The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

Insight: “Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive.” —Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

He’s done it now! “The worst crime for which [Trump] can never be pardoned is that he dared [to] malignantly hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership. … [Trump] should know that he is just a hideous criminal sentenced to death by the Korean people.” —state-sanctioned North Korea editorial

Race bait: “Certain elements of the FBI and of our state cannot stand, or even worse, accept that the Latino kid from Union City and Hudson County could grow up to be a United States senator and be honest.” –Sen. Bob Menendez

Revenge: “To those who were digging my political grave so they could jump into my seat, I know who you are, and I won’t forget you.” —Bob Menendez

Stating the obvious (and 20 years too late): “Yes, I think that [resignation] is the appropriate response.” —Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on what should have been Bill Clinton’s plight

The BIG Lie: “[Bill Clinton] didn’t get away with anything. … The country forgave him.” —CNN’s Paul Begala

Hypocrite: “According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, at least 25 percent of American women say they have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. And recent high profile revelations about abuse … demonstrate that we are far from addressing this issue on a broader scale. So I urge my Republican colleagues to reconsider their support for this resolution. I urge them to not force vulnerable women who have been wronged into the dark and into forced arbitration."—Sen. Al Franken in March

And last… "If a senator drove a car into a river and left a woman there to drown and didn’t notify the police, would that be considered resignation-worthy now? Or are we still not to that point?” —Frank Fleming