The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Observations: “[F]or those who see America becoming a multicultural state of unassimilated tribes and competing racial groups, history will not be kind. The history of state multiculturalism is one of discord, violence, chaos and implosion. So far, America has beaten the odds and remained multiracial rather than multicultural, thereby becoming the most powerful nation in the world. We should remember that diversity is an ornament, but unity is our strength.” —Victor Davis Hanson

Upright: “Hillary Clinton has come in for a lot of mockery over the revelation that she delivered a speech on income inequality in New York in April while wearing ‘a Giorgio Armani jacket reportedly worth $12,495,’ as much as some of her poorer supporters make in a year. … [T]his is hypocrisy, to denounce conspicuous wealth and argue for more government confiscation of it, while flaunting it yourself. The very definition of hypocrisy in public life is doing or having for yourself the things you propose taking from others. Hillary wants to have her cake and have Uncle Sam eat yours too.” —Dan McLaughlin

Non Compos Mentis: “No, [I’m] absolutely not [going to run an insult-for-insult campaign]. [Trump] can run a campaign of insults. … I’m going to talk about why he’s unqualified to be president based on his own words and his deeds. And I’m going to continue to make the case he is temperamentally unfit to be commander in chief.” —Hillary Clinton

Gun grabbers: “I really don’t personally think anyone should have a gun. I mean, that’s just my own philosophy. Nothing is ever solved when you have a gun in your hand except the worst possible scenario.” —DNC platform committee member Bonnie Schaefer, a Clinton supporter

Expert trolling: “The truth is I am actually worried about the Republican Party.” —Barack Obama

And last… “Of course Elizabeth Warren is correct that Donald Trump is a ‘loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud.’ But is Senator Cherokee Cheekbones really the Democrats’ best ambassador for personal authenticity?” —Kevin Williamson