The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Insight: “Forced to choose, the poor, like the rich, love money more than political liberty; and the only political freedom capable of enduring is one that is so pruned as to keep the rich from denuding the poor by ability or subtlety and the poor from robbing the rich by violence or votes.” —Will Durant (1885-1981)

Re: The Left: “If Democrats had won the White House and the Senate … the country as we know it would’ve ended, not because Democrats have bad ideas — though they do — but because Democrats plan to impose an entirely new system on our country. … With nothing to check their power, the left fully intended to eliminate the traditional American balances within our government, along with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights that constrain their power.” —Fox News’s Tucker Carlson

Rhetorical question: “The Pennsylvania AG said Biden would win before polls even opened. The secretary of state tweeted that Trump is so awful it demeans the office to call him president. Is there reason to suspect that maybe these people are allowing late ballots because they want Trump gone?” —Matt Walsh

For the record: “Obvious point here but: media quickly calling states in Biden’s favor, when they’re actually close, and slow-walking the announcements of Trump’s clear victories is not a good look for being trusted or fighting a narrative of an election being stolen from the voters.” —Mollie Hemingway

Socialistic-type return on investment: “Amy McGrath and Jaime Harrison raised a combined $199,004,686 and lost to Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham by a combined 35 points.” —Politico’s Jake Sherman

Voter fraud doesn’t exist: “Need help with your mail in ballot, finding out where to vote, or something else? Call the @PADems Voter Assistance Hotline. Someone will answer and help you out.” —Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro steering voters toward leftist partisans on Election Day (Shapiro recently also said, “If all the votes are added up in PA, Trump is going to lose.”) 

Non compos mentis: “These days, I am reminded quite often that you do not have to be white to support white supremacy.” —The Washington Post’s Eugene Scott

Demo-gogue: “Imagine what would be on your screen — or your mind — tonight, if ours were a normal democracy that gives the presidency to whoever earns the most votes.” —Pete Buttigieg, who doesn’t care to accept why America’s isn’t a “normal” democracy

And last… “GOP well-positioned for 2022 in the House and Senate. Biden’s most progressive priorities are DOA in a McConnell-run Senate. But remember: Democrats told you that their top priority was "restoring the national soul” by ousting Trump. They’re sad today because that was a lie.“ —Ben Shapiro