I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
AL FRANKENI grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
More Al Franken Quotes
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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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If you use a cell phone – as I do – your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.
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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
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I want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
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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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I think Hell exists on Earth. It’s a psychological state, or it can be a physical state.
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Well, I think that there’s a value to comedy in and of itself.
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The Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations.
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They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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Google might be doping the horses.
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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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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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Sometimes if I tell people, ‘I’m afraid that I’m really a fraud,’ or ‘I have a lot of self-doubt,’ they go.
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In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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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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