The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Insight

“The newspaper is of necessity something of a monopoly, and its first duty is to shun the temptations of monopoly. Its primary office is the gathering of news. At the peril of its soul it must see that the supply is not tainted. Neither in what it gives, nor in what it does not give, nor in the mode of presentation, must the unclouded face of truth suffer wrong. Comment is free but facts are sacred.” —C. P. Scott (1846-1932)

For the Record

“Hollywood changes traditionally white characters into black while claiming that the reverse would be ‘black erasure.’ What this tells us is that, by their own admission, they are engaged in white erasure. It’s just that we aren’t supposed to notice or complain.” —Matt Walsh

“The media coverage of Herschel Walker and of [John] Fetterman is one of the very best current examples of the political press’s progressive bias.” —Erick Erickson

The BIG Lies

“We have a secure border.” —Vice President Kamala Harris when asked: “We’re going to have two million people cross this border for the first time ever. You’re confident this border is secure?”

“Right now, extremist so-called leaders are trumpeting the rhetoric of freedom while they restrict and systematically attempt to take away freedoms.” —Kamala Harris

“There are 11 people right now running for secretary of state, the keepers of the integrity of the voting system of their state, who are election deniers.” —Kamala Harris

Veep Thoughts With Kamala

“The president has been clear on this issue and on a very important issue in addition to that important issue, which is voting rights, and the president has been very clear.” —Kamala Harris

Gaslighting

“The price of gas, when we [sic] said what I was doing wouldn’t make any difference, well guess what? It’s down $1.30 since the start of the summer.” —President Joe Biden (“The arsonist wants to take a victory lap.” —Senator Ted Cruz)

Hot Air

“[Republicans] downplayed, even denied, the impact of climate change as communities are literally on fire.” —Kamala Harris

“We need to move in the direction of electric vehicles. … We’ve got to make sure that this happens quickly enough to help us beat climate change.” —Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste…

“We have to look at the way that the electoral system itself is vulnerable to strategic bath-faith actors like Donald Trump. The Electoral College is an accident waiting to happen and we have to deal with that at some point in American history.” —Congressman Jamie Raskin

Sexism Bait/World’s Smallest Violin

“I think it’s sad that we have so many people who seem to either resent or oppose women in the public arena. … I think that a woman will become our president at some point. I certainly understand all of the obstacles you have to overcome to get there.” —Hillary Clinton

Non Sequitur

“I think Nancy Pelosi is the gutsiest woman in politics right now. She has shown, through all kinds of turmoil and challenge, what it means to — somewhat like the Queen [Elizabeth II] to be drawing an analogy here — get up every day, put on those high heels she wears, suit up to fight for the values and ideals that she strongly believes in.” —Hillary Clinton