The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Political futures: “Ronald Reagan used to say America’s best days were ahead. Republicans should say if the Biden/Harris/Sanders/Ocasio-Cortez gang assumes power, they will transform America into the darkness they now falsely claim envelops us. If they win, their pessimistic rhetoric will become all too real.” —Cal Thomas

Upright: “We value and respect every black life. The black cops who have been shot in the line of duty, they matter. The black small business owners who have watched their life’s work go up in flames, they matter. The black kids who’ve been gunned down on the playground, their lives matter too. And their lives are being ruined and stolen by the violence on our streets.” —Nikki Haley

For the record I: “Democrats refuse to denounce the mob. And their response to the chaos? Defund the police, defund Border Patrol, and defund our military. And while they’re doing all this, they’re also trying to take away your guns. Look at the positions they’ve taken the past few months: Democrats won’t let you go to church, but they’ll let you protest. Democrats won’t let you go to work, but they’ll let you riot. Democrats won’t let you go to school, but they’ll let you go loot.” —Rep. Jim Jordan

For the record II: “It hurt my soul to hear the terrible names that people called Donald. The worst one is ‘racist.’ I take it as a personal insult that people would think I’ve had a 37-year friendship with a racist. People that think that don’t know what they’re talking about. Growing up in the Deep South, I’ve seen racism up close. I know what it is. And it isn’t Donald Trump.” —Herschel Walker

For the record III: “If you want to take a look at Joe Biden’s America, take a look at Portland … where they had a riot. Take a look at the woman who punches the other woman in church… Take a look at the 51 shootings in New York and the four murders — that’s all happening under Democrat mayors who actually now do nothing about it.” —Rudy Giuliani

Birds of a feather: “If you look at Joe Biden’s goals and Bernie Sanders’s goals, they’re not that different from a 40,000-foot level.” —Barack Obama

Braying jackass: “The Russians were there and they are there now 24/7 trying to interfere in our election, but they’re not the only ones. We take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. And sadly, the domestic enemies to our voting system and our honoring of the Constitution are right at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with their allies in the Congress of the United States.” —Nancy Pelosi

And last… “Comparing the [Donald Trump] economic agenda with the [Joe Biden] plan is like comparing the moon landing with the Hindenburg.” —Stephen Moore