Well, I think that there’s a value to comedy in and of itself.
AL FRANKENMinnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
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Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.
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And terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.
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The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I’m looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.
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I’m crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.
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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
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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’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility.
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I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
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And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that’s funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there’s all kinds of advantages to it.
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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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But adult love means you’re not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be.
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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
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It’s hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it’s like doing country music after hip-hop. I mean, just, the audience doesn’t go from one to the other.
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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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