There’s plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it’s a serious business.
AL FRANKENAs someone who’s spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda,
More Al Franken Quotes
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I think Clinton fatigue was a real thing. It’s just hard to get comfortable with Gore.
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Teen pregnancy went way down in the ’90s, and 75 percent of it was because of increased use of contraception.
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All concluded that Russia did in fact interfere in the 2016 election in order to, quote, help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. ‘It’s a job, Al,’ Guy told me. ‘We work at it every day.’
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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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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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People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell.
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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building,
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What you see on the campaign trail is me. It’s easy being me.
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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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My dad was a terrible businessman.
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They’re trying to pay for health care and send their kids to college, they’re worried about declining home values, they’re scared for a loved one they have serving in Iraq.
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Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn’t been a satirist or a political satirist who’s done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign.
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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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