May 8, 2025

Thursday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Joe Biden, Tim Walz, Allen West, Matt Walsh, John Stossel, and more.

Delusions of Grandeur

“When I left office, we had created more jobs than any president in the history of the United States in one term. Our economy was roaring. We were moving in a direction where the stock market was way up. We were in a situation where we were expanding our influence around the world.” —Joe Biden

“I’d become so successful in our agenda, it was hard to say, ‘And I’m going to stop now.’ … Things moved so quickly that it made it difficult to walk away.” —Joe Biden

Demagogues

“I don’t see anything that was triumphant.” —Joe Biden regarding Trump’s first 100 days

“There’s nothing patriotic about attacking those who raise their hand to serve.” —Minnesota Governor Tim “Stolen Valor” Walz regarding the military ban on gender-confused individuals

Re: The Left

“All we heard from Democrats last week was just how horrible these first 100 days of the Trump administration have been. You kinda have to wonder if these chuckleheads are the reincarnated Rip Van Winkle, and slept through the last four years?” —Allen West

“The Pulitzer parade implies liberal journalism is the only journalism — like they think the First Amendment is only for liberal journalists, and that ‘democracy’ flowers when liberal journalists successfully nudge voters to elect the Democrats.” —Tim Graham

“They tear down statues of American heroes and replace them with statues of random obese black women. That’s because the Left has no historical heroes. Everyone who was born before approximately 2005 is inherently problematic.” —Matt Walsh

“Disney, which sued FL’s Desantis over a ‘don’t say gay bill’ which merely banned sex instruction for kindergarten to third graders, announced today it will build a new theme park in Abu Dhabi, where gay people can be beheaded.” —Clay Travis

Inquiring Minds Want to Know

“The ‘N’ in SNAP stands for nutrition. The point of the whole program is to help poor Americans eat and not forgo nutrition as result of insufficient funds to buy food. So why should government funds be used to purchase foods that are not fundamental to meeting the requirements of basic nutrition?” —Star Parker

“Why should college students, who are, on average, richer than other Americans, get free money? Truck drivers don’t get loan forgiveness for buying their trucks.” —John Stossel

Upright

“We may have to live with the reality that most universities are bastions of left-wing indoctrination. … But calling on the IRS to stop subsidizing racial and religious discrimination is a moral imperative. … The best way is to revoke their tax exemptions.” —Betsy McCaughey

“We are leaving wokeness and weakness behind. No more pronouns. No more climate change obsession. No more emergency vaccine mandates. No more dudes in dresses. We are done with that [crap].” —Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

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