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.
AL FRANKENBob 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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Anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars can obtain personal information they should never have access to, including a user’s date of birth, e-mail address, or estimated income.
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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.
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Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor.
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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 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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Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.
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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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It’s the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
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People lucky enough to live in the vicinity of an industrial hog farm are, with each breath, made keenly aware of the cause of their declining property values.
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We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.
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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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Progressives, in a way, are the new conservatives. We want to conserve what we fought to build.
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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.
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Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He’s helped me out on a couple of occasions when I’ve given speeches to corporations where he’d have a good… He’d give me some good information.
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We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way.
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