When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building,
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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The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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Teen pregnancy went way down in the ’90s, and 75 percent of it was because of increased use of contraception.
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The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
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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 like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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I know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician.
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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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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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If you use a cell phone – as I do – your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.
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It’s hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it’s like doing country music after hip-hop. I mean, just, the audience doesn’t go from one to the other.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.
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Why don’t we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.
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