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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.

Al Franken

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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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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Does the mainstream media have a liberal bias? On a couple of things, maybe.
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It’s hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it’s like doing country music after hip-hop. I mean, just, the audience doesn’t go from one to the other.
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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal.
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What you see on the campaign trail is me. It’s easy being me.
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Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.
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We don’t know how many Russian oligarchs have invested in his business.
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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 anticipate that Apple’s fingerprint reader will in fact make iPhone 5S owners more likely to secure their smartphones.
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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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I’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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That he armed the Mujahideen, that he armed Saddam, that he armed Iran, that he armed two-thirds of the Axis of Evil, and that he funded terrorists in Central America. He was, in my mind, a terrible president.
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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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Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.
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