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.
AL FRANKENWhich is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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And terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.
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When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government.
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Liberals like me love America. We just love America in a different way.
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It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate.
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As someone who’s spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda,
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My dad was a terrible businessman.
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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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That he armed the Mujahideen, that he armed Saddam, that he armed Iran, that he armed two-thirds of the Axis of Evil, and that he funded terrorists in Central America. He was, in my mind, a terrible president.
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We don’t know how many Russian oligarchs have invested in his business.
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The Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations.
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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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We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.
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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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When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.
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I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
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