I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
AL FRANKENAfter my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.
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I know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician.
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When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government.
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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
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Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.
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The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I’m looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.
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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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creates jobs all over the world, and makes life easier for millions of Americans.
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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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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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If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I’ve got a problem, I should take their advice.
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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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We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren’t rich – but we felt secure.
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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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It’s hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it’s like doing country music after hip-hop. I mean, just, the audience doesn’t go from one to the other.
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I want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
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