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 FRANKENComedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn’t been a satirist or a political satirist who’s done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign.
More Al Franken Quotes
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The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they’ve had minor leagues.
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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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We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren’t rich – but we felt secure.
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We need an investigation, because we don’t know what Donald Trump owes Russia.
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I’m for Israel’s right to exist.
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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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If you use a cell phone – as I do – your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.
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There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. – you fill in the circle. And the subset of people who tend to, like, put a check there instead, or an X, or fill it out wrong.
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Medicare was established to secure that promise.
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Tend to be people who didn’t take S.A.T.s, or first-time voters, or people with English as a second language.
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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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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I’m looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.
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