The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Insight: “The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government
off the backs of people.” —Justice William O. Douglas (1898-1980)

Obstruction: “I have said repeatedly: I want those emails out. Nobody has a bigger interest in getting them released than I do.” —Hillary Clinton (She used a private server and email addresses, turned over tens of thousands of printed pages of emails to the State Department after deleting tens of thousands of others, and then has the audacity to complain they’re not moving fast enough.)

Class warfare: “If everyone is paying their fair share of taxes than we certainly should and can live within our means. But our problem now is that taxes are being paid by the middle class. The rich, the wealthy and the corporations are not paying their fair share and so therefore we don’t have enough to do what the government and do what the country needs the government to do and that’s the problem.” —Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)

Village Idiots: “Women hold 28 percent of seats in Afghanistan’s Parliament — a higher proportion, I would note, than in the United States Congress.” —Samantha Power, Ambassador to the UN, suggesting America’s legislative body is more sexist than Afghanistan’s

Non Compos Mentis: “Are we gonna light our hair on fire every time that there is a setback in the campaign against ISIL?” —Obama spokesman Josh Earnest, referring to the jihadist movement’s takeover of Ramadi

Demo-gogues: “[C]limate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will impact how our military defends our country.” —Barack Obama

Late-night humor: “Jeb Bush said recently that he believes apps on the Apple Watch could help Americans better manage their healthcare than Obamacare. So there you go. If you can’t afford healthcare, just buy yourself an Apple Watch.” —Seth Meyers