The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Insight: “[The Democrats] say that the United States has had its days in the sun; that our nation has passed its zenith. My fellow citizens, I utterly reject that view.” —Ronald Reagan

For the record: “If presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden were forced to live by the standards he wants to set for college students accused of sexual misconduct, he would already have been presumed guilty, been denied a genuine opportunity to refute the charges leveled against him by Tara Reade, and had his life ruined.” —David Harsanyi

Non sequitur: “They’re treating the Michael Flynn story like it’s a bigger deal than the deaths of 2,000 Americans a day.” —CNN’s Brian Stelter

Non compos mentis: “There is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free. That’s the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic — not just institutional norms — but our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk.” —co-conspirator Barack Obama on Michael Flynn’s vindication

Village idiot: “He’s gotten away with assaulting women, breaking laws, violating the Constitution and letting US die. The vote in Nov. is our last chance to hold him accountable. He knows if we’re allowed to vote by mail, he loses in a landslide. We all know what needs to be done.” —Rob Reiner

Braying jackass: “It’s 2020 and [Ahmaud Arbery’s death] was a lynching of an African-American man. … With the rhetoric we hear coming out of the White House, many who are prone to being racist are given permission to do it in an overt way we wouldn’t see in 2020.” —Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms

And last… “A shocking number of Americans do not want to be free. They want a nanny.” —Todd Starnes