The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
AL FRANKENFor 35 years I was a writer. I wrote a lot of jokes. Some of them weren’t funny. Some of them weren’t appropriate. Some of them were downright offensive. I understand that.
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Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn’t been a satirist or a political satirist who’s done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign.
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It was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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I’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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The institutions that we’ve built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don’t apply to the private sector.
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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
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During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
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Liberals like me love America. We just love America in a different way.
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In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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I’m sure I’ve devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.
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Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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At ‘SNL,’ I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in ’95, I could let my own beliefs out.
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