I also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
AL FRANKENIt is my fondest wish that in the fullness of time, the American people will look back on the Franken presidency as something of a mixed bag and not as a complete disaster.
More Al Franken Quotes
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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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I don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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I’ve spent my entire career being a satirist.
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Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have.
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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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That’s bad news for everyone else – and for our democracy itself.
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Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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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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Armed with nothing more than a Facebook user’s phone number and home address.
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I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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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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In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest.
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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose.
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