He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.
AL FRANKENThere is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. – you fill in the circle. And the subset of people who tend to, like, put a check there instead, or an X, or fill it out wrong.
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I’m sure I’ve devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.
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Tend to be people who didn’t take S.A.T.s, or first-time voters, or people with English as a second language.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t do something else and also make it sell.
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I think Hell exists on Earth. It’s a psychological state, or it can be a physical state.
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We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it’s uncomfortable to talk about.
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I believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it.
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And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.
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They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
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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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I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
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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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The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
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Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee – a tradition I’d like very much to continue.
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I don’t think I’m an angry person. I think I’m a person who’s angry. I’m angry at the Bush administration;
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