I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
AL FRANKENDemagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t do something else and also make it sell.
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When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.
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I think Clinton fatigue was a real thing. It’s just hard to get comfortable with Gore.
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And we didn’t need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.
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We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.
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I think there are all kinds of different hells. It’s not a place you go to after you die.
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My mom sold real estate and did it part time.
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I’m sure I’ve devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.
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They had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.
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Net neutrality isn’t a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.
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If you use Facebook – as I do – Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.
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All concluded that Russia did in fact interfere in the 2016 election in order to, quote, help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton.
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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee – a tradition I’d like very much to continue.
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During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal.
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