we're also 171 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:49.840 getting is a group of people that are sitting down 172 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:55.799 watching these debates that have already made up their mind. 173 00:14:56.519 --> 00:15:00.240 They're not undecided. They're not folks that you're going going 174 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:07.759 to grab that are trying to figure out who they 175 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:13.080 might vote for. Now, these people that are watching these 176 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:18.519 debates mind is firmly made up, maybe with good reason, 177 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:24.080 and a lot of times probably just merely tribalism. And 178 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:28.919 that's the inherent problem. Because I personally think debates are 179 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:32.200 a good thing. I think we need more of them. 180 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:35.919 It was nice to hear that both of the candidates 181 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:39.919 that bothered to show up to the debate last night 182 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:44.960 both would like to do more, and I'm strongly encouraged 183 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:48.919 them to do more because, for one, call me a nerd. 184 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:54.240 I enjoy debates, especially when they're civil, especially when they 185 00:15:54.360 --> 00:16:03.759 are driven by actually substitutive questions like last night's debate. 186 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:09.639 Was I want to see more debates. But the problem 187 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:15.960 is we have a public that has got such a 188 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:21.480 small attention span. We've got a public that barely wants 189 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:26.559 to pay attention to a show that they claim to 190 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:28.919 be invested in. So how are you going to get 191 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:33.399 them to be invested in a political debate when they're 192 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:35.559 probably just going to show up an election day and 193 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:39.399 click the box of the name that they recognize the most, 194 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:44.159 or the box of the name that sent them the 195 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:48.360 most mailers attacking the other guy's name. That's the way 196 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:56.279 these elections work. Substantive ideas have taken a back seat 197 00:16:57.399 --> 00:17:01.679 to its tacks and nonsense. That doesn't mean that there 198 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:05.640 aren't substantive things that might be considered an attack that 199 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:13.200 you can bring up. Like if there's questions about a 200 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:17.519 candidate's record that is substantive, it should be brought up, 201 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:22.240 It should be brought to the limelight. There are questions 202 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:25.920 about shady dealings that a candidate might have had in 203 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:32.279 the past, substantive bring it up. But we move away 204 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:35.759 from that so much, and we're just don't want to 205 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:45.519 listen to the actual debate. Our minds made up. We're 206 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:48.400 going to vote for candidate A or candidate B and 207 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:52.640 it doesn't matter what comes out, and it can be hard, 208 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:57.880 stone cold facts, but when we look at it, we go, well, 209 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:02.680 that's just that's just the other attack. Sometimes it is, 210 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:06.599 but a lot of times, especially when brought up against 211 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:14.359 an entrenched incumbent, they could be truthful or not necessarily 212 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:18.720 an entrenched incumbent. But if it's somebody running that has 213 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:24.480 a record from a previous office and it's a record 214 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:30.200 that's less than Steller, that also is fair game. But 215 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:33.480 we don't want to hear it because again, we are 216 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:40.960 driven by that tribalism. We're driven by our belief that 217 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:45.559 our guy is infallible, that our guy is not going 218 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:49.640 to be in the wrong in any way, shape or force. 219 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:54.279 And that goes back to the inherent question about debates. 220 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:59.039 Are debates as meaningful as they once were? And the 221 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:06.200 simple answer is no, they absolutely are not, and that's sad. 222 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:11.240 Debates are probably one of the best measuring sticks we 223 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:16.319 have to see how a candidate does under pressure, because 224 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:19.960 whatever office they're running for is going to bring great 225 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:24.920 pressure with it. Whatever office they're running for is going 226 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:31.359 to be a very difficult They're going to be very 227 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:34.640 difficult decisions. There are going to be times where a 228 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:39.440 spotlight is shown directly on them that they don't necessarily 229 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:44.400 want to have shown on them. And by being able 230 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:47.559 to show that you can deal with these moments, by 231 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:52.519 being able to show that you can deal with these instances, 232 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:59.079 you might be showing folks that you are more qualified 233 00:19:59.119 --> 00:20:05.480 for the job than may they once thought you were. So, yes, 234 00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:11.079 we're losing something with the loss of debates, with the 235 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:17.079 loss of attention on the debates. I enjoy them still, 236 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:21.200 but they are not really swaying people when it comes 237 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:24.920 to who they're going to vote for. The moment they 238 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:29.519 turn on said debate, their mind was already made up. 239 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:36.240 The moment they turned on said debate, they'd already picked aside. 240 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:38.759 And if you don't believe me, just turn on social 241 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:43.279 media read the comments nearing debates and you can see 242 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:46.960 that loud and clear. And if you're trying to watch 243 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:50.359 the debate with an objective open mind, even if you've 244 00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:54.680 already made your decision, but you're trying to objectively score 245 00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:58.359 the debate for the debate standpoint, there are a lot 246 00:20:58.400 --> 00:21:01.400 of times you're probably left scratch your head because you 247 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:05.960 know the other guy might have got the better of 248 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:09.799 the person you like right there, right then on that question, 249 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:16.119 and you're questioning, why why aren't they saying that. Are 250 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:20.440 they that much of a homer that they can't admit 251 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:26.559 when their guy got the got beat in a question? 