You can’t change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.
AL FRANKENSome 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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The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I’ve had to learn a little bit about it. It’s not rocket science: You get ratings, that’s good.
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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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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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But I think it’s a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.
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Progressives, in a way, are the new conservatives. We want to conserve what we fought to build.
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The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate.
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But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we’re an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we’re going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.
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There’s an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we’re morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that’s a bit dangerous.
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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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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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And the agencies concluded that the Russians had a clear preference for President Trump.
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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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To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It’s – I think they might use too much oil in their hummus – but it’s the wrong question.
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I couldn’t think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow’s leaders.
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