I take you to the heart of the debt limit crisis and I speak my most serious words. No one will come out of the crisis unscathed. No one will look good in the eyes of the people. Blame will be everywhere. Let this be a sign to you of the troubled times that lay ahead. America is no longer a solid rock that can stand firm. Its strengths have been seriously weakened by all those who have taken advantage of her. America is very, very weak, breathing like an old man even though it is still young. Yet it has a destiny and an important role to play.

Can America return to its first fervor? Can it regain the wind of a religious spirit? These are the important questions that are set aside. The final chapters have not been written but, for now, America flounders on the rocks of its economic choices. Who will I raise up? Whose voice will point out a different path? This is America’s need and it will be my gift. For the sake of my name, I will not abandon the country I love so much.