The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

Upright: “There’s a new word for 40 million people in this country: Non-essential. And it’s crazy. … During this pandemic, I've seen firsthand that everybody is essential to somebody, even if you’re just working to pay your own bills. So something is going on here that is fundamentally upside-down. And the fact that these policies are now being instituted by leaders who have shown themselves to be the very definition of rank hypocrisy is, I’m afraid, going to lead us into a place where it’s going to be very difficult to get the poop back in the goose.” —Mike Rowe

A blind squirrel finds a nut: “The Warp Speed project appears to be a dramatic success. I pray that it will be. Although I’ve been a frequent critic of this administration, I want to give them credit for organizing this effectively, and delivering a vaccine in a timely way, almost amazing timely way in this pandemic that we face.” —Senator Dick Durbin

A forewarning: “Let me be clear: I need Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the United States Senate to get this done.” —Joe Biden in a new Georgia ad

Demo-gogue: “We have great confidence in our son. I’m not concerned about any accusations that have been made against him. It’s used to get to me. I think it’s kind of foul play, but look, it is what it is.” —Joe Biden

The BIG Lie: “My father and over 300,000 people have lost their lives because of dangerous criminal neglect by Trump and his administration. I agree … that it is not enough for us just to issue subpoenas. We have to investigate and prosecute these people who are responsible for these reckless deaths.” —Rep. Ilhan Omar

Non compos mentis: “It’s not, ‘You should wear a mask.’ It should be mandated to wear a mask.” —CNN’s Don Lemon (“Don Lemon himself does not need a mask since he usually has his foot in his mouth.” —Keith Koffler)

And last… “To be fair, Pete Buttigieg is not unqualified to be Transportation Secretary. Anyone is qualified, because the truth is, being a bureaucrat takes very little knowledge or skill.” —Allie Beth Stuckey