Some 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.
AL FRANKENI am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility.
More Al Franken Quotes
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To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It’s – I think they might use too much oil in their hummus – but it’s the wrong question.
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This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw ‘The Killing Fields,’ and I’ve got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
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The 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.
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If you use Facebook – as I do – Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.
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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal.
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The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He’s helped me out on a couple of occasions when I’ve given speeches to corporations where he’d have a good… He’d give me some good information.
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Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t do something else and also make it sell.
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My mom sold real estate and did it part time.
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What you see on the campaign trail is me. It’s easy being me.
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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
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When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.
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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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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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Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.
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