They’ve had local rightwing guys who’ve become national rightwing guys, and who build slowly, and that’s how it goes. We haven’t had that. It isn’t like we have a farm team.
AL FRANKENHe didn’t have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.
More Al Franken Quotes
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You know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad.
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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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Whining is anger through a small opening.
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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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We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it’s uncomfortable to talk about.
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There’s plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it’s a serious business.
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Compared to the American public at large, probably a slightly higher percentage of journalists, because of thier enhanced power of discernment, realize they know a gay person or two, and are, therefore, less frightened of them.
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My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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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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Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement.
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Too many people don’t protect their smartphones with a password or PIN.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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