At ‘SNL,’ I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in ’95, I could let my own beliefs out.
AL FRANKENI do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.
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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 Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
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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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Sometimes if I tell people, ‘I’m afraid that I’m really a fraud,’ or ‘I have a lot of self-doubt,’ they go.
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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
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It’s the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
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I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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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 got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we’re getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.
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To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It’s – I think they might use too much oil in their hummus – but it’s the wrong question.
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Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.
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There’s plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it’s a serious business.
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I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.
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There is – I mean – I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
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