Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus.
AL FRANKENI like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
More Al Franken Quotes
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The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
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If you use a cell phone – as I do – your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.
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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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I think the Internet has developed at this incredibly rapid pace because of net neutrality, because of the free nature of it, because a YouTube can start the way YouTube started.
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We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren’t rich – but we felt secure.
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There’s an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we’re morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that’s a bit dangerous.
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I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
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I don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.
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I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone.
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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I’m for Israel’s right to exist.
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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 wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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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 I think it’s a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.
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