There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
AL FRANKENThe Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
More Al Franken Quotes
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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
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We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.
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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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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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Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
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Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there just hadn’t been any radio that did that. And so they weren’t trained.
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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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We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.
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Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.
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I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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You might not like that Facebook shares your political opinions with Politico, but are you really going to delete all the photos, all the posts, all the connections – the presence you’ve spent years establishing on the world’s dominant social network?
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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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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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