And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that’s funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there’s all kinds of advantages to it.
AL FRANKENHe [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.
More Al Franken Quotes
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The way I see it, I’m not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I’m going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.
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Liberals don’t hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly.
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National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
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I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.
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I also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
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If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I’ve got a problem, I should take their advice.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement.
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It is my fondest wish that in the fullness of time, the American people will look back on the Franken presidency as something of a mixed bag and not as a complete disaster.
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Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He’s helped me out on a couple of occasions when I’ve given speeches to corporations where he’d have a good… He’d give me some good information.
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I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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They had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.
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This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw ‘The Killing Fields,’ and I’ve got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
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