The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Insight: “I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.” —Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970)

For the record: “You don’t need college to learn stuff. Everything is available basically for free. You can learn anything you want for free. It is not a question of learning. … I think colleges are basically for fun and to prove you could do your chores, but they’re not for learning.” —Elon Musk

Upright: “If people blindly allow politicians to violate our rights in the name of ‘public health emergency’ on COVID, they’ll brand EVERYTHING a public health emergency…climate change, gun control, defund the police. So they can force it on us.” —Liz Wheeler

Belly laugh of the week: “Hey democrats, I have a few more for ya: Mentos and womentos. Antarctica and unclearctica. Cement and cewoment. German and gerwoman. woMEN and woWOMEN.” —Kevin Sorbo

Sexism bait: “I applaud the inclusion of gender-neutral language that embraces all gender identities and reflects that this chamber is not just a man’s world anymore.” —Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Non compos mentis: “[Trump’s phone call with Brad Raffensperger] is something far worse than occurred in Watergate. We have both a criminal president of the United States in Donald Trump and a subversive president of the United States.” —Carl Bernstein

And last… “Kamala Harris is a pathological liar and mediocre political talent who slept her way to power, flunked out of the primaries after garnering close to zero support, and was given the VP nod thanks solely to her race and gender. Other than that, she’s an inspiration.” —Matt Walsh