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Al Franken

Al Franken

American Politician

Born: May 21, 1951

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Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure. Al Franken

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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. Al Franken

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If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces, that is eventually going to have an effect on soldiers and troops who are actually going to believe that and it's wrong. It's just wrong. Al Franken

I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. 'It's a job, Al,' Guy told me. 'We work at it every day.' Al Franken

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I've never understood why we would want to deny all the joys - and the challenges - of marriage to anyone. Which is why I think any loving, committed couple - gay or straight - should be able to get married. Al Franken

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I don't know what happens to you after you die. I'm not banking on there being, like, a heaven. Al Franken

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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone. Al Franken

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When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn't exist, and we didn't need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online. Al Franken

I think Clinton fatigue was a real thing. It's just hard to get comfortable with Gore - it was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private. Al Franken

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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home. We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we'd discuss it with our parents. Al Franken

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We need to prepare our kids for a 21st Century economy, and we're not doing it with our schools. Al Franken

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Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I. Al Franken

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There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor. Al Franken

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I listen to NPR when I listen to the radio, but I don't listen to the radio that much. You know, I listen to Garrison Keillor, I listen to 'Prairie Home Companion.' Al Franken

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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. Al Franken

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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it'd be a travesty. Al Franken

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There's an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we're morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that's a bit dangerous. Al Franken

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There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business. Al Franken

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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor. Al Franken

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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett. Al Franken

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I want to reclaim 'liberal.' I'm a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals. Al Franken

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If someone hacks your password, you can change it - as many times as you want. Al Franken

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