The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

Swampthink

“We’re beginning to see the results, and I think as those results become more evident to the American people and as we talk about how consequential this president has been, his [poll] numbers will improve.” —Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA)

Belly Laugh of the Week

“[Biden] really wants to unify this country. He wants to bring people together. … That’s who he is as a person.” —Ro Khanna

Non Compos Mentis

“When I first learned about the [Trump] indictment, I had a long conversation with a friend of mine … and I told him how proud I felt to be an American at that moment. Much in the way that I did when I learned that our military had killed Osama bin Laden. I just felt incredibly proud. … I believe they’re comparable. … Osama bin Laden was a terrorist who committed a horrific act against American people and against our republic. And I believe that Donald Trump is a terrorist who committed horrific acts against the American people.” —CNN analyst Michael Fanone

Observations

“It’s not a crime to tell gigantic lies that lead people to commit acts of blinding stupidity. If it were, the entire media and Democratic Party would be in prison for life.” —Ann Coulter

“If recklessly lying to voters were a crime, most everyone in D.C. would be serving life in solitary confinement at Supermax. But in a liberal democracy, as frustrating as it often is, political misconduct is settled by voters and elections, not partisan prosecutors or rioters.” —David Harsanyi

“Donald Trump and Mike Pence had a tremendous four-year run as the America First team. The accomplishments the two achieved together were incredibly impressive and vastly more than good enough to merit a second term. That the two men are now so very far apart and haven’t even spoken to each other in two years is a terrible shame. … The former president and his right-hand man are at an impasse that in a way is a microcosm of the Republican Party.” —Nate Jackson

“Unless you think the Democrats are too dumb to foresee the obvious consequences of their actions, their strategy is evident: keep Trump in the limelight, freeze the other Republican candidates out of news coverage, do everything they can to make Trump the Republican nominee, and then crush him in the general election.” —John Hinderaker

“When polls show a majority of Republicans and Democrats are dissatisfied with the front-runners for president, perhaps it’s time to create another way to select presidential candidates.” —Cal Thomas

Re: The Gender Cult

“What is truly confounding is the muddled state of the discourse surrounding women’s identity. Women, throughout history, have fought countless battles for recognition and rights. And now, we’re embroiled in a debate questioning the very definition of what constitutes a woman. … The fundamental issue is this: The intensity of your feelings, however genuine they may be, cannot change reality.” —Armstrong Williams

Friendly Fire

“Don’t pretend that you love migrants so much and then when [border states] send them to you, you don’t like them. … You liked them when it wasn’t your problem because you’re not a border state. And then when they show up in Chicago, in New York, you’re like … ‘What are we going to do with these people?’” —Bill Maher

Insight

“The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to prevailing superstition or taboo.” —H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)