As someone who’s spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda,
AL FRANKENYou know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive?
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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal.
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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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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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I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone.
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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
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People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell.
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Sometimes if I tell people, ‘I’m afraid that I’m really a fraud,’ or ‘I have a lot of self-doubt,’ they go.
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I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
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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 had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.
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Whining is anger through a small opening.
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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
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The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I’ve had to learn a little bit about it. It’s not rocket science: You get ratings, that’s good.
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