The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts
Non Compos Mentis
“If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports or vice versa, you should be able to play. That’s my opinion.” —South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley
“Do you know that the [NCAA] women’s teams were not allowed to have brackets until 2022? Think about that! And … talk about progress.” —Kamala Harris (“Kamala’s hubby filled out a women’s NCAA tournament bracket in 2021 when it was supposedly illegal. Also, does it seem weird that Kamala pretends to be a hero of women’s sports on one hand, then supports men playing in women’s sports on the other?” —Not the Bee)
Gaslighting and BIG Lies
“From record-breaking job growth to expanding health care coverage, [Joe Biden] has spent each and every day working on behalf of the American people. I can’t say the same about the guy running against him.” —Barack Obama
“We are pleased that gas prices have come down by $1.40 relative to that peak that was caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.” —National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard
“What’s Wrong With the Economy? It’s You, Not the Data.” —The Wall Street Journal
Useful Idiots
“Aid workers … have died because of [Israel’s] indiscriminate bombing. [Netanyahu] knows he can’t leave power; he gets sent to jail. So he will intensify this war. He will hurt Israel’s standing in the world.” —MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough
“Israel has killed more than 200 aid workers in 6 months. Netanyahu: Stop murdering innocent people.” —Senator Bernie Sanders (VT)
Credit Where It’s Due
“Hamas is confident we’re going to capitulate — but it’s never going to be me. Hamas only deserves elimination. This war is the sum total of daily, raw tragedies. The vast majority of the harshest criticism & all responsibility for this war belongs to Hamas. Stand with Israel.” —Senator John Fetterman (D-PA)
For the Record
“For six months, huge swaths of the press have painted Israel in the worst possible light. Netanyahu could say the sky is blue and a thousand fact-checkers would scrub his claim for signs of misinformation. Pro-Hamas falsehoods, meanwhile, are recycled without second thought. … A global movement sympathetic to Hamas is fighting an information war with the objective of isolating Israel diplomatically and undermining its right to exist.” —Matthew Continetti
“A sense of moral clarity in this conflict is so important. Hamas is evil. Hamas could end the war it started by surrendering its cadres and releasing its prisoners. Hamas refuses. Hamas would rather sacrifice the civilian population of Gaza on the altar of its genocidal ambition and suicidal desires. Hamas brutalizes children, abuses captives, steals food, fires its rockets indiscriminately, wears no uniforms, and hides behind schools, hospitals, and mosques. Hamas does not just commit war crimes. It is a war crime.” —Matthew Continetti
“Hamas works to ensure that civilians die because it draws sympathy from ignorant quarters that are already predisposed to opposing Israel. Predictably, Team Biden panders to those ignorant quarters.” —Nate Jackson
“Fickle Americans sympathize with those who are attacked. But their continuing support seems contingent on whether the victim can remain sympathetic — and win decisively to end the war rapidly.” —Victor Davis Hanson
Political Futures
“In a more decent world, we’d be debating which presidential candidate was better at upholding the constitutional order, rather than which one was worse. That is not our fate. And yet, the unique thing about the 2024 presidential contest is that voters are given a chance to compare existing presidential records.” —David Harsanyi
And Last…
“Instead of acting as a check against the usurpations of government, the media has become an enabler of those usurpations.” —Douglas Andrews
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