The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

The Gipper: “If all of this seems like a great deal of trouble, think what’s at stake. … Those who ask us to trade our freedom for the soup kitchen of the welfare state are architects of a policy of accommodation.”

For the record: “Hillary is good at rigging things and her friends at the Department of Justice have control of her FBI Investigation. If Hillary was anyone else in the government, she could not get a security clearance and would face serious prison time.” —Ken Blackwell

Legacy project: “Not everything is supposed to be inspiring. You just do what you have to do. And one of the things you have to do right now is vote for Hillary Clinton.” —Barack Obama

“I can tell you unequivocally, without a doubt, with data to back it up, that this country’s a lot better off now than it was when I came into office. I can prove it. The numbers don’t lie. … You have proof that your vote matters. And I may not be on the ballot this time. But everything we’ve done’s been on the ballot.” —Barack Obama

Nothing to see here, move along: “Friends, please remember that if you see a whopper of a Wikileaks in next the two days — it’s probably a fake.” —Clinton spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri

Best case for Trump: “Hillary Clinton is guilty. She knows it, the FBI knows it, the people know it. And now it is up to the American people to deliver justice at the ballot box on November 8.” —Donald Trump

And last… “So Congress couldn’t read 2,700 pages of Obamacare bill before voting on it, but the FBI read 650,000 emails in just 9 days.” —Twitter satirist @hale_razor