My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
AL FRANKENWe love America just as much as they do. But in a different way.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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If we have George W. Bush as president, we’re going to go back to the kind of policies we had when his father and Ronald Reagan were president.
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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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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.
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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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The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
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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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The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.
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The only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products.
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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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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.
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We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.
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They’re trying to pay for health care and send their kids to college, they’re worried about declining home values, they’re scared for a loved one they have serving in Iraq.
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