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For 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.

Al Franken

There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. – you fill in the circle. And the subset of people who tend to, like, put a check there instead, or an X, or fill it out wrong.
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Afraid Ballot Check Circle Mis-fill Our People Subset Tend Voter Wrong
I also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
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Administration Allow Different Do Environment Focus Lie Lot Media Probably Right Stuff Wing
I want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
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Country Liberal Most Reclaim Think Want
My mom sold real estate and did it part time.
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Did Estate Mom Part Real Sold Time
Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
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Call Here Media Most
Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial.
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Believe Call College During Friend God Popular President Some Time Trial Vote
Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there just hadn’t been any radio that did that. And so they weren’t trained.
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Advocate Country Experience Liberal Need Radio Stuff Train
Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.
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Attention Best Love Take Thing Work World
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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Call Couple Give Good Help Hero Know Occasionally Speech
Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.
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Actual Appeal End Expand Horizon Income More Romantic Spectrum
Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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Fatal Learn Least Mistake Other Unless
A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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Ability Audience Blogger Find Media Same
I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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Confuse Consider Majority Middle Mushball People Position Thankful
The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I’m looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.
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Back Do Get Home Involve Move Next Politics Run Thing
I don’t know what happens to you after you die. I’m not banking on there being, like, a heaven.
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Aftre Bank Being Die Happen Heaven
My dad didn’t graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year.
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Dad End Graduate Mom Print Real Salesman School

For 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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