And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that’s funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there’s all kinds of advantages to it.
AL FRANKENIf I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
More Al Franken Quotes
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I didn’t realize he meant our nation.
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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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In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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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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Medicare was established to secure that promise.
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When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.
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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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Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.
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The Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone – in which we start to balance the budget on the backs of, literally, our most vulnerable citizens.
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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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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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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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He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.
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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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Being a comedian, you’re under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform – to deal with pressure without stress.
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