The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Observations: “Some people are pointing to the Katie Hill story and claiming that polyamory is perfectly healthy and good. Well, her marriage fell apart. Not sure this one goes in the win column for polyamorous relationships.” —Matt Walsh

Upright: “The First Amendment is first for a reason. Second Amendment is just in case the first one doesn’t work out.” —comedian Dave Chappelle

Friendly fire: “They have [Joe Biden] in the candidate-protection program. I don’t know if you can do that. I don’t know if you can get through a whole campaign that way. Either he can hack it or he can’t hack it. If you’re worried the candidate can hurt himself talking to a reporter, that’s a bad sign.” —former Obama adviser David Axelrod

Braying jackass: “I’m glad President Trump ordered the mission. But as more details of the raid [on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi] emerge, it’s clear that this victory was not due to Donald Trump’s leadership. It happened despite his ineptitude as commander-in-chief.” —Joe Biden

Hogwash: “I don’t take impeachment lightly. I’ve been there for two. I don’t think it’s anything a country should have to go through if it can be avoided.” —Joe Biden

Basket of deplorables: “[Trump supporters] like him because of the issues. They like him because of the tax cut. They like him because he’s a racist.” —Joe Biden

Prepositioning the narrative: “Essentially, is America ready for a woman and a woman of color to be president of the United States? There is a lack of ability or a difficulty in imagining that someone whom we have never seen can do a job that has been done 45 times by someone who is not that person.” —Sen. Kamala Harris

And last… “BREAKING: a 9th Circuit judge rules [President Trump] must resurrect Al Baghdadi because he failed to inform Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi of the raid.” —Alex Bruesewitz