Al Franken on administration
Al Franken250 quotes“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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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
Al FrankenAl Franken If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
Al FrankenAl Franken The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
Al FrankenAl Franken 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 FrankenAl Franken that is eventually going to have an effect on soldiers and troops who are actually going to believe that and it’s wrong. It’s just wrong.
Al FrankenAl Franken 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.
Al FrankenAl Franken We know that the Russian’s interfered in our election and they did it to benefit President Trump. The intelligence agencies confirmed that.
Al FrankenAl Franken Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement.
Al FrankenAl Franken 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.
Al FrankenAl Franken Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
Al FrankenAl Franken We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way.
Al FrankenAl Franken When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.
Al FrankenAl Franken The news movement conservatives that are just laying out, slathering out the disinformation and the lies, as I discuss in my book, ‘Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.’
Al FrankenAl Franken Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate.
Al FrankenAl Franken My spiritual life is… sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don’t. When I do have access to it, it’s usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do.
Al FrankenAl Franken Liberals don’t hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly.
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The Obama administration has issued numerous orders essentially suspending deportations, prompting a major spike in illegal crossings.
Aaron KleinAaron Klein You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.
Aaron McGruderAaron McGruder It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
SophoclesSophocles My dad was one who – he was nonpartisan, first of all. He learned to work with whatever administration was in office.
Bernice KingBernice King I think that there are a lot of law enforcement officers out there who work according to their own set of what is right and what is wrong. And that doesn’t always include respect for administration cops, you know, people that are higher up the food chain.
Bruce WillisBruce Willis The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to the modern idea of commercial intercourse. This policy has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show… Cops would come by – often just in time to see the act they wanted to see.
Dick CavettDick Cavett Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft
