The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

For the record: “In the wake of financial problems, many colleges are crying broke and want government bailouts, but they have enough money to hire costly diversity people. For example, University of Pennsylvania pays its chief diversity officer more than $580,000 a year. University of Michigan pays it vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer $385,000 per year. Other universities around the country pay their chief diversity officers annual salaries of $200,000 and up.” —Walter Williams

Upright: “Venezuela 20 years ago was unbelievable. And now they don’t have water; they don’t have food; they don’t have medicine. The only difference is, we’d be much bigger. But that’s what [this race] is. It’s the American Dream versus a socialist hellhole.” —Donald Trump

Political futures: “For many in the press, it’s not about investigating the alleged abuses of the powerful. It’s about getting Democrats elected.” —David Harsanyi

Observations: “I recall several presidential elections ago, an elementary school teacher wrote a newspaper column about a mock election he held in his class. Two students were nominated by their classmates, and then they campaigned for their votes. Who won the election? One of the students presented an agenda and reasonably argued for the merits of that agenda. The other student promised ice cream for everyone who voted for her. She won. It is an unusual politician who has the power and authority to give voters ice cream but won’t use that power to buy votes. This is particularly true when voters themselves believe that ice cream is crucial for their health and welfare. … We don’t need taxpayers footing the bill for more trillions to pay for politicians to dish out ice cream for their constituents.” —Star Parker

The BIG Lie: “This is the most rushed, most partisan, least legitimate Supreme Court nomination process in our nation’s history.” —Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

Grand delusions: “What has Donald Trump done for four years? He not only hasn’t made things better, he has actively made them worse. He withdraws from the Paris Climate Accord. He’s put a coal lobbyist in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency. What could possibly go wrong? He has opened up for offshore drilling, and he has said yes to the oil companies. They can drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Preserve. Donald Trump threatens the existence of human life, of all life, on this planet.” —Senator Elizabeth Warren

Alpha jackass: “[Rush] Limbaugh’s crying about his cancer on air! Worst 15 minutes in radio history! Spilled a large coffee all over counter and floor. I PROMISE MY AUDIENCE THIS- I WILL NOT DRAG YOU DOWN WITH ME! Best wishes RUSH, but stop and leave the stage with dignity.” —Michael Savage

And last… “Both Big Tech and the media, staffed thoroughly with Democrats, are gun-shy about the prospect of turning the election toward President Donald Trump. If they err, they would far rather err on the side of Joe Biden than the side of journalistic aggressiveness. The last thing they want is getting the blame if Biden somehow blows the White House. This is all deeply dangerous. At a time when our trust in media is already low, the media have thoroughly debunked themselves as neutral arbiters of fact.” —Ben Shapiro