252 00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:31.359 Simple answer is no, they cannot. They can't fathom it. 253 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:38.200 They have to be right, and since they're right, that's 254 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:45.039 a uh. That's that's the sad part, and that's why 255 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:50.440 debates aren't as compelling as they once were, as they 256 00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:59.440 should be. It's sad, people, it's sad. But that's where 257 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:03.319 we are today in our country. That's where we are 258 00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:07.000 today in this day and age. How do we get 259 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:10.119 the debates back? How do we draw them back to 260 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:12.480 the point that they once were. How do we get 261 00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:17.440 them back to a level where they're impactful, where they're meaningful, 262 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:23.680 where people are watching the debates and helping form decisions. 263 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:29.880 I don't know. As we have more and more content 264 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:35.240 to digest as a society, it may be a lost art. 265 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:38.359 It may be one of those things where the best 266 00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:42.519 candidate isn't always going to be the one to get 267 00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:50.160 elected if we fall towards debates because style a lot 268 00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:56.559 of times Trump's substance. But the bigger point is, how 269 00:22:56.559 --> 00:23:01.799 do you get people that aren't paying attention until election day? 270 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:04.240 How do you get them to tune in to the 271 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:07.799 debates in the first place. And then we've got the 272 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:11.640 other issue when it comes to debates. As I pointed out, 273 00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:16.480 this mayoral race that I was talking about is a 274 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:20.960 four person race. Only two of the four showed up 275 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:27.119 to participate, three were scheduled, one not showed one the 276 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:30.720 one I mentioned before, who was a commentator during the debate, 277 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:40.880 simply just never acknowledged it was existing when invited. This 278 00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:45.720 is part of the problem, especially on bigger stages, where 279 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:50.720 incumbents often refuse to debate. Maybe it's because they have 280 00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:55.400 such a big lead that they look at it and go, well, 281 00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:57.359 the only thing that could happen if I were to 282 00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:59.839 sit down and debate is I could harm myself, So 283 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:04.839 I'm not gonna do that. Or there's an old versus 284 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:07.440 young contrast, and they don't want that pictured on the 285 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:17.000 screen because they understand the style is already lost. So 286 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:20.119 that's another issue is the fact that all too often 287 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:24.240 we see incumbents hide behind their incumbency and hide behind 288 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:28.559 their poll numbers and refuse to engage challengers in debates 289 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:33.599 in the first place, So that makes debates less impactful 290 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:39.119 because when they do happen, they're normally just larger races, 291 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:45.319 like presidential races, and people just aren't watching or they've 292 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:50.880 already joined a tribe. It's frustrating because, for one, I 293 00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:54.440 think that we should be forcing candidates into debates, and 294 00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:59.559 I personally think that anybody seeking public office that is 295 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:05.000 un willing to face their opponent on a debate stage 296 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:12.319 should not be considered for the office. But sadly, we 297 00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:18.680 reward incumbents every year for being cowards. Sadly, every time 298 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:24.799 an incumbent refuses to participate in a debate, there's no 299 00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:31.119 punishment to them. It is a strategy that has been very, 300 00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:40.519 very beneficial for them. It's sad, it's frustrating, and again, 301 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:44.680 I don't know how to fix it other than to 302 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:49.519 put rules in place to force candidates on a debate stage. 303 00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:54.440 But until we see some substantive changes not just in 304 00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:59.480 the way that we consume content, but also in the 305 00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:06.000 way that we are pushing candidates to be as transparent 306 00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:10.680 as possible, I don't know that it will change. We 307 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:15.559 need something that will drive these candidates to get on 308 00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:20.640 that stage. I don't know what that is. Maybe there's 309 00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:24.799 state law, maybe there's other ideas you can come up with, 310 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:35.240 but it is usually in an incumbent's best interest to 311 00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:41.960 avoid the debate stage because when they get on that stage, 312 00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:45.000 they have a lot more to lose. They have a 313 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:52.079 lot more to lose, and who knows. Now, before I 314 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:54.079 wrap this one up, as I said, this is going 315 00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:56.519 to be a shorter show. That's the reason why all 316 00:26:56.519 --> 00:27:02.160 the ads were upfront today, I do want to talk 317 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:05.200 about something, and some of you are gonna get mad 318 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:08.160 at me, because yes, I'm going to be critical of 319 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:12.319 Donald Trump here, because this was a major sticking point 320 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:15.119 for me in his first term. And this is something 321 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:19.640 that I was hoping that with the shackles removed of 322 00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:23.519 having to seek reelection, that we wouldn't see as much. 323 00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:30.160 But Donald Trump is once again endorsing establishment candidates. We 324 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:33.559 saw it with his endorsement of Lindsey Graham, who I 325 