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.
AL FRANKENMy 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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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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If you use a cell phone – as I do – your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I’ve had to learn a little bit about it. It’s not rocket science: You get ratings, that’s good.
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I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
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Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.
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Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.
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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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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
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And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, ‘Teacher, sue him.’
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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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Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.
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I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal.
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Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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