The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

Insight: “It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government should be repressive no further than is necessary to secure liberty by protecting the equal rights of each from aggression on the part of others, and the moment governmental prohibitions extend beyond this line they are in danger of defeating the very ends they are intended to serve.” —Henry George (1839-1897)

Nailed it: “‘We can’t vote for [Amy Coney Barrett], because our radical base will get mad. We can’t vote against her because she’s immensely qualified and Americans actually like her. So we will just be dramatic juveniles and not show up.’ That’s Senate Dems for ya.” —Rep. Dan Crenshaw

Sad, but true: “Joe Biden … lied about healthcare. He lied about his family taking in millions of dollars from foreign adversaries. He lied about asking congressional Democrats to pass more legislation that gets relief money to the unemployed during the pandemic. Fact-checking really is dead. That’s a good thing for Biden.” —Eddie Scarry

Dezinformatsiya: “We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don’t want to waste the listeners’ and readers’ time on stories that are just pure distractions. And quite frankly, that’s where we ended up. This was … a politically driven event, and we decided to treat it that way.” —National Public Radio managing editor for news Terence Samuel on why NPR won’t cover the Biden Crime Family story

Nothing to see here… “I’m not answering those questions. … I don’t have all day.” —Nancy Pelosi on Hunter Biden

Pick a lane: “I don’t look at this in terms of what he does, blue states and red states. They’re all the United States. And look at the states that are having such a spike in the coronavirus. They’re the red states.” —Joe Biden

Non compos mentis: “We had a good relationship with Hitler before he in fact invaded Europe.” —Joe Biden

Belly laugh of the week: “I think we have to be very careful about any statements coming out about the election from the intelligence community.” —Nancy Pelosi, who impeached President Trump earlier this year over statements from the intelligence community

Lack of self-awareness: “Family separation is an unconscionable policy. 545 children are without their parents. The cruelty was always the point for the Trump administration.” —National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) (NARAL has advocated for the permanent separation of 60 million American babies from families since 1973.)

And last… “Just be honest and say you won’t report any stories that reflect poorly on Biden because you believe it’s so vital that Trump lose that anything is justified — including suppressing reporting — to ensure it happens. People know this is the reality of the national press. Why lie?” —Glenn Greenwald