The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

The BIG Lie

“At every turn, this economy has been getting better and better, and the overall economic picture has been getting better.” —Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA)

Double Standards

“[Illegal immigration] is a national and statewide issue that has been unjustly dropped into the lap of New York City resident[s].” —NYC Mayor Eric “Sanctuary City” Adams

Theater of the Absurd

“I realized in the the first year of the Trump administration … that there was nothing Russia or China or North Korea could do to divide us, to tear down our institutions, more than our own president of the United States had been doing.” —Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA)

Re: The Leftmedia

“I was in the White House during Hurricane Katrina when Bush was excoriated for flying over New Orleans, rather than landing, because he did not want to divert resources from rescue efforts. Can you imagine if he spent that week on the beach, and when asked to discuss his plans to travel to see the damage said ‘No’? They would have crucified him. But Joe Biden can’t be bothered to interrupt his beach vacation to so much as say a word of consolation to the people of Maui, and that’s perfectly fine. He can wait a week before traveling to Hawaii to see the damage and recovery efforts, and that’s perfectly copacetic. If you ever wanted evidence that the media is in the tank for him, there it is.” —Marc Thiessen

“Biden could only be handling Hawaii worse if Hunter had flown over there and touched off another wildfire with his crack pipe, and there’s nothing the media wants to talk about less. Amazing to watch for anyone old enough to remember Hurricane Katrina.” —John Hayward

For the Record

“We can think of one thing that Joe Biden set out to accomplish and succeeded on beyond his wildest dreams: self-enrichment. … Indeed, when it comes to profiting personally while selling out his country, it’s never been a good bet to bet against Joe Biden.” —Douglas Andrews

Political Futures

“The [Ron] DeSantis operation has thus far underperformed at the national level. Partially, that can be blamed on the fact that DeSantis … has thus far been whacked with more negative advertising expenditures than Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden combined.” —Josh Hammer

“Barack Obama is in one sense the last person alive Republicans should take advice from, but perhaps there was a kernel of truth to be found in the success of his ubiquitous ‘Hope’ branding from 2008.” —Josh Hammer

“The exit poll in the almost even 2022 House (Republicans won the popular vote 50% to 47%) shows that married men voted 59% to 39% Republican, and unmarried men also went Republican by a smaller but significant 52% to 45% margin. Married women, however, also voted Republican by a landslide 56% to 42% margin. So, why was the election so close? Because unmarried women favored Democrats 68% to 31%.” —Michael Barone

“In today’s bizarre political climate, the idea that Trump should neither be elected nor prosecuted is apparently a niche perspective. I can’t explain it.” —John Hinderaker

Upright

“One way to get along with China, and to regain its respect, is to deal with it exactly the way it deals with the United States.” —Victor Davis Hanson

“Conservative boycotts of businesses and products are clearly beginning to make a difference. If nothing else, the next marketing exec or CEO might think twice before bowing to the woke mobsters. … In some cases, it’s not about boycotting; it’s simply about supporting those companies that stay out of politics altogether.” —Brian Mark Weber

Insight

“Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order.” —John V. Lindsay (1921-2000)