For 35 years I was a writer. I wrote a lot of jokes. Some of them weren’t funny. Some of them weren’t appropriate. Some of them were downright offensive. I understand that.
AL FRANKENWhen you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.
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Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, ‘Hi’ to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.
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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.
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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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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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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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They had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.
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There is – I mean – I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
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It was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.
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But I think it’s a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.
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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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My mom sold real estate and did it part time.
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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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My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.
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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
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