The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

Insight

“Nothing appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the ease with which the many are governed by the few.” —Scottish economist David Hume (1711-1776)

For the Record

“Beijing’s balloon was a giant middle finger from Xi Jinping to Joe Biden. Incredibly, Biden tried to take a bow Tuesday night after his performance last week. But if that’s what passes as strength, we may as well start learning Mandarin now.” —Gary Bauer

“If government was the solution to all our problems, why hasn’t it solved the problems Biden again mentioned — from poverty to crime? Why does nothing ever seem to get better, especially when Democrats are running the government?” —Cal Thomas

“Biden comes to life only when he smears his enemies while calling for ‘unity’ and ‘bipartisanship.’ Only then his voice rises, his brow furrows, and his face reddens.” —Victor Davis Hanson

Re: The Left

“It’s the left that started the culture wars, not the right! It’s the left that demands you pay for late-term abortions. It’s the left that demands a right to groom children and keep secrets from parents. It’s the left that is pushing open borders and wants to defund the police. … The left will not ‘tolerate’ us and our values. So, we shouldn’t be afraid to engage in this fight.” —Gary Bauer

“I remember when Democrats maintained that abortion was a sad but sometimes necessary circumstance. Former President Bill Clinton sought to make abortion ‘safe, legal and rare.’ Now it’s celebrated; it’s a fashion statement; it’s jewelry. Legislation being passed in blue states is legalizing abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy, and those calling to ‘codify’ Roe v. Wade want the same kind of law passed by Congress. Celebrating the destruction of our own children — including full-term, viable babies in utero — is not just ‘crazy’; it is evil. … Encouraging sexual promiscuity and gender confusion in minors, promoting the mutilation of healthy bodies, hiding classroom behavior from parents and deliberately driving a wedge between children and their families is not just ‘crazy’; it is evil.” —Laura Hollis

Village Idiots

“Playing with or against transgender women and girls is not a threat to women’s sports.” —soccer player Becky Sauerbrunn

“The inclusion of trans kids in sports is the inclusion of kids in sports. Everyone should have the ability to play sport. And the fact that it’s being taken into politics so big is really sad. And I think it’s at the cost of trans kids’ lives.” —soccer player Alex Morgan

Non Compos Mentis

“I have a Ph.D. in white trashology, and you saw real white trash on display [at the State of the Union].” —Democrat strategist James Carville

The BIG Lies

“I know that for a lot of Republicans on the Hill their dream is to cut Social Security and Medicare. Well, let me say this. If that’s your dream, I’m your nightmare.” —Joe Biden

“The idea that a balloon could traverse — break American airspace is — anyway, it’s not a major breach.” —Joe Biden

“If the only thing [Republicans] can do is make up things about my family, it’s not going to go very far.” —Joe Biden

“People realize Biden is hitting it out of the park.” —Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

“There is speech that is not constitutionally protected: racist, hate, incitement to violence.” —Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett

“Elements of critical race theory are not taught to five-year-olds. It’s not taught to eight-year-olds. Not taught to 10-year-olds.” —"The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg