I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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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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Most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time – even when they’re wrong.
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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it.
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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
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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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There are as many forms of advice as there are colors of the rainbow. Remember that good advice can come from bad people and bad advice from good people.
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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, ‘Teacher, sue him.’
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He didn’t have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.
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Tend to be people who didn’t take S.A.T.s, or first-time voters, or people with English as a second language.
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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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But God told me that He/She/It had actually chosen Al Gore by making sure that Gore won the popular vote and, God thought, the Electoral College. ‘That worked for everyone else,’ God said.
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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 think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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