It’s really building Air America that I’m focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show.
AL FRANKENWell, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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There is – I mean – I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
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Why don’t we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.
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There’s an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we’re morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that’s a bit dangerous.
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And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.
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I didn’t realize he meant our nation.
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I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.
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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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To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It’s – I think they might use too much oil in their hummus – but it’s the wrong question.
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I’ve spent my entire career being a satirist.
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When you live in New York, one of two things happen – you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
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During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.
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Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee – a tradition I’d like very much to continue.
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