Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
AL FRANKENProgressives, in a way, are the new conservatives. We want to conserve what we fought to build.
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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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You know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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Well, I think that there’s a value to comedy in and of itself.
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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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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It’s not preppies, cause I’m a preppie myself. I just don’t like homosexuals. If you ask me, they’re all homosexuals in the Pudding. Hey, I was glad when that Pudding homosexual got killed in Philadelphia.
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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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Does the mainstream media have a liberal bias? On a couple of things, maybe.
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When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices.
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I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.
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I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.
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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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I’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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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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