The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Lack of Self-Awareness Award

“We don’t want, you know, kangaroo courts and trumped-up charges. … We want, like, our court system and our Justice Department and our prosecutors … and our FBI to be, just, playing things straight and looking at the facts and not meddling in politics the way we’ve seen lately.” —Barack Obama

Blowhard

“I know what it feels like to be attacked for just doing your job. But I also know what it feels like to overcome adversity. And so, I stand on solid rock. And I will not bow. I will not break. I will not bend. I will not capitulate. I will not give in. I will not give up.” —New York Attorney General Letitia James

Village Idiot

“I think that [Trump] is afraid of smart, informed, strong women. … I think that strong women scare him and infuriate him. And I’m one of them.” —Rosie O'Donnell

Delusions of Grandeur

“It’s good that President Trump adopted and built on the plan the Biden Administration developed after months of discussion with Arab partners, Israel and the Palestinian Authority.” —former Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Useful Idiots

“To achieve a lasting peace, Israel must abandon its current extremist course and move toward a genuine two-state solution. … Israel did not have the right to go to war against the entire Palestinian people, killing or wounding almost 237,000 Palestinians.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders

“Tragically, the United States provided most of the weapons used for this horrendous destruction. … This must never happen again.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders

“They’re probably being treated better than the average Gazan, because they are the pawns and the chips that Hamas had.” —CNN’s Christiane Amanpour regarding Israeli hostages

“Palestinian officials will tell you that they believe Israel has been … arresting as many as they can … to amass as many bargaining chips as possible for these negotiations.” —NBC News’s Daniele Hamamdjian

Moving the Goalposts

“For two years, prominent leftist Democrats have been screaming their heads off to get a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and now they’ve finally got one. But suddenly, it’s as if the issue just doesn’t interest them anymore. It’s like a Men in Black neuralyzer has wiped the issue of the Gaza Strip from their memories. It’s shameless, hilarious, and deeply revealing about how the Democratic Party perceives issues and America’s role in the world.” —Jim Geraghty

Plain and Simple

“The hostages are home because Israel slapped Hamas and Hezbollah to Pluto, and President Trump hit Iran so hard that they coughed up bones. Weakness invites the wolves. Every. Single. Time.” —Sen. John Kennedy

Re: The Schumer Shutdown

“I think it’s the leaders of these radical leftist groups that are leading Chuck Schumer around as if he has a nose ring. They don’t have a platform they can run on. They don’t have a policy that is palatable to the American people. They were roundly refuted, of course, in the last election, and they’re wandering in the wilderness. When you don’t stand for something, you fall for anything. And that’s what you’re seeing right now.” —House Speaker Mike Johnson

Observations

“For decades the Democrats have promoted the unholy trinity of envy, greed and entitlement. This tells people that if they make bad choices in their personal and professional lives the government will bail them out with money from others who made the right decisions.” —Cal Thomas

“Americans don’t just disagree on policies. In three key areas, they disagree on the principles that lead to the creation of those policies. … Look throughout human history. Profound disagreements like these have usually been settled with conquest and force, not logic and rhetoric. Preventing that from happening here requires zero tolerance for political violence.” —Victor Joecks

Paging the Vatican

“There is no through line between abortion and the death penalty. One kills innocent life. The other balances the eternal scales of justice.” —Christine Flowers

Belly Laugh of the Day

“At least I didn’t say governor.” —Donald Trump after accidentally calling Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney “president”