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Al Franken

Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial.
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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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I don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.
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This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw ‘The Killing Fields,’ and I’ve got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
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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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I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility.
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You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad.
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that is eventually going to have an effect on soldiers and troops who are actually going to believe that and it’s wrong. It’s just wrong.
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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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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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The Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to Silicon Valley. And you can’t impeach Google if it breaks its ‘Don’t be evil’ campaign pledge.
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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
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I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they’ve had minor leagues.
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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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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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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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The Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations.
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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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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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He didn’t have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.
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The way I see it, I’m not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I’m going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.
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