Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
AL FRANKENWe need an investigation, because we don’t know what Donald Trump owes Russia.
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If you control the flow of information, you can control the conversation around important issues. If you can control the conversation, you can change this country.
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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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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 from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
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The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it – politics – was important… that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
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I think if you’re going to do a movie about Reagan, you do it about the fact that he created the huge deficit.
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But God told me that He/She/It had actually chosen Al Gore by making sure that Gore won the popular vote and, God thought, the Electoral College. ‘That worked for everyone else,’ God said.
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He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.
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My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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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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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices.
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Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.
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