October 11, 2024

Friday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Joe Biden, Aisha Mills, Mark Kelly, John Kennedy, and more.

Non Compos Mentis

“He’s coming over to help with this storm.” —Joe Biden when asked, “What did Prime Minister Netanyahu tell you about his plans related to retaliation?”

“Mr. President Trump, former President Trump: Get a life, man. Help these [hurricane victims].” —Joe Biden

“As a black lesbian, who Donald Trump doesn’t believe has genes as good as his, is he going to attempt to exterminate me when he gets elected?” —Democrat strategist Aisha Mills

The BIG Lies

“Donald Trump in the White House results in Americans being less safe.” —Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ)

“We’re leaning into it. … Donald Trump wasn’t doing anything about [illegal immigration].” —Tim Walz

“Now you see them spinning some of these conspiracy theories because the momentum is with us.” —Tim Walz

For the Record

“One of the Biden/Harris ‘refugees’ who supposedly wanted to escape ISIS and the Taliban was planning to attack Americans on Election Day and become a martyr for ISIS. What happened? Did he change his mind about loving America? No, he never loved America. The Biden/Harris retreat from Afghanistan was so messed up that any normal human being would look at that and say, ‘How could you possibly vet anyone in that chaos?’ The irony is that the withdrawal was so bad that Afghan translators and people we had vetted were left behind, along with many Americans.” —Gary Bauer

Observations

“Trump is a polarizing figure, no question. But Trump is only a symptom; the real cause of the heated rhetoric around all things political is the explosive expansion of the federal government’s powers into every aspect of our lives. It’s quite simple, really: The more control the federal government has, the more it matters who controls the government.” —Laura Hollis

“‘Fair’ must be a poll-tested word, but it has no meaning unless it is defined. Democrats have been invoking it for years, but they never say what they mean. In some states the successful are paying more than half their income to federal, state and local governments. Is it fair when governments penalize success and subsidize its opposite? And who will define affordable?” —Cal Thomas

“The meaning of ‘globalize the intifada’ is not an enigma: It is an exhortation to terrorize and kill Jews wherever they live, which is why the phrase is popular with so many of those who applaud or justify the slaughter, rape, and kidnapping of Oct. 7, 2023. In the weeks that followed that terrible day, I often heard it said that for American Jews, everything had changed. A year on, I think it is more accurate to say that Oct. 7 finally made it clear that nothing had changed. … An inescapable lesson of Jewish history is that golden ages end.” —Jeff Jacoby

“We expected Hamas to kill Jews. We didn’t expect Americans to celebrate it.” —Bari Weiss

And Last…

“I’ll concede that we need some new conspiracy theories, but it’s because all the old ones turned out to be true.” —Senator John Kennedy (R-LA)

“At this point the October surprise would be Kamala coherently answering a question.” —Jimmy Failla

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