Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
AL FRANKENThey had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.
More Al Franken Quotes
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I believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it.
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Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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I’ve spent my entire career being a satirist.
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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.
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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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The Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations.
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Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial.
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But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, ‘Hi’ to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.
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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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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate.
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The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important ’cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.
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Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in creating jobs or helping Americans struggling in a difficult economy.
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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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By best, I mean when I have a real sense of doing the right thing and doing good for people and the connected universe of everybody.
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