The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Lack of Self-Awareness Award

“Even if we would not make the same choice as our neighbors, we respect them because we live by that golden role: Mind your own d*mn business.” —Democrat VP pick Tim Walz

The BIG Lie

“Democrats want to cut taxes for everyday people.” —Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

Shot/Chaser: Part I

“This manufactured border crisis they talk about now. … I don’t see rapists and murderers and invaders. They’re not invading our nation.” —UAW President Shawn Fain

“U.S. authorities, under Biden and Harris, are not really checking anybody. If they let a man wanted for 23 murders through, they’ll let anybody through. And indeed, they do.” —Byron York

Shot/Chaser: Part II

“One of Kamala Harris' most controversial policy proposals is a ban on grocery price gouging — critics are conflating the idea with Soviet-style price controls, and calling the plan ‘Kamunism.’ … Price gouging is not the same thing as ‘price controls,’ where a government sets prices for certain goods.” —Axios’s Emily Peck

“The same author called it ‘price controls’ when the UK proposed voluntary caps on grocery store profits. Axios called it ‘price controls’ when it was proposed to limit how much Russia could profit off oil in a time of crisis.” —X Community Note

Political Futures

“After she was handed the nomination without a single primary vote, it’s hard to deny that Kamala Harris has enjoyed the easiest campaign in the history of campaigns.” —Ian Haworth

For the Record

“It is one thing to demand that Americans vote for a candidate for the presidency on the basis of her policies, or even on the basis of her opponent’s supposed unworthiness. It is another to demand that we feel the joy. It reeks of authoritarians of the past, all of whom suggested that the failures of their policies were not failures of leadership, but failure of the people to change their hearts of stone for hearts of flesh. … Authoritarians demand emotional fealty, not merely political fealty.” —Ben Shapiro

“Democrats have controlled the White House for 12 of the last 16 years, and for all of the talk about division and the problems of the country and people are hurting, Democrats have mostly controlled this country. … And somehow, it’s still all Trump’s fault.” —Republican strategist Scott Jennings

And Last…

“If you have a policy debate for president, he wins. Donald Trump the provocateur, the showman, may not win this election. … Policy is the key to the White House.” —Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)