The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Insight: “In this springtime of hope, some lights seem eternal; America’s is.” —Ronald Reagan

Braying jackass: “America can overcome four years of Donald Trump’s chaos and corruption, but if re-elected it will forever fundamentally change the character of who we are as a nation. We can’t let this happen. This election is about the soul of our nation and Donald Trump has poisoned our soul.” —Joe Biden

Belly laugh of the year: “There is one indisputable fact about the impeachment of President Donald Trump that should be clear to all Americans: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is making the Constitution great again.” —USA Today columnist Alexander Heffner

Monumental lack of self-awareness: “William Barr is unfit to be attorney general.” —former AG Eric Holder

Clueless? “I’m certainly willing to admit that the inspector general found serious abuses of FISA that I was unaware of. Had I known of them … I would have called out the FBI at the same time. But I think it’s only fair to judge what we knew at the time, not what would be revealed two years later, but yes, there were very serious abuses of the FISA process. They need to be corrected. We need to make sure they never happen again.” — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff

Look in a mirror: “Hate, sinful … rhetoric is very dangerous and it’s becoming synonymous with the Republican Party.” —Ilhan Omar

Non sequitur: “If pitchers can make $324 million, we can pay every teacher in this country at least $60,000.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders

World’s tiniest violin: “I feel like the forgotten man. I made more movies directed by women and about women than any filmmaker, and I’m talking about 30 years ago. I’m not talking about now when it’s vogue. I did it first! I pioneered it!” —Harvey Weinstein

And last… “Few Americans trust the media these days and coverage of impeachment is one of the reasons. It is also one of the reasons so few people are changing their minds. Most people recognize the media can no longer be trusted to play it straight.” —Erick Erickson