It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate.
AL FRANKENThe Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone – in which we start to balance the budget on the backs of, literally, our most vulnerable citizens.
More Al Franken Quotes
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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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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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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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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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There is – I mean – I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
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I don’t think I’m an angry person. I think I’m a person who’s angry. I’m angry at the Bush administration;
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I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents.
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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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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One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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What you see on the campaign trail is me. It’s easy being me.
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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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If someone hacks your password, you can change it – as many times as you want.
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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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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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