You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its Mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its Mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay.
AL FRANKENThe way I see it, I’m not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I’m going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.
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Medicare was established to secure that promise.
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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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I don’t know what happens to you after you die. I’m not banking on there being, like, a heaven.
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Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement.
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My spiritual life is… sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don’t. When I do have access to it, it’s usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do.
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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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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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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building,
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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If someone hacks your password, you can change it – as many times as you want.
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I’m a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I’m invited to all the inaugural balls.
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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.
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