The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

Insight: “Our country’s in great need of a spiritual awakening. There have been times that I’ve wept as I’ve gone from city to city, and I’ve seen how far people have wandered from God. … God loves you, and He’s willing to forgive you of all your sins. The cross is offensive because it confronts people. Even so, it is a confrontation that all of us must face.” —Billy Graham (1918-2018)

Food for thought: “Planned Parenthood to spend $20 MILLION in 2018 to oppose Trump. We, the taxpayers, give Planned Parenthood $500 MILLION every year. You do the math. Our tax money is being spent to attack Trump.” —Liz Wheeler

The BIG Lie: “The NRA sells guns to Americans, then when those guns get used for the purpose for which they were designed, the NRA sells Americans ways to fortify against the effects of those guns. Quite a racket they have going. And their biggest pitchman is sitting in the White House.” —George Takei

Braying Jackass: “The nomination of Marvin Quattlebaum speaks to the overall lack of diversity in President Trump’s selections for the federal judiciary. Quattlebaum replaces not one, but two scuttled Obama nominees who were African-American. As of February 14th, 83 percent of the President Trump’s confirmed nominees were male, 92 percent were white. That represents the lowest share of non-white candidates in three decades. It’s long past time that the judiciary starts looking a lot more like the America it represents.” —Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

Holier than thou: “I’m not going to run for president. Because I think it’s a better investment to invest in creating thousands of me’s.” —Michelle Obama

Belly laugh of the week: “Nancy Pelosi is the most conservative candidate in her 2018 race.” —The Sacramento Bee’s Emily Cadei

And last… “Since the left is supposedly so worried about foreign influence in our elections, why aren’t they concerned about illegal aliens voting?” —Charlie Kirk