It is my fondest wish that in the fullness of time, the American people will look back on the Franken presidency as something of a mixed bag and not as a complete disaster.
AL FRANKENRussia has a strategy of creating the conditions that give rise to corruption, then exploiting that corruption to its own benefit.
More Al Franken Quotes
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When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn’t exist.
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I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I’ve done.
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No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.
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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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I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
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But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we’re getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.
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But I think it’s a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.
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We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it’s uncomfortable to talk about.
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I’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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I 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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The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it – politics – was important… that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
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Liberals don’t hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly.
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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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And the problem with the mainstream media is that it has these other biases that are much more important.
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