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.
AL FRANKENDuring the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
More Al Franken Quotes
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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.
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Net neutrality isn’t a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.
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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose.
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I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.
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He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.
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Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor.
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Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have.
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It’s really building Air America that I’m focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show.
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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.
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I want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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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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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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At ‘SNL,’ I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in ’95, I could let my own beliefs out.
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