The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

Upright: “Veterans Day would be a hollow and meaningless celebration if America didn’t value its veterans enough to keep its promises to them, no matter how many politicians or bureaucrats have to be thrown out to make this happen. … America is divided, but everyone owes it to veterans to come together and fix [the VA] problem. Veterans Day serves as a reminder that if there is any issue behind which the public can unite, this is it.” —Washington Examiner

For the record: “Any number of times where we’ve been victorious, the Left, by rote, starts demanding unity, that we get rid of our differences, that we come together. But it always ends up being us that has to do it.” —Rush Limbaugh

Braying Jenny: “In the coming days, people will be looking for someone to blame: the pollsters, the strident feminists, the Democratic party, a vengeful god. But once you dust for fingerprints, it’s pretty clear who ruined America — white people.” —Samantha Bee (“To be fair, that is true in her case.” —Ed Driscoll)

Cognitive dissonance: “If I have a mea culpa for journalists and journalism, it’s that we’ve got to do a much better job of being on the road, out in the country, talking to different kinds of people than the people we talk to — especially if you happen to be a New York-based news organization — and remind ourselves that New York is not the real world.” —New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet

Turn of events: “We’ve been talking … about what’s going to happen to the Republican Party, and the bloodletting, and the infighting, and who’s going to lead the Republican Party and all that. Again, completely wrong. It’s the Democratic Party that’s going to have this fight.” —CNN’s Jake Tapper

The BIG lie: “The GOP’s biggest problem may be that much of the increase in healthcare costs that the party blamed on Obamacare, including rising premiums and deductibles, actually has little to do with its provisions and stem from broader trends.” —LA Times columnist Michael Hiltzik, who also claims, “Despite Republican pledges, ‘repealing Obamacare’ will be almost impossible”

And last… “Quite frankly, you gotta watch what you say nowadays. There are a lot of people out there with love in their heart who wish you dead if you don’t have as much love in your heart as they do.” —Dennis Miller