Monday Short Cuts
Sanders says “you cannot truly be free if you can’t afford health care or food or medicine.” Talk about missing the forest for the trees.
The Gipper: “Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15.”
The BIG Lie: “Oh come on. Jesus would have made the cake.” —Joy Behar lecturing Jack Phillips, a baker in Colorado whose religious liberty case the Supreme Court is going to review
Missing the forest for the trees: “Republicans talk a lot about freedom and choice. But you cannot truly be free if you can’t afford health care or food or medicine.” —Bernie Sanders
Braying Jackass: “If we don’t stand up for tolerance and moderation and respect for others, if we begin to doubt ourselves and all that we have accomplished, then much of the progress that we have made will not continue. What we will see is more and more people arguing against democracy. We will see more and more people who are looking to restrict freedom of the press, and we’ll see more intolerance, more tribal divisions, more ethnic divisions, and religious divisions and more violence.” —Barack Obama, who fomented all of the divisions he decries
Does “American leadership” include circumventing Congress? “In Paris, we came together around the most ambitious agreement in history to fight climate change. … An agreement that even with the temporary absence of American leadership will still give our children a fighting chance.” —Barack Obama
Braying Jenny: “Women are outraged and fed up with this President. Impeachment isn’t enough. Should we explore exile?” —Maxine Waters
Non Compos Mentis: “The 25th Amendment is utilized when a president is perceived to be incompetent or unable to do his or her job.” —Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
And last… “The Dems are going to somehow stumble into repealing the 22nd Amendment and Trump is going to be president forever.” —Frank Fleming