The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

For the Record

“She’s more dangerous than him, but he’s actually smarter than her.” —Donald Trump comparing Kamala Harris to Joe Biden

“[Kamala] Harris isn’t ‘vague’ or ‘careful’ or disinclined to ‘delineate her stance.’ She’s wildly, catastrophically, incontestably out of her depth. She’s not ‘light’; she’s dull. She’s not a ‘dodger’; she’s a fool. She’s not ‘joyful’; she’s imbecilic.” —Charles C.W. Cooke

“[Kamala Harris] is simply not a very good candidate. She lacks confidence and is seemingly terrified to take any unrehearsed or unvetted policy questions.” —former Bush staffer Douglas MacKinnon

“The bottom line is when you’re talking about the base of the Democratic Party, you would think that Kamala Harris would do very well among black women, based upon history. And of course, she would be the first black woman president, but she’s actually doing the worst for a Democratic candidate among black women since 1960, if this holds.” —Harry Enten, CNN’s polling analyst

Keen Sense of the Obvious

“You got a case in Georgia not very long ago, didn’t you — they made an ad about it. A young woman who had been killed by an immigrant. Yeah, well, if they’d all been properly vetted, that probably wouldn’t have happened.” —Bill Clinton, who is ostensibly trying to help Kamala Harris, referencing the murder of Laken Riley

From the Desperation Files

“Tim Walz is headlining a voter engagement event with black men. And who better to connect with young black men than Tim Walz.” —Bill Maher

“I think she’s in a very difficult position because she was [Biden’s] vice president. And you know, I’m still old-fashioned. I think loyalty does matter.” —Michigan Democrat Congresswoman Debbie Dingell on Kamala Harris

Re: The Left

“Kristen, Kristen, Kristen, listen to your question. The American people don’t care about the cholesterol level of Donald Trump. They care about the cost of living and the fact that they cannot pay for groceries.” —House Speaker Mike Johnson correcting Meet the Press’s Kristen Welker by taking a page out of JD Vance’s book

Be Pro-Life

“The pro-life case is philosophical, scientific, and religious, sure — but it’s also emotional. Anybody who has seen an ultrasound knows they are looking at a living human individual. Anybody who has heard a pregnant woman speak or be spoken of outside of the context of an abortion debate knows that we customarily recognize that she is carrying a baby, a real person. We will never advance the cause if we are afraid to say why we care about it.” —Dan McLaughlin

Election Integrity

“With less than 30 days until the election, the Biden-Harris Department of Justice is filing an unprecedented lawsuit against me and the Commonwealth of Virginia for appropriately enforcing a 2006 law signed by Democrat [Senator] Tim Kaine that requires Virginia to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls, a process that starts with someone declaring themselves a noncitizen and then registering to vote.” —VA Governor Glenn Youngkin

And Last

“There are so many fakes and parodies on the Internet that I had to approach ‘Man Enough,’ an ad ostensibly targeting male voters for the Kamala Harris/Tim Walz campaign, on mental tiptoe. I heard the premise before watching and was certain it had to be a meta prank of the Andy Kaufman school. Nobody could be that stupid.” —Matt Taibbi