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Why don’t we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.

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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.
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My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its Mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its Mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay.
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.
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There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
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That’s bad news for everyone else – and for our democracy itself.
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We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren’t rich – but we felt secure.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it – politics – was important… that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
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We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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Why don’t we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.

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