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.
AL FRANKENSome of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in creating jobs or helping Americans struggling in a difficult economy.
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That he armed the Mujahideen, that he armed Saddam, that he armed Iran, that he armed two-thirds of the Axis of Evil, and that he funded terrorists in Central America. He was, in my mind, a terrible president.
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I think there are all kinds of different hells. It’s not a place you go to after you die.
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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 want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial.
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Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.
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We don’t know how many Russian oligarchs have invested in his business.
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The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they’ve had minor leagues.
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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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And terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.
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If you want a free email service that doesn’t use your words to target ads to you, you’ll have to figure out how to port years and years of Gmail messages somewhere else, which is about as easy as developing your own free email service.
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I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.
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The news movement conservatives that are just laying out, slathering out the disinformation and the lies, as I discuss in my book, ‘Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.’
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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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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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