The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Insight: “Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.” —Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65)

Grand delusions I: “Imagine if I said we give immunity to drug companies, we give immunity to tobacco companies. That has caused carnage on our streets. One hundred and fifty million people have been killed since 2007 when Bernie voted to exempt the gun manufacturers from liability. More than all the wars.” —Joe Biden

Grand delusions II: “I was part of making sure that [the ebola] pandemic did not get to the United States. Saved millions of lives.” —Joe Biden

The BIG Lie I: “The truth of the matter is Bernie Sanders is not a socialist.” —Democrat strategist David Axelrod

The BIG Lie II: “Every study out there, conservative or progressive, says ‘Medicare for All’ will save money.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders

One reason you’ll never be president: “I believe I’m the only person on this stage who believes in reparations for slavery. Something happened. We should have a formal commission on race to retell the story of the last 400-plus years.” —Tom Steyer

Shooting yourself in the foot: “Let’s just go on the record. They talk about 40 Democrats. Twenty-one of those were people that I spent $100 million to help elect. All of the new Democrats that came in, put Nancy Pelosi in charge, and gave the Congress the ability to control this president, I bought — I got them [emphases added].” —Michael Bloomberg, who admittedly isn’t buying only his own election

Not true: “When I was 21 years old, I got a job as a special education teacher. I loved that job. And by the end of the first year, I was visibly pregnant. The principal wished me luck and gave my job to someone else.” —Sen. Elizabeth Warren

And last… “I don’t know what’s a more ignorant statement — believing that socialism works or that farming is easy.” —Vice President Mike Pence