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.
AL FRANKENAnd if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.
More Al Franken Quotes
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren’t rich – but we felt secure.
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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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But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we’re an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we’re going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.
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They’re trying to pay for health care and send their kids to college, they’re worried about declining home values, they’re scared for a loved one they have serving in Iraq.
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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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Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn’t been a satirist or a political satirist who’s done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign.
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I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal.
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I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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The institutions that we’ve built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don’t apply to the private sector.
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I feel a deep obligation to the men and women who have risked life and limb on our behalf.
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Whining is anger through a small opening.
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