The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

The Gipper: “In an ironic sense Karl Marx was right. We are witnessing today a great revolutionary crisis, a crisis where the demands of the economic order are conflicting directly with those of the political order. But the crisis is happening not in the free, non-Marxist West but in the home of Marxism- Leninism, the Soviet Union. It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its citizens.”

Upright: “In America we don’t worship government — we worship God.” —Donald Trump

For the record: “The Affordable Care Act granted the executive branch a fair amount of leeway. It was written in a way that, in my view, moves too much policymaking authority from the legislative to the executive branch. Given that the law was written this way, though, I’m in favor of Trump’s using that leeway in the interest of better health policy.” —Ramesh Ponnuru

Demo-gogues: “He [Trump] has shown an uncontrollable personal need to pour disgusting liquids on anything associated with President Obama.” —Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA)

Hyper hypocrisy: “I think it’s important that we not just focus on him and whatever consequences flow from these stories about his behavior but that we recognize this kind of behavior cannot be tolerated anywhere. After all, we have someone admitting to being a sexual assaulter in the Oval Office. … [But dismissing accusations against Bill Clinton is different because that] had all been litigated. I mean, that was the subject of a huge investigation, as you might recall, in the late 90s and there were conclusions drawn and that was clearly in the past.” —Hillary Clinton

The BIG Lie: “That’s what black athletes kneeling was all about. That’s not against our anthem or our flag. Actually, kneeling is a reverent position. It was to demonstrate in a peaceful way against racism and injustice in our criminal system. … I think it would be a grave error for Democrats to recede from those fights, so therefore we have to stand up, fight back, resist.” —Hillary Clinton

Alpha Jackass: “If [Republican viewers are] so turned off by my opinion on health care and gun violence then, I don’t know, I probably wouldn’t want to have a conversation with them anyway. Not good riddance, but riddance.” —Jimmy Kimmel on GOP viewers tuning out of his show

Profiles in courage: “I found out about Harvey [Weinstein] about a year ago, and I am ashamed that I didn’t say anything right then. … I was not that bold. Because, I guess, it hadn’t happened to me, and so I didn’t feel it was my place.” —Jane Fonda

Braying Jenny: “The Republicans have been stacking the courts for decades now including the Supreme Court of the United States and they have moved it to a much more pro-corporate court that really crushes the rights of individuals, crushes women’s rights, the rights of those who want to challenge big banks in court.” —Elizabeth Warren

“If there’s a full reckoning of Hollywood, there are not going to be a lot of survivors.” —Frank J. Fleming