The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Is the Fix In?

“Many of us know that it is impossible for [Trump] to be the president again with what he is proposing.” —Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Non Compos Mentis

“My name’s Joe Biden. I work for the government in the Senate.” —President Joe Biden

The BIG Lies

“We have the candidate the vast majority of the American people will be comfortable with. They’re comfortable with his service for the last three years, and I think they’re going to be very comfortable throughout this year.” —Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC)

“[Biden] scores very high … and many people are appreciating and enjoying it, they just are not giving him credit for it.” —Nancy Pelosi

“The president’s economic agenda is working.” —White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates

Dumb & Dumber

“Our vegetables would rot in the ground … if they weren’t being picked by many immigrants — many illegal immigrants. The fact is that the birth rate in this country is way below replacement level.” —Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-NY)

“Placing [illegal immigrants] on buses, compelling them to leave the city — that is why we’re taking legal action. When you look at what [Texas Governor Greg Abbott is] doing, history is going to really reflect how much he has devastated the lives of people.” —New York City Mayor Eric Adams

Belly Laugh of the Day

“The Biden administration is enforcing immigration laws. In fact, the administration has been so heavy-handed in recent months that I have serious concerns about how they are conducting border enforcement.” —Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)

Paper Tiger

“I’ve already delivered the message to Iran. They know not to do anything.” —Joe Biden

Useful Idiot

“Hezbollah and Iran have signaled clearly, repeatedly, they want to avoid a wider war. Israel keeps testing that position.” —The Atlantic’s Kim Ghattas

Hot Air

“Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe.” —The Guardian

Race Bait

“Calls for Defense Secretary Austin to Resign Are Attacks on Black Success.” —Newsweek’s Ameshia Cross

For the Record

“The entire federal debt at the end of the 1960s was $354 billion. That is less than the deficit the federal government ran in the first quarter of [fiscal] 2024, i.e. between October and December 2023 — $510 billion. Sure, the dollar was worth a lot more in the 1960s. But we are comparing a single quarter with the history of the U.S. through 1969.” —John Hinderaker

Political Futures

“I’m told that DeSantis has failed to catch on with voters in the early states because of his personality. Or because Trump has been indicted too many times. I don’t really understand this. America is hiring a president. A proven executive who spends a little more time than is fun doing his homework and who gets lots of things accomplished seems like a nice change of pace from the playboy billionaire who faces jail time and the elder-abuse victim Joe Biden.” —Michael Brendan Dougherty

“The constant flux in primary scheduling and the continued prominence of certain states — I’ve never been able to find the provision in the Constitution that says Iowa and New Hampshire vote first — have left the presidential selection process as the weakest part of our political system.” —Michael Barone

“The current agenda of the Democratic Party is summed up simply as ‘We had to destroy democracy to save it.’” —Victor Davis Hanson

Insight

“The fact is that there is a serious danger of this country becoming a pluto-democracy; that is, a sham republic with the real government in the hands of a small clique of enormously wealthy men, who speak through their money, and whose influence, even today, radiates to every corner of the United States.” —William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941)