There’s plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it’s a serious business.
AL FRANKENI mean, there is a part of the media that’s not the mainstream media. That’s Fox, that is ‘The Wall Street Journal’ editorial page.
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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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At ‘SNL,’ I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in ’95, I could let my own beliefs out.
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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I think there are all kinds of different hells. It’s not a place you go to after you die.
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National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
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Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive?
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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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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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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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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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That’s bad news for everyone else – and for our democracy itself.
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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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My mom sold real estate and did it part time.
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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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I’m crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.
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