To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It’s – I think they might use too much oil in their hummus – but it’s the wrong question.
AL FRANKENComedy 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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Liberals like me love America. We just love America in a different way.
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At ‘SNL,’ I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in ’95, I could let my own beliefs out.
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Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.
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I believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive?
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I mean, there is a part of the media that’s not the mainstream media. That’s Fox, that is ‘The Wall Street Journal’ editorial page.
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One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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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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Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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I think if you’re going to do a movie about Reagan, you do it about the fact that he created the huge deficit.
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I’ve spent my entire career being a satirist.
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Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.
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I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.
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