When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
AL FRANKENNet neutrality isn’t a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
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Today I will masterbate! Okay, that was a mistake. I should have written “Today I will masterbate–if I want to!
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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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We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.
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You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its Mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its Mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay.
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I don’t consider myself an artist necessarily, but craftsmen or people in the arts, their spiritualism is sort of when you’re writing well or performing well or doing whatever you do well.
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I want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
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I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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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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Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
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The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
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Compared to the American public at large, probably a slightly higher percentage of journalists, because of thier enhanced power of discernment, realize they know a gay person or two, and are, therefore, less frightened of them.
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