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.
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.
More Al Franken Quotes
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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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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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Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.
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I don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.
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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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I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. ‘It’s a job, Al,’ Guy told me. ‘We work at it every day.’
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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
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Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.
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The only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products.
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It was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.
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Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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My mom sold real estate and did it part time.
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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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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I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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