The way I see it, I’m not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I’m going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.
AL FRANKENI’m crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.
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Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they’ve had minor leagues.
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I’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
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Good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.
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Too many people don’t protect their smartphones with a password or PIN.
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Why don’t we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.
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that is eventually going to have an effect on soldiers and troops who are actually going to believe that and it’s wrong. It’s just wrong.
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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.
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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.
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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 don’t think I’m an angry person. I think I’m a person who’s angry. I’m angry at the Bush administration;
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No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.
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Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
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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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