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But I think it’s a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.

Al Franken

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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Civic Engagement Grew Highest Minnesota Nation Participation Record Records Tradition Treasure Voter
It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate.
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Actual Authorize Debate Hard Impossible Legal Opinion Program Secret
Being a comedian, you’re under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform – to deal with pressure without stress.
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Comedian Deal Perform Pressure Stress Under
Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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Each Other Humor Opposition Seriousness
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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Axe Belief Felt Grind Left Out Own Political Snow Stuff Wrote
Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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Begining Internet Net Neutrality Place Since
I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it.
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Get Happ Satisfaction Something Writing
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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Care College Country Decline Health Home Kid Pay Scare Send Serve Try Value Worry
When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building,
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Against Building Campaign Comedy During Nation President
You know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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Elect First Funny People Really Should Show Think
I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
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Change Make Perfectionist Start Stop
Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.
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Busines Deal Dispose Experience Interest Leader Made More Political Positive Western Work
If Republicans eliminate Medicare, America will become a country in which you can never retire – and once you physically can no longer work, you are desperately poor until you die.
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Country Desperate Die Eliminate Medicare Poor Republican Retire
Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.
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Change Country Evolution Expectation Law Meed Reflect Society Technology
There are as many forms of advice as there are colors of the rainbow. Remember that good advice can come from bad people and bad advice from good people.
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Advice Color Form Many People Rainbow
Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus.
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Asking Conservative Human Liberal Like Mainstream Media Much Oil Question Thinking Whether
Most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time – even when they’re wrong.
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Most People Positive Rather Time Uncertain Wrong
There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. – you fill in the circle. And the subset of people who tend to, like, put a check there instead, or an X, or fill it out wrong.
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Afraid Ballot Check Circle Mis-fill Our People Subset Tend Voter Wrong
I don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.
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Anything Away Been Block Build Country Many
I’m for Israel’s right to exist.
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Country Exist Right
If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I’ve got a problem, I should take their advice.
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Advice Doctor Problem Snack Take Teall Two
Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have.
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Agency Credit Give Job Minnesotan Rating Suppose
During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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Career College Country Deferment Enjoy Military Student
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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Chance Conclude Country Discraeding Elect Election Fact Help Interfere Order Possible President Quote Secretary
Well, I think that there’s a value to comedy in and of itself.
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Comedy Itself Think Value Well
They had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.
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Bad Balance Develop Habit Like Objective Stuff
The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.
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Become Crash Drive Industry led Many Mortgage Part Practice Small Unfair

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