The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

The Gipper: “We are the showcase of the future. And it is within our power to mold that future — this year and for decades to come. It can be as grand and as great as we make it. No crisis is beyond the capacity of our people to solve; no challenge too great.”

Blind squirrel finds a nut: “[The press] did treat [Barack Obama] differently than other Democrats and Republicans because … they liked him, and they liked having the first African-American president.” —Bill Clinton

And now back to Non Compos Mentis: “I did say publicly, on more than one occasion, that I was sorry. That’s very different. The apology was public. … A lot of the facts have been conveniently omitted to make the [Monica Lewinsky] story work. I think partly because they’re frustrated that they got all these serious allegations against the current occupant of the Oval Office and his voters don’t seem to care. I think I did the right thing. I defended the Constitution.” —Bill Clinton

The BIG Lie: “The President’s reckless policies are exploding gas prices, wiping out the few meager gains that some families should have received from the GOP tax scam, as wages remain stagnant.” —Nancy Pelosi (First, Democrats hypocritically want to hike gas taxes. Second, wages aren’t stagnant; they’re rising.)

Braying Jackass: “There’s no defending Samantha Bee and yet it’s hard to ever empathize with President Trump when they’re asking, you know, for empathy since he torches people all the time too. … How is it that the president is not responsible for this tone?” —MSNBC’s Chuck Todd

Birds of a feather flock together: “Spineless. Support your talent TBS. Instead, you made [Samantha Bee] apologize.” —"comedian" Kathy Griffin


And last… “[Justice] Sotomayor is the most consistently hostile Justice on the Supreme Court towards religious liberty. Ginsberg comes close, but Sotomayor is more predictably hostile. … One danger of Masterpiece is it will teach left-leaning bureaucrats that they can stifle religious practice so long as they don’t say so publicly.” —Erick Erickson