The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

That escalated quickly: “Putin’s Attack on the U.S. Is Our Pearl Harbor.” —Mark Hertling and Molly K. McKew in Politico

Non Compos Mentis: “[Trump’s Helsinki summit] performance … will live in infamy as much as the Pearl Harbor attack or Kristallnacht.” —former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks

Hypocrite-in-chief: “We see the utter loss of shame among political leaders where they’re caught in a lie and they just double down and they lie some more.” —Barack Obama

Hyper hypocrisy: “The politics of fear and resentment and retrenchment … [is] now on the move. It’s on a move at a pace that would have seemed unimaginable just a few years ago. I am not being alarmist. I am simply stating the facts.” —Barack Obama, who specializes in such politics

Straight from the horse’s mouth: “Unfortunately, too much of politics today seems to reject the very concept of objective truth. People just make stuff up.” —Barack Obama, whose own idea of “objective truth” evolved during his presidency

Woe is me! “I’m actually surprised by how much money I got. And let me tell you something, I don’t have half as much as most of these folks or a tenth or a hundredth. There’s only so much you can eat. There’s only so big a house you can have. There’s only so many nice trips you can take. I mean, it’s enough.” —Barack Obama

The BIG Lie: “Unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs. Unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week and can barely feed their family.” —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Braying Jenny: “I believe in health care for all. I believe in education for all. I believe in housing as a human right. And … if people are going to call me a socialist for believing in those things, alright, call me a socialist; I don’t give a d—n.” —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

And last… “Russia meddled in the election and we can’t trust them. BUT can we trust Clapper, Comey, McCabe, and Strzok?” —Rep. Jim Jordan