The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Insight

“The constitutional right of free speech has been declared to be the same in peace and war. In peace, too, men may differ widely as to what loyalty to our country demands, and an intolerant majority, swayed by passion or by fear, may be prone in the future, as it has been in the past, to stamp as disloyal opinions with which it disagrees.” —Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941)

Re: Ukraine

“It is difficult, perhaps impossible, to overstate the utterly pathetic nature of the Biden presidency thus far. To merely call him feckless or incompetent would be insufficient. … His presidency is a disgraceful exercise in how to do everything wrong: the highest inflation in decades, out-of-control spending, supply chain crises and mass product shortages, a humiliating and botched Afghanistan withdrawal and the terrorist Iranian regime racing toward a nuclear weapon. Biden’s is the ‘Murphy’s law’ presidency — anything that can go wrong has indeed gone wrong.” —Josh Hammer

“Call me crazy but as I lament the unfolding tragedy in Ukraine and its implications for the world, I can’t quit obsessing over our INSANE, voluntary choice to weaken and impoverish ourselves through Biden’s war on domestic energy, the military, law enforcement and the rest.” —David Limbaugh

“It seems increasingly plausible that Russia and China put their efforts — directly or indirectly — behind a Biden victory, knowing he would exhibit the weakness necessary for them to accomplish their imperialistic goals. Clearly, their plans weren’t possible under Trump.” —Allie Beth Stuckey

“When Joe Biden says that things in Ukraine are unfolding as he predicted, that merely underscores his idiocy. If you know something bad is going to happen months from now and you’re right and you didn’t prepare, this makes you an idiot.” —Ben Shapiro

“If you want to send a message to Vladimr Putin, here’s a message to send him: We are going to be the ones who supply the oil and gas to the world. We are going to shut down your energy sector and we are going to open ours up like you’ve never seen it before.” —Senator Josh Hawley

Leadership

“The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.” —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

A Trip Down Memory Lane

“It’s going to take a hell of a lot of work to make up for all the damage [Trump’s] done internationally and nationally. … Imagine what he can do in another year. Imagine what can happen in Ukraine.” —Joe Biden, October 2019

Non Compos Mentis Award

“One small thing to be thankful for is that [Trump] is not in the White House as the Ukraine crisis unfolds. He’d side with Russia.” —Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies senior fellow Francis Fukuyama

Dezinformatsiya

“U.S. economy appeared ready to surge, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could send shockwaves.” —The Washington Post

For the Record

“The ‘defund’ [police] conversation … I personally think went too far and got convoluted.” —Oakland, California, Mayor Libby Schaaf