The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Insight: “The majority of us are for free speech when it deals with subjects concerning which we have no intense feelings.” —Edmund B. Chaffee (1887-1936)

For the record: “The Virginia electorate has been changing year after year, and moving further to the left. Approximately 40% of Northern Virginia residents are foreign-born. The current governor and the governor-elect restored voting rights to convicted felons. That added at least 156,000 potential new voters to the rolls who overwhelmingly vote Democrat.” —Gary Bauer

Non Compos Mentis: “I’d also like to … just say how insane it is that in the United States of America a civilian can go out and buy a semi-automatic assault rifle like an AR-15.” —Dr. Dean Winslow, Donald Trump’s nominee for the Department of Defense’s top health affairs job (Uh, the bad guy was stopped by a good guy with … an AR-15.)

Go ahead and keep patting yourself on the back: “[Tuesday] night, nearly every single candidate that I endorsed … was elected.” —Joe Biden

The America of Barack Obama is one huge reason Hillary lost: “We need to send Donald Trump a message. … You’re telling Donald Trump that’s not the America I want. We want the America of Barack Obama.” —Eric Holder

Understatement of the year: “We don’t have a good Democratic candidate yet. We don’t have anybody who lights up a room.” —George Clooney

Friendly fire: “[Team Clinton] was a cult. I felt like it was a cult. You could not penetrate them.” —Donna Brazile

Alpha Jackass: “There was so much overwhelming evidence that O.J. was guilty, and you believe in the American judicial system. You believe that, for the most part, if somebody did it, they’re going to prison for doing it. We’re in a similar situation: Everything Donald Trump is doing and undoing is bad, bad, bad, and it seems so obvious, and it’s happening anyway.” —Jimmy Kimmel

And last… “Syria signs climate pact, vowing to never emit toxic pollutants anywhere except on its own people.” —Twitter satirist @hale_razor