Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have.
AL FRANKENIf Republicans eliminate Medicare, America will become a country in which you can never retire – and once you physically can no longer work, you are desperately poor until you die.
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I know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician.
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This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw ‘The Killing Fields,’ and I’ve got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
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When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government.
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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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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It’s the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
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One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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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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Technology is an incredible tool – it connects people to each other.
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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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I’m for Israel’s right to exist.
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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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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents.
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