The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts
Lack of Self-Awareness Award
“Name me a single objective we’ve ever set out to accomplish that we’ve failed on. Name me one.” —Joe Biden (“He says this on the 2nd anniversary of the Afghan withdrawal, which killed 13 American service members and left behind thousands of citizens/allies.” —Greg Price)
Non Compos Mentis
“We all want to thank the president for making all the difference in the world with an agenda of diversity, inclusion, innovation, and justice — always for the children.” —Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
The BIG Lies
“Our economy is doing so well … because of the work we in the Senate and the president did over the last summer.” —Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
“A year from now, people will know — they will know the economy is strong.” —Chuck Schumer
“We will see results in the coming months and years.” —Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden
“I’m the first one to cut the federal debt by one trillion seven hundred billion dollars.” —Joe Biden
“For the president and me, one of our highest priorities … has been to lower energy costs.” —Kamala Harris
“If you know this president, you know how much he cares about people.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (“On Sunday, Biden literally said ‘no comment’ when he was asked about the death toll of the Maui wildfires.” —RNC)
“This president has had to deal with many disasters in the past two years, and he has shown up and he has been there.” —Karine Jean-Pierre
Hot Air
“It is clear the clock is not just ticking, it is banging. And that is why one year ago President Biden and I made the largest climate investment in America’s history.” —Kamala Harris
“We have to cut the carbon pollution that’s driving the climate crisis and that’s what the Inflation Reduction Act is all about.” —Biden senior advisor John Podesta
“The public not only gets it, I think they’re feeling it. If you [are] experiencing temperatures above 110 degrees for 31 straight days in Phoenix, you know something’s amiss. Now the politicians could argue that this is just some … natural variation, but I think the public knows that that’s not true.” —John Podesta
For the Record
“Hawaii, like California, is suffering under leftist political environmentalism. And like California’s annual summer wildfires, which the Left continuously blames on climate change, the real culprit in Hawaii is indeed man-made, but it has nothing to do with carbon emissions and fossil fuels. Poor natural resource management and an aging power infrastructure — mostly due to leftist politicians majoring in the minors and bowing to the fringe demands of environmental lobbyists — are responsible for the lion’s share of these natural disasters.” —Thomas Gallatin
Observations
“Many a Trump-voting Republican can believe that after all the media bias and suppression, Biden won Georgia in 2020 in a squeaker, and still believe that a prosecutor comparing Trump to an organized-crime boss looks like a mudslinging Democrat.” —Tim Graham
“It’s not often somebody gets indicted for suggesting that people watch a government hearing, although I must admit that if you have ever slogged through such a boring event it does resemble some forms of CIA ‘enhanced interrogation’ techniques.” —David Strom
“To pardon yourself, you have to be elected president. But spending your entire presidential race in the dock makes that a radically uphill battle.” —Ben Shapiro
Insight
“In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.” —Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)
And Last…
“Bidenomics is pretty simple. It’s just bigger government, more spending, and higher prices. … And President Biden is out there saying prices are high and your 401K is crashing because the economy is so good. He just doesn’t get it. That’s why he’s polling up there with a fungal infection.” —Senator John Kennedy (R-LA)
“It’s tragically evident that our nation has reached the pinnacle of privilege and complacent ignorance when some of its citizens demand the revocation of the one right that assures all others.” —Mark Alexander