The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

I Have Questions…

“We will be producing the weapons that the Iranians use to defeat Vladimir Putin.” —Senator Bob Casey (D-PA)

The BIG Lie

“Putin does what he would like to do: kill his opposition, imprison his opposition, drive journalists and others into exile, rule without any check or balance. That’s what Trump really wants. … He sees Putin, he sees Xi [Jinping], he sees Kim Jong Un in North Korea. Those are the people he is modeling himself after.” —Hillary Clinton

Non Compos Mentis

“I condemn anti-Semitic protests. … I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.” —Joe Biden

Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes

“It is especially important that we remember the power of young people shaping this country today … as we once again witness the leadership of those peaceful, student-led protests on campuses like Columbia, Yale, Berkeley, and many others.” —Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)

Belly Laugh of the Day

“It’s Joe Biden that’s standing for peace — and a lasting peace at that — and it’s the Republicans that frankly would stoke the flames of war in the Middle East.” —Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D)

For the Record

“[Biden] subscribes to the idea that if you parry enough blows, eventually the man who is pummeling you will recognize the error of his ways and move on. He believes that a combination of economic penalties and shaming or embarrassing or chastising rogue regimes in the fictional court of international public opinion will lead to peace. He is wrong. Biden’s reluctance to unleash our allies — what the press calls his fear of escalation — has produced the disaster in Afghanistan, the slow-motion advance of Russia in Ukraine, the standstill in Gaza, and a Greater Middle East where Hezbollah, Iranian proxies in Syria and Iraq, and the Houthis do as they please. And there are eight months left in his term.” —Matthew Continetti

“The way to reestablish deterrence is to ignore the arms of the octopus and go straight for its head. Take away something Iran’s leaders hold dear — their nuclear program. By destroying Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, you not only exact a heavy cost for the regime’s malign behavior. You guarantee Israel’s security.” —Matthew Continetti

“Ukraine and Israel and Taiwan did not start any of these fights. Their only ‘crime’ is existing and looking like awfully appealing targets to men such as Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, and Iranian ayatollah Ali Khamenei.” —Jim Geraghty

More Belly Laughs

“People understand that it’s Joe Biden that stands for American values.” —Gov. JB Pritzker

“Joe Biden is a terrific debater.” —Gov. JB Pritzker

Dumb & Dumber

“The attack on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — DEI — is an attack on democracy, it’s an attack on education, it’s an attack on how our economy works.” —failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams

“I have stayed in the Congress because I’ve got three little kids, I’ve got $75,000 in student loan debt, and we have childcare costs.” —Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA)

Upright

“The threat facing our country is from the far-Left and the drift that’s been occurring toward really a socialistic system and one that brooks no opposition, that cancels people, that has only one viewpoint taught in colleges, that tries to push parents out of the picture when it comes to the education of their children. It’s a heavy-handed bunch of thugs, in my opinion, and that’s where the threat is.” —former Attorney General Bill Barr

“Time to make crime illegal again.” —Elon Musk

Insight

“Education is the best provision for old age.” —Aristotle (384-322 BC)