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.
AL FRANKEN
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Al Franken250 quotes“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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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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Al FrankenAl Franken We don’t know how many Russian oligarchs have invested in his business.
Al FrankenAl Franken I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.
Al FrankenAl Franken I also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
Al FrankenAl Franken Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
Al FrankenAl Franken I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
Al FrankenAl Franken 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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Al FrankenAl Franken But God told me that He/She/It had actually chosen Al Gore by making sure that Gore won the popular vote and, God thought, the Electoral College. ‘That worked for everyone else,’ God said.
Al FrankenAl Franken Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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