Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee – a tradition I’d like very much to continue.
AL FRANKENGood schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.
More Al Franken Quotes
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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
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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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I’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.
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My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.
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My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell.
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Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor.
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You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad.
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I’m the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.
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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
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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.
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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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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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