You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its Mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its Mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay.
AL FRANKENAnd terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.
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But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, ‘Hi’ to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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I just can’t sit still and meditate; that doesn’t kind of work for me. I don’t even know exactly what it means.
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The only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products.
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Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.
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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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The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate.
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Let’s keep the Internet weird. Let’s keep the Internet free.
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I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it’s a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us.
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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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Does the mainstream media have a liberal bias? On a couple of things, maybe.
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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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