The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Fair Warning

“If we elect two more senators, we keep the House in Democrats, we’re gonna get a lot of unfinished business we’re gonna get done. … We’ll codify Roe v. Wade. We’ll ban assault weapons. … We’ll protect voting rights, we’ll pass election reform, and make no — make sure no one, no one, ever has an opportunity to steal an election again.” —President Joe Biden (Um, what was that about stealing elections?)

The BIG Lie

“It’s not hyperbole [that] you need to vote to literally save democracy again. America must choose. You must choose. Whether our country will move forward or backward. Trump and the extreme MAGA Republicans have made their choice — to go backwards full of anger, violence, hate and division. … [They] refuse to accept the will of the people.” —Joe Biden

Re: The Left

“It is profoundly immoral to transfer the privately incurred debts of some onto the backs of all taxpayers, most of whom put in the work to pay off their own debts. The only rationale for this public policy is to reward rich, white, college-educated Americans for moving into the Democratic Party.” —Erick Erickson

“Joe Biden called his opponents ‘semi-fascist’ last [week]. Fascism generally begins with massive and illegal expansion of executive authority.” —Ben Shapiro

Reflections on Afghanistan

“Biden’s Afghanistan fiasco wasn’t just a tragedy for those we lost, their families, and those we left behind. It was strategic disaster of the first order.” —Senator Tom Cotton

“It was a humiliation that shattered more than trust in the president. … It was a blow to the credibility of America itself.” —James Livingson (USMC, Ret.)

“A lot can happen in the span of a year. This is certainly the case with Afghanistan. One year after President Joe Biden’s incompetent and disastrous pullout from that beleaguered country, failure has cascaded. Taliban terrorists now rule the government in Kabul. U.S. global military credibility remains in free-fall. Our allies no longer trust us. Our adversaries no longer respect us. Afghanistan is an even worse foreign policy catastrophe than Saigon in April 1975. We need to remember this when we go to the polls on Nov. 8.” —Oliver North & David Goetsch

Non Compos Mentis Award

“Before the late 18th century, Western science recognized only one sex — the male — and considered the female body an inferior version of it. The shift historians call the ‘two-sex model’ served mainly to reinforce gender and racial divisions by tying social status to the body.” —Scientific American (“For Pete’s sake. If science is so offensive to your morals now, change your name.” —Frank J. Fleming)

Economic Malaise

“While higher interest rates, slower growth and softer labor market conditions will bring down inflation, they will also bring some pain to households and businesses. These are the unfortunate costs of reducing inflation. But a failure to restore price stability would mean far greater pain.” —Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on unwinding what Joe Biden exacerbated

And Last…

“I’m sorry, but calling Monkey Pox the ‘pandemic of the unvaginated’ is probably the funniest thing I’ve ever heard in my life.” —Very Swell Nice Guy