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AL FRANKENWe 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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Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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It’s not preppies, cause I’m a preppie myself. I just don’t like homosexuals. If you ask me, they’re all homosexuals in the Pudding. Hey, I was glad when that Pudding homosexual got killed in Philadelphia.
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Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in creating jobs or helping Americans struggling in a difficult economy.
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Does the mainstream media have a liberal bias? On a couple of things, maybe.
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When you live in New York, one of two things happen – you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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My dad didn’t graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year.
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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
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I’m a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I’m invited to all the inaugural balls.
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The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life.
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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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I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
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There 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 can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.
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