The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Insight: “Constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.” —Charles-Louis de Secondat (1689-1755)

Alpha Jackass: “Seattle has some particular significance for me for lots of reasons. I’ve got a lot of family here, some of whom are here in the audience tonight. I also had my first abortion here at the Seattle Planned Parenthood. … It was my best one. Heads and tails above the rest.” —actress Martha Plimpton

Race bait: “Make no mistake: The ‘real pioneers’ of private school choice were the white politicians who resisted school integration.” —American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten

Braying Jenny: “The party of Lincoln has become the party of Charlottesville, Arpaio, DACA repeal and the Muslim ban. Embodying the very worst sentiments and driven by irrational anger, it deserves not defense but extinction.” —Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin

Village Idiots: “[Trump] might do away with DACA, which is another moral line that he would be crossing, which is something that would be … advancing a white supremacy agenda.” —MSNBC contributor Karine Jean-Pierre

Dispensing with the bandwagon: “To be competitive globally, we have to reduce the corporate tax rate. We’re just not competitive globally because of that. … We can’t just be the party of redistribution of wealth; we need to be the party of the creation of wealth in communities all over the country, not to just Silicon Valley, not just Wall Street, but all over.” —Democrat Rep. Tim Ryan

The BIG Lie: “You know, the president [Barack Obama] was eight years scandal-free.” —CNN commentator Bakari Sellers

Belly laugh of the week: “I’d like to consider myself a patriot.” —Dan Rather

Demo/MSM most confused: “[Trump is] not my bride, and I’m also not his bride or groom.” —Vladimir Putin

And last… “The power of the Right is principle, and the principle of the Left is power. Understand this and you will understand the basis of modern politics.” —J.T. Young