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:38.000 know has had his nose shoved directly up Donald Trump's rear, 326 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:43.079 but not necessarily the type of candidate I want to 327 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:49.680 see reelected. Then, of course, in my state, we see 328 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:55.359 him endorsing Cindy Hyde Smith trying to ensure that she 329 00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:59.720 has no challenger and that no one else jumps in 330 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:05.119 to run against her. What we need out of Trump 331 00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:10.000 is we don't need him Willy Nelly throwing out these 332 00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:15.400 endorsements of the very swamp creatures that he told us 333 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:21.200 he was there to drain their existence. There's been a 334 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:26.480 lot a lot more good being done under Trump's administration 335 00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:29.000 at the start of the second term. But as I 336 00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:32.359 told you a long time ago, I'm going to be 337 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:36.119 critical when I disagree. I'm not going to hold my tongue, 338 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:39.559 and this is one of those instances. And I'm sure 339 00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:43.640 if I start to go down the list of Trump 340 00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:49.920 endorsements for Senate or congressional races, I'm sure I'll find others. 341 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:57.400 But the most egregious by far is the Lindsey Graham. 342 00:28:57.480 --> 00:29:01.200 Because Lindsey Graham's a moderate at best. He is a 343 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:06.319 true down the wool rhino. He is not a conservative. 344 00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:10.920 Yet here we have Trump standing up there and endorsing him, 345 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:15.680 and that's frustrating. The Hyde Smith one's frustrating merely because 346 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:20.039 it came before an actual challenger. It came to try 347 00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:24.799 to discourage a challenger which tells you she was probably vulnerable. 348 00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:30.160 But Trump doing that and jumping out ahead of it 349 00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:35.200 is a protection bid for someone that I don't think 350 00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:39.880 has done much of anything. Now. She's egregious as the 351 00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:47.559 other senator from Mississippi, no, but she's also not doing 352 00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:52.319 anything that I would think would warrant endorsement from anyone 353 00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:58.440 outside of those who those lobbyists who keep her pockets lined. 354 00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:02.960 But here we are, and this is the very thing 355 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:06.480 that I wanted to see less of. And here we are, 356 00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:09.160 not even one year in, only a few months in, 357 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:14.799 and we're already getting our first round of bad Trump endorsements. 358 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:22.720 Hopefully he'll get away from that. Hopefully some of this 359 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:29.640 is just friendships that have been formed personally, unless it's 360 00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:33.400 taking down a swamp creature. I'd love to see Trump 361 00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:36.319 stay out of some of these. I definitely wish he 362 00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:42.200 would not endorse before the field has been made clear. 363 00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:47.079 But that's the game, and he is still playing the 364 00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:52.480 game even though he can't seek reelection. That's a major 365 00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:56.359 issue I have with Donald Trump. It is an issue 366 00:30:56.359 --> 00:31:00.640 I'll continue to have because I just don't like how 367 00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:06.119 the guy that wants to drain the swamp constantly endorses it. 368 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:09.400 Does that mean I think he's a bad president? Does 369 00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:14.200 that mean I don't like Trump? No, not in the slightest. 370 00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:18.839 But we have to call out any politician when we 371 00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:21.400 disagree with him. We have to point out the times 372 00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:26.160 when they are wrong, and in this instance, endorsing Lindsey 373 00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:35.839 Graham is wrong. Endorsing Rhino's is wrong, especially when we 374 00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:38.200 look back at the history of some of your bad 375 00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:45.240 endorsements Graham, Mitch McConnell, John McCain. We can go down 376 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:52.680 a list and you have multiple bad endorsements, and yet 377 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:57.400 we had a hope that you would steer clear of 378 00:31:57.480 --> 00:32:01.559 some of these bad endorsements that go around. But you're not. 379 00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:05.640 I mean, right out the gate, you're already giving us 380 00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:08.319 a couple of bad ones. I'm sure they're more out 381 00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:12.119 there that I just hadn't seen yet. But this is 382 00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:18.599 the problem. And again, I would love to see politicians 383 00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:26.680 already elected office to stay out of endorsing within primary elections. 384 00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:29.079 I would love to see them stay on the sidelines, 385 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:31.920 let the primary play out the way that it needs to. 386 00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:36.440 We're never gonna get that. And I can assure you 387 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:40.759 that if there is a strong challenger to either of 388 00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:44.319 the two senators I mentioned, I can assure you they're 389 00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:46.599 not going to step on the debate stage with them, 390 00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:51.240 especially not now, because they've got the endorsement from Donald Trump. 391 00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:56.559 That endorsement still carries a lot of weight. And because 392 00:32:56.640 --> 00:33:00.880 they have that endorsement, they know they can hide behind it. 393 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:07.480 They've probably already made sure that they're going to get reelected. 394 00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:12.319 And it's frustrating because, again, if we're ever going to change, 395 00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:16.160 if we're ever going to take back this country, there 396 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:20.720 are certain incumbents out there that we need to get 397 00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:24.480 out of office. Lindsey Graham is at the top of 398 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:29.519 that list. But sadly, as long as Donald Trump plays 399 00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:36.640 this game with incumbent establishment Republicans and the public still 400 00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:40.720 values his endorsements the way that they have proven to 401 00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:45.559