The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Insight: “An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.” —Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Upright: “If you defund the police, you’re going to be robbed. You’re going to be hurt. And so that’s the reason why I say, ‘You got to vote for this president, President Donald J. Trump, because he believes in the police.’ I believe in the police and I believe in law and order. That’s the reason this country was the best country in the world, because we had law and order.” —Herschel Walker

For the record: “It was President Richard Nixon who said in the midst of the enveloping Watergate scandal: ‘People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. I earned everything I’ve got.’ That standard should be applied to Joe Biden before the election. He should be pressed to explain his son Hunter’s financial dealings in Ukraine and Beijing.” —Cal Thomas

Non compos mentis: “The Republican majority is responsible for racing forward with this extremely unqualified nominee [Amy Coney Barrett], unqualified because of her extreme judicial philosophy.” —Senator Chris Coons calling originalism “extreme”

Non sequitur: “You know it’s getting twisted when Ted Cruz decides to vindicate constitutional originalism by… amending the Constitution to overwrite the founders’ vision for how to set up the Supreme Court.” —Pete Buttigieg

And last… “Usually, the media loves candidates who make good copy, who provide drama and color. In its hatred and fear of President Donald Trump, though, it has thrown in its lot with the dull and meandering Joe Biden, bringing to the effort all the complacency and pointed incuriosity it can muster.” —Rich Lowry