The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Insight: “The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.” —Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)

Antiquated: “The post office is meant to be self-sufficient, but it hasn’t broken even for years. Total losses since 2007 run to $78 billion, according to a May report by the Government Accountability Office, which said that the ‘USPS’s current business model is not financially sustainable.’ It’s a Blockbuster service in a Netflix world.” —The Wall Street Journal

For the record: “Biden’s platform is far more liberal than Barack Obama’s was years ago. And so, when we looked at that as an editorial board, we were kind of blown away at how much more similar it is to Bernie Sanders’s platform in some ways than Barack Obama in 2008.” —The New York Times’s Mara Gay 

Race bait: “I just think with Kamala … it’s another chapter in the end of white politics.” —Rep. Barbara Lee

Non compos mentis: “For someone like me the Democratic Party is problematic in all kinds of ways (as I surely am for them). But it’s a political party, as we’re seeing this week, that’s at least trying to speak for decency, for character, for the country. About Trump’s GOP one can say no such thing.” —Bill Kristol

Look in the mirror: “The president of the United States is a liar and the whole world knows it.” —Benghazi cover-up protagonist Susan Rice

And last… “When someone tries to lay a guilt trip on you for being successful, remember that your guilt is some politician’s license to take what you worked for and give it to someone else who is more likely to vote for the politician who plays Santa Claus with your money.” —Thomas Sowell