And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, ‘Teacher, sue him.’
AL FRANKENI 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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But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we’re an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we’re going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.
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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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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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I’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.
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I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He’s helped me out on a couple of occasions when I’ve given speeches to corporations where he’d have a good… He’d give me some good information.
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The way I see it, I’m not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I’m going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.
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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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We need an investigation, because we don’t know what Donald Trump owes Russia.
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I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents.
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Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.
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Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t do something else and also make it sell.
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I’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
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