Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn’t been a satirist or a political satirist who’s done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign.
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More Al Franken Quotes
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I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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I mean, there is a part of the media that’s not the mainstream media. That’s Fox, that is ‘The Wall Street Journal’ editorial page.
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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’m a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I’m invited to all the inaugural balls.
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I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents.
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I believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it.
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I anticipate that Apple’s fingerprint reader will in fact make iPhone 5S owners more likely to secure their smartphones.
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The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I’m looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.
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Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial.
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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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The Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to Silicon Valley. And you can’t impeach Google if it breaks its ‘Don’t be evil’ campaign pledge.
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The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
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Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor.
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If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces.
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I know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician.
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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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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
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I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.
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Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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I just can’t sit still and meditate; that doesn’t kind of work for me. I don’t even know exactly what it means.
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I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
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I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone.
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In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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He didn’t have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.
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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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