NOTABLE QUOTABLES (February 16, 2023)
OBSERVATIONS
“The Chinese spy balloon incident appears to have quickly evolved from embarrassing national security failure to national farce. We let a sophisticated Chinese surveillance balloon fly the length of the United States and now, in reaction to that embarrassment, are practically scrambling the jets every time a little girl lets go of her helium balloon at a birthday party. … The failure here is ours and ours alone. How can the most sophisticated society in human history lack the capacity to track a primitive aviation technology dating back to the 18th century?” – Rich Lowry
“The whole world saw a slow-moving balloon transiting Montana, Kansas, South Carolina — and the United States of America did nothing. … I can’t imagine that the risk of some falling debris over a place like Montana exceeded the risk of global shame.” – former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
“In its 65 year history [NORAD] never shot down an aircraft over U.S. airspace. Over the [last] 10 days they have shot down 1 balloon & 3 ‘objects.’ Americans need to hear directly about this from their President today.” – Senator Marco Rubio
THE BIG LIE
“Folks, I hate to disappoint them, but the Biden economic plan is working.” – Joe Biden
“People realize Biden is hitting it out of the park.” – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
“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
FOR THE RECORD
“Seven days after Biden boasted that inflation, food, and gas prices are falling and that take-home pay is rising, new numbers arrive showing that inflation, food, and energy prices are jumping back up again, and real take-home pay is falling. … As I mention more and more frequently, this administration has many bad habits, but one of the worst is its inclination to spike the football in victory at any glimpse of good news, only to be quickly overtaken by bad news.” – Jim Geraghty
“When it comes to transgenders competing in women’s sports, it’s not a woke country we’re living in, it’s an insane one.” – Michael Reagan
AND LAST
“No other country on Earth is ridiculous enough to permit different racial groups to perform their own national anthems before major events.” – Matt Walsh
“I’ll be the first to admit, President Biden and I don’t have a lot in common. I’m for freedom. He’s for government control. At 40, I’m the youngest governor in the country. At 80, he’s the oldest president in American history. I’m the first woman to lead my state. He’s the first man to surrender his presidency to a woke mob that can’t even tell you what a woman is. … The dividing line in America is no longer between right or left. The choice is between normal or crazy.” – Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders