Al Franken Quotes

Today I will masterbate! Okay, that was a mistake. I should have written “Today I will masterbate–if I want to!

Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.

But God told me that He/She/It had actually chosen Al Gore by making sure that Gore won the popular vote and, God thought, the Electoral College. ‘That worked for everyone else,’ God said.

I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.

I’m sure I’ve devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.

I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.

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.

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.

The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they’ve had minor leagues.

Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus.