Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
AL FRANKENBut when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, ‘Hi’ to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.
More Al Franken Quotes
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Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.
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If we have George W. Bush as president, we’re going to go back to the kind of policies we had when his father and Ronald Reagan were president.
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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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Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
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For 35 years I was a writer. I wrote a lot of jokes. Some of them weren’t funny. Some of them weren’t appropriate. Some of them were downright offensive. I understand that.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
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If you use Facebook – as I do – Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.
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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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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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We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.
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I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
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My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.